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You're not doing anything wrong. You actually have to pull or push hard with feeling.
You need to be “positive” with it. once In neutral, if it doesn’t select, let your foot off the brakes and let it move a tad, and try it again. Once you’ve done it a few times, you get the feel for it and it does take some mechanical sympathy..
Interesting development. After all the encouragement above, I sat on our steep driveway and tried to change to low range. While messing around tried to roll a little, I accidentally changed the main box into Manual - and afterwards got into low range quite easily. OK - back to trying to change normally, and I could not. Changed into Manual and again it worked.
I started out on level ground. Moved onto the slope after the suggestion to rock the vehicle back & forth. I will give it a few more goes and report back.
I was driving in my forest yesterday. Because it had rained, the ground was very soggy. I had a steep driveway and tried it only with a reduction gear without locks. No chance. It was very easy to engage the reduction in automatic mode. When I had the car new, it was also very difficult. I think I will need it more often now in the coming season.
Latest news on the range change front: I drove back from town (about 5 minutes) and on a whim, tried to get into low range. It was not exactly easy, but I was able to get smoothly in and out half a dozen times. Drove 10m and...it wouldn't repeat. Anyway, I live in hope that it will eventually decide to cooperate. I'm treating it as a win!
You'll be fine. I use the reduction almost every ride when I'm out in the woods. In the meantime it works very well. You'll see, it's getting better and better.
I thought I was going to have your dilema. Tried for 1/2 an hr to get into low range and no joy. However, I got it on a slight incline and let it roll back slowly....I then engaged low and it went in! Strangely once I'd done that a couple of times I can get it in without rolling the car now. It must just be an initial resistance. Hopefully it will get even easier as time goes on.
Exactly with the added impact that the transfer box doesn't come with a clutch.
