Hello, my first post here (after my intro) and I have a newbies question which may seem obvious to most. My previous fourbie was a Pajero and I had access to 2WD, 4H, 4H centre locked and 4L centre locked.

My GU IV only seems to have 2WD, 4H and 4L. So the question I am asking is when is centre locked engaged? Is it right from the moment I go to 4H or is it only in 4L? Is the mode indicated anywhere on the dash controls? I know that I have to manually engage the front hubs and am assuming that this engages the 4WD once I've put the transfer case lever into the desired position. Can I leave the hubs in this mode or will I get transmission wind up.

Where I would engage 4H in the Paj on dirt, friends of mine in Patrols seemed quite happy to stay in 2WD mode and this is also puzzling. I don't think I will be needing to use any 4WD mode until the new year so I've got a bit of time up my sleeve to learn the ropes.

Thanks for answering this. I have other questions and if I can't answers by searching the forum then I'll come back and ask again.