Really stupid Q!!

[RUfj40crazy]

Ok I’m tryin to figure out the panel on the glove box of my 76 40.

On the very last line where it explains what 4wd low is for, it states that when 4 low is engaged the hubs lock automatically. Err that’s what I think it said... am I nuts and reading this totally backwards or what?
BTW there is warn hubs on the front not sure what model.

I asked another cruiserhead and he said it was weird to.
What gives!

 

[nuclearlemon]

what model? also, keep in mind that from the factory many land cruisers came with drive plates, not mnaual hubs.

 

[IDave]

Warn hubs on a 76 40 should mean manual locking hubs. Would be easy to check: just look at them and you should see the dial you switch manually, with "lock" and "free" printed on them with little arrows on the dial pointing to the setting they are on. I haven't heard of anyone putting autos on a 40, but I guess anything is possible.

 

[65swb45]

Maybe it came with those lock-o-matics we were talking about last week?

 

[IDave]

Actually, weren't all of the selectable hubs put on at the dealer's, up to a point, after which they started putting on Aisens?

 

[RUfj40crazy]

The hubs are definately manual, I guess Im just confused cause of what the glove box pannel has printed on it.

 

[nuclearlemon]

Actually, weren't all of the selectable hubs put on at the dealer's, up to a point, after which they started putting on Aisens?

yes...all early model land cruisers had drive plates. manual hubs were a dealer installed item. iirc, piggies were the first to get factory manual hubs, but 40 's didn't get them til sometime around 79

 

[Landpimp]

Ige is correct. if its a 76 then it came with driveplates(fixed hubs), so the dash plate will say that it goes into 4 wheel automaticaly when you pull the lever. If it has/had Warn hubs installed at the dealer it prolly would has/had a Warn sticker on the dash explaining how to use the locking hubs.

So your not crazy

 

[RUfj40crazy]

k... thanks for the info, I was not aware it had fixed hubs originally.

 

[bad_religion_au]

mine says something like that too, always had me head scratching.