JeepGeezer
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- First Name
- Michael
- Joined
- Apr 1, 2022
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- Location
- Southern Arizona
- Vehicle(s)
- 2022 Wrangler Sport S
- Occupation
- Happily retired
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I thought I knew this, but now I wonder ...
I pull our 2 door Wrangler behind an RV and so I need to set the Wrangler up for towing. I read the steps in the manual for putting the Jeep in tow mode and it is clear that I am supposed to shut the engine after shifting the transmission into Neutral and before shifting the transfer case into Neutral, but I have read a lot of posts where users talk about shifting the Jeep into 4 Low while driving slowly, and that means that they are shifting the transfer case through Neutral while the vehicle is in motion and thus while the engine is running. Hence my question.
Is there anything wrong in shifting the transfer case into or out of Neutral while the engine is still running? More specifically, if I leave out step 4 in the Shifting Into Neutral and step 6 in the Shifting Out Of Neutral steps in the manual (see below) will I damage anything? I ask because it can be a bear shifting the transfer case into Neutral (and especially out of Neutral) with the engine off and even worse when shifting it out of Neutral with the engine off.
I pull our 2 door Wrangler behind an RV and so I need to set the Wrangler up for towing. I read the steps in the manual for putting the Jeep in tow mode and it is clear that I am supposed to shut the engine after shifting the transmission into Neutral and before shifting the transfer case into Neutral, but I have read a lot of posts where users talk about shifting the Jeep into 4 Low while driving slowly, and that means that they are shifting the transfer case through Neutral while the vehicle is in motion and thus while the engine is running. Hence my question.
Is there anything wrong in shifting the transfer case into or out of Neutral while the engine is still running? More specifically, if I leave out step 4 in the Shifting Into Neutral and step 6 in the Shifting Out Of Neutral steps in the manual (see below) will I damage anything? I ask because it can be a bear shifting the transfer case into Neutral (and especially out of Neutral) with the engine off and even worse when shifting it out of Neutral with the engine off.
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