Yeah...we can only hope.
Hey FORD!!! How about a software update where ya'll put an ACTUAL TACHOMETER in the dash of my Badlands?!?
AND GET RID OF THAT DOUBLE HONK BULLSHIT!!!
WhoTF comes up with this crap?!?
I dint know what "4A" was when I was ordering off of ye olde interweeeb.
Onliest veehickles I ever had said "2H, 4H, 4L", and in Them Good Old Days; "N".
The Ford marketing crap just said "Advanced Transfer Case".
It was FREE so WTH!!!
Glad I did!
There's a video by that same Dad/Son team where they take a Toyota and a Bronco up a cross-rutted powerline trail.
The Toy just crawls up the trail with their default traction control, whereas the Bronco needs the rear locked to make it up.
Ford's traction control has a dismal time constant...
4H (or 4L) is NOT FOR TURNING ON HARD SURFACES, in the rain or not.
I don't think the transfer case chain is ridiculously expensive, but the labor to replace it sure as hell is.
Use 4A if you have it.
This would be a Good Time to familiarize yo bad self with 4WD systems...
My old man was an Oldsmobile Man, and we were always out in the East Texas Woods.
He REFUSED to buy a truck or any kind of 4WD.
Ever seent a 1970 Delter 88 stuck on an East Texas logging road?
Howzabout a '66 Cutlass?
This picture indicates I may have a long lost relative somewhere...
Hyuk!!!
I remember, in Them Good Old Days, when all anybody had was open diffs!
Now we have a choice of open, brake-based traction control (Ford's version SUCKS compared to Toyota's, BTW), or a locked diff, AND PEOPLE ARE STILL BITCHIN!!!
I got five Rousch wheels on a deal, then bought four BFG KM3s (I L-U-V KM3s), I've still got the original KO2s/wheels for my Badlands.
Not wanting to spend another $4xx for a KM3 spare, but wanting the right diameter tire as a spare, I went to Martinez Tire Shop (yes that is the name of the...
Hey I seent that veehickle at HEB!!!
Years ago I paid a shop in ABQ to put a Detroit Locker in the rear Dana 60 and a front Spicer Track slop in my 85 F-250.
The shop owner told me when stuff starts bouncing, that's when you'll be back in here!!!
True Story!!!
Realistically, you probably could...
I've got a 22 Badlands MT. 22K miles.
Tranny made some noise when cold.
At about 15K miles, changed out the fluid for BG Synchro II.
Tranny now makes noise only when temps in the teens.
Ecktually, I changed ALL the fluids, except coolant. Truck feels much smoother.
Check out this thread...