Does elsd show when it engages?

[Dice Roll]

Wondering as this week was first time it would’ve come into play. Rented a farm house with a steep driveway. Half way up you could see where lots of cars had spun some. Truck never flinched, but I could tell either it dropped a gear or the elsd came on. Nothing showed on dash or anyplace I could see. Kept forgetting to watch for a gear change When we came home. Think it might have already been in 1st gear at that low speed. Just a definite change of something and it motored right on up.

 

[Fozzy]

It shows when you manually engage it. I wonder if the off-road screen would show it slipping.




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[Dice Roll]

Unfortunately ford saw to it that 2wd trucks can’t be manually engaged. Pretty ****** IMO.

 

[wakeboarder]

I think the off-road image may change from crosshatched to solid when it engages. I’m unsure though because I don’t have a good spot to test it. When I was in Kansas a couple of months ago, I specifically took it through a little mud just to test it out. Both rear wheels were spinning.

 

[Fozzy]

If everything is spinning it’s the candy cane that looks like it’s spinning. When it’s solid blue it’s not moving. I doubt Ford took the time to make this more than a gimmick screen. But it would be cool to see if one axle stopped spinning if the line would go solid blue for a second. I have no experience with a 2x4. But what I have read about this style of locker it should make it very capable. Do you have the drive modes? They help control what the locker does.


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[Lou Hamilton]

This doesn’t necessarily show slipping, but it does show distribution.



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[Dice Roll]

Drive modes

will have to pull up the off road tab next time I’m in a spot like that and watch what it does.

not sure I have that power distribution screen with the 2wd

 

[Dice Roll]

If everything is spinning it’s the candy cane that looks like it’s spinning. When it’s solid blue it’s not moving. I doubt Ford took the time to make this more than a gimmick screen. But it would be cool to see if one axle stopped spinning if the line would go solid blue for a second. I have no experience with a 2x4. But what I have read about this style of locker it should make it very capable. Do you have the drive modes? They help control what the locker does.


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it’s really the trick to owning a 2wd anything. I won’t own one without it. The one 4wd I had for a few year had an open rear. I only used 4wd once in the snow, mainly just to see what the fuss was.
Later when the rear had a blown seal, I added a traction loc. Never reached for 4wd again the rest of the time I had it. It just makes the 2wd an easier deal to deal with, but as I tell people, pops built buildings for decades with 2wd trucks and open rear gear so you can do a lot more than most let on.

 

[carymccarr]

it’s really the trick to owning a 2wd anything. I won’t own one without it. The one 4wd I had for a few year had an open rear. I only used 4wd once in the snow, mainly just to see what the fuss was.
Later when the rear had a blown seal, I added a traction loc. Never reached for 4wd again the rest of the time I had it. It just makes the 2wd an easier deal to deal with, but as I tell people, pops built buildings for decades with 2wd trucks and open rear gear so you can do a lot more than most let on.

You live north of the mason dixon?

 

[wakeboarder]

Drive modes

will have to pull up the off road tab next time I’m in a spot like that and watch what it does.

not sure I have that power distribution screen with the 2wd

You should have the screen similar to @Fozzy. It just won’t show anything for the front axle.