Just got my 83 FJ60 running and it will not shift into high range. The linkage moves freely and I can shift from 2wd to 4wd fine, just not into high range. Any thoughts?
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So something doesn't add up. On the stock truck there is a shift gate for the transfer lever that only lets it go from 2wd-hi to 4wd-hi to 4wd-low. So on a stock truck you should not be able to get to 2wd-low. So something is either modified or not working properly.
The transfer case has two shift forks that are actuated by the one shift lever. There is a shift fork shaft that sticks out the front of the case. The shaft moves fore/aft. This switches between 2wd and 4wd. This shift shat is circled in red in the schematic below.
The other shift fork (for high-N-low) is operated by a lever that rotates, pushing the shfit fork inside the case. The outer lever is mounted on top of the case and holds the inner lever that penetrates through to the inside of the case. Sometimes the inner lever can slip down too far into the case and not mate properly with the shfit fork. If the lever feels like it has slipped down, you can loosen the clamp on the outer lever and pull up on the inner lever and try to engage it in the slot in the shift fork shaft. Be careful not to let the inner lever fall inside the case.
I don't know about all this high-tech talk about shift gates...but us old-timers, when our rig wouldn't shift into high range, would put the tranny into reverse, pop the clutch, drive it a few feet and try again. Usually worked.
Yeah, when I've been driving around in 4wd-low and want to shift back to high, sometimes the drive train gets bound up and I can't shift out. But in that case the lever doesn't move and it is stuck in the low position. My impression is that Jeromy's lever moves over to High, but his transfer case is still in low.
That's what it seems.
I can't believe the linkage is hooked up properly and it moves freely. In the attached picture, I circled how the high / low linkage is supposed to look. The arrow indicates the motion of the lever on the transfer case to shift into high range.