Automatic transmission
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AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
The automatic transmission features an
’H-gate’ gear selector mechanism. This
combines the operating mechanism of both
the main gearbox and the transfer gears, and
enables the gear selector positions, for both
the high and low gear ranges, to be located
side by side.
Gear selector lever
Move the selector lever forward or back along
the driver’s side of the ’H’, to select the high
range of gears. Similarly, by moving the lever
to the passenger side, the low range can be
selected instead. The ’H-gate’ illumination is
colour coded to identify the two ranges: high
range illumination is green and low range is
amber.
A spring loaded catch built into the handle of
the gear selector lever, restricts movement of
the lever, thereby preventing inadvertent gear
selection. The catch has two pressures:
• the first pressure enables gear changes to
be made within a single range of gears
(High range OR Low range).
• the second pressure enables the selector
to be moved from one range of gears to
another (ie. from High TO Low).
NOTE: Gear selection between ’D’ and ’3’
(High range) or ’4’ and ’3’ (Low range) may be
made without pressing the catch.
HIGH RANGE GEARS
Use the high range for road driving and also
for off-road driving across dry, level terrain.
The message centre will momentarily display
’HIGH’, as soon as High range is selected, and
then display the gear selected (eg. ’3’).
WARNING
DO NOT attempt to change to LOW range
gears for normal road driving.
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