Umm. I said it would be nice to have everything but not an absolute. Nothing wrong with that. It's called a challenge. There was a time when we went from horses to automobiles.
Kris, how did the switchless sport lows you ordered last week from me work out for you? Did you like the quality & the ease of installation? Thanks again for your order.
Can someone confirm if the GBPS (gear box position sensor) connector is the one located just below the gear shifter linkage and gearbox vent tube in the picture below…
Thanks for confirming…..I see you have AutoMeter gauges….I am getting ready to install Voltage, Water temp, and oil pressure gauges.Could you possibly point out where you tied into the coolant line and engine for the oil pressure and water temps.
Front head right side there is a plug that goes into the water jacket for coolant and there is a plug dead center on block between the two cylinders that you can get the oil pressure from. There is a thread I know on the commander forums with pictures and may be pics here to somewhere.
I made my own Sport low harness and used a relay instead of a switch so my factory sport switch does all the work. Just one tip: Sport mode is a little too much power in reverse. I always flip back to non-sport mode when backing up.
So I went to Radio Shack and bought me these resistors and built a harness to do this myself and for some reason I kept getting an "E" when shifting into low. I double/triple checked my wiring and even metered everything out and was getting the correct 3.4 vdc (3.456 vdc to be exact). So needless to say, I soldered the original wires back together and put heat shrink over the joints and taped the wires as it was originally. I figured I would check to make sure it worked and that I didn't mess any thing up….sure enough I got the "E" when putting it into low! So now I am getting nervous and was wondering if I messed up the GBPS sensor itself. So I get mad and push the Mav with my foot and it rolls backwards ever so slightly and I hear the gearbox click into gear….sure enough it now shows "L"! So all along, it probably worked but since the gearbox was not actually in Low range it gave the error………So, needless to say after 4 hours of working in 95' garage, I gave up for the night. I will start all over again in the next day or so to test it again. But I am pretty confident it will work.
Only question I have is who sells a 2 position (on/on) switch that says "Low Sport Mode" on it? Didn't see one from TurnKey or UTVinc. and there were none on eBay…. So far I am into this project for $3.00 and some free labor and a lot of sweat :shocked:
I'd post pics, but there isn't much that pics would show over a wiring diagram. All I could show is a pic of a relay zip-tied to the center grab rail bar and some wires and a couple connectors at the transmission position switch. I got the diagram from 01Cummins from a post back in March. This is the link to the post: http://www.maverickforums.net/forum...090-airdam-sport-mode-switch-2.html#post15577
I hope the link works, I'm still new to linking and stuff in these forums.
Thanks I appreciate the link. I have the hand written schematic for the relay mod. It basically takes the palce of a 2 position (on/on) switch. The only difference is you don't have the option to turn it off when using a relay in lieu of the switch. So for those that want full control should opt for the switch and those that want to set it to "Sport Low" and forget it, the relay is the option for them.
When I get a chance I will generate a schematic with actual connector descriptions and wiring (color codes) so people will know which connectors and wires to splice/cut into to as well as a parts list to do this themselves.
So I've done a little wiring before, but not enough to have been intoduced to relays. Is the relay used for this a 5 prong? All I've ever seen only have 4..
If I'm Rollin faster than 25 mph I'll put it in high. Only reason I have sport low mod is if I'm climbing something steep, I damn sure want all my power if I need it.
I can slip the belt on mine in 4x4 low really easy stock. If I pull up to a 1 foot iced over snow bank and run the tire up to it and slowly hit the gas to climb it, it just smokes the belt. Never thought it would be that easy. Thats a newer belt too. I'm up in the air on the sport low mod tbh.
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