In news:FIednXenGKvlEKHbnZ2dnUVZ_uCinZ2d@speakeasy.ne t,
jim beam <spamvortex@bad.example.net> wrote:

>> I just purchased a 1988 4WD 5-door 6-speed wagon with 1.6L to use as
>> a utility/camping vehicle, and noticed on the operator's visor a
>> caution to "disengage" the "Real-Time" 4WD if one end of the vehicle
>> is raised for any service that requires rotating the wheels, yet I
>> can find no such control to engage or disengage the 4WD on demand.
>>
>> Can someone tell me how to observe this caution please?
>>
> for many 4wd's, "disengage" means "unbolt" and this is done before
> towing. not certain about this vehicle though - is there a problem
> that you're trying to fix?

Thank you, that explains the lack of an "on demand" control to place the
vehicle in 2-or-4WD. I have no real problem with the vehicle. I'm just
trying to understand all aspects of it, and make sense of the warning on the
operator's visor.

> this is a fine vehicle btw. highly utilitarian.

Agreed. It can easily hold two mountain bikes and assorted equipment in the
back, a canoe on the roof, and a babe in the other seat. Now all I have to
do is find the babe somewhere.