New to 4x4

[newbie22]

Hi guys
New to the 4x4 world after having owned cars and vans

Bought a 7 seat 3.0 sve
Mainly for space and for towing small caravan

Car runs fine in 2wd, I take it the back ends are a bit slippery and a bit of body roll

Put it into 4 and when I try and turn it clunks and bangs and hardly any drive

also the 4wheel drive selector is that a straight up and down or is it like a snake shape

any advice greatly appreciated

[zippy656]

Originally Posted by newbie22

Hi guys
New to the 4x4 world after having owned cars and vans

Bought a 7 seat 3.0 sve
Mainly for space and for towing small caravan

Car runs fine in 2wd, I take it the back ends are a bit slippery and a bit of body roll

Put it into 4 and when I try and turn it clunks and bangs and hardly any drive

also the 4wheel drive selector is that a straight up and down or is it like a snake shape

any advice greatly appreciated

Welcome!!

3.0 nice!

Can be tail happy in wet, or if wrong oil in dif

Don't try 4wd on tarmac, can break something!!!

Yup Terrano is straight ... but has dip into low box.

[jims-terrano]

Hi and welcome. These trucks have a limited slip
Diff on the rear. Sounds like the oil needs changing and if you don't know it's full history it's wise to change it. When it does get changed it's important to use proper limited slip diff oil and not gear oil.
As for the 4wd system you cannot use it on a hard surface. The wheels must. E able to slip a little to relieve wind up. These trucks don't have a centre diff so need to. E on a slippery surface when in 4wd.

[solarman216]

Originally Posted by newbie22

Hi guys
New to the 4x4 world after having owned cars and vans

Bought a 7 seat 3.0 sve
Mainly for space and for towing small caravan

Car runs fine in 2wd, I take it the back ends are a bit slippery and a bit of body roll

Put it into 4 and when I try and turn it clunks and bangs and hardly any drive

also the 4wheel drive selector is that a straight up and down or is it like a snake shape

any advice greatly appreciated

As Jim says if the back end is twitchy then probably due an oil change, as for clunks and bangs in 4 wheel this should not happen even on hard surface, what you will get is transmission wind up and wheel slip, since you ask about the 4 wheel lever I suspect it is not locking in correctly probably due to lack of use, this may explain the clunks and bangs and lack of drive as it drops the transfer box into neutral, this lever is straight up and down but needs depressing as well, Rick

[newbie22]

Thanks for the info guys

Is changing the diff oil something I can do myself?
Not mechanically minded

The 4wd works fine in a straight line
Can I only test turning on some kind of terrain? I'm just afraid if it doesn't work and I get bogged in

Going to fit a towbar tomorrow
As for the electrics I'm confused I have a 7pin plug fitted to towbar but the lights have 2 wires each

[jims-terrano]

Think there's a how to guide for towbars it you'd need full membership to access. If you can fit a towbar you should be able to change rear diff oil. It's two drain plugs fill and empty but before removing drain plug make sure you can remove the fill plug.

[solarman216]

Forgot to say welcome mate, but pay your tenner and you will get far far more than a tenners worth of info, Rick

[Blocky10]

Hi and welcome. All covered above. Not a tricky truck to maintain even with limited spanner experience. As said pay the annual membership of 10 whole english pounds and it'll open up the world of information.
Oh, one more thing. Zippy didn't mention it for some reason. He must be ill!

PICTURES................

[newbie22]

I have the 7pin plug on the tow bar that's wired

I know what colours correspond to the rh light, indicator etc

But there's 7 wires coming from plug but each light has 2 wires running to the light

Confused

[Barrbeast]

Originally Posted by newbie22

I have the 7pin plug on the tow bar that's wired

I know what colours correspond to the rh light, indicator etc

But there's 7 wires coming from plug but each light has 2 wires running to the light

Confused

Welcome bud

Each light will have a positive wire coming from the battery and a negative wire leading back to earth otherwise there wouldn't be a complete circuit and you'd have no lights One wire isn't enough.

[newbie22]

Towbar cleaned hammerite and fitted

Just electrics now
So do I connect the corresponding wire to the postive wire on the light or trace it back where it goes to 1 wire

[newbie22]

So many guides online saying connect coloured wire to light etc

But doesn't say whether you connect the one wire or both

Eg
Do I tap into 2 indicator cables run to 1 cable then to towing socket

sorry to be a pain need to crack this

[jims-terrano]

Just a quick bit of advice regarding the wiring, pull the inner trims off the side of the boot area on passenger side. Theres a nice rubber bung behind the bumper to run the cable inside. Make all your joints direct into the wiring loom inside the car. More protection from the muck n wet of the roads.

[newbie22]

Like a y connection from light to tow bar wire

[newbie22]

Also where is the cd changer?

As In how do I put a cd in