s0litude
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Yesterday I decided to take the Av out into the snowy streets here in Denver... see picture.
http://community.webshots.com/photo/66967558/66967859hcCBsg
Pulling out of my garage onto my street I drove the truck in 1st gear while in 4HI. ?You can see by the picture that the conditions were quite challenging... oh it was fun!!
?With chains on all four tires and tow strap in hand, I could drive almost anywhere and pull just about any stuck vehicle... except the city busses strewn throughout the city. ?I wish the 1500 had the snow plow option!! ?After having my fun, and playing the Good Samaritan, it was time to run my errands... at least that was the excuse I gave my girlfriend. 
Many of the main streets in town were plowed, and quite slushy, so I switched to Auto 4WD and put the transmission into 3rd with Tow/Haul engaged. ?After running my errands, really just an excuse to drive in the snow, I pulled back onto my street. ?I put the truck back into 4HI and attempted to shift back down into 1st gear, but I couldn?t get the transmission to engage below 'Drive'. ?I am not sure what the linkage looks like underneath, but it felt like something was jamming the linkage... perhaps ice? ?I went out this morning, after having the Av in the garage overnight, and the truck is fine... I am able to shift down into any gear.
Has anyone experienced this before? ?Could this have been something mechanical rather than my 'frozen linkage' assumption? ?I did put a lot of strain on the transmission when pulling other vehicles out of the snow. ?However, when pulling out other vehicles the Av was always in 1st gear, and for a few heavier vehicles (a Ford F150 Super Crew ?
) I engaged 4LO, but I never had a problem shifting back into 1st gear. ?It was only until after driving on the slushy and wet streets in town and turning back onto my street that I couldn't get the car back down into 1st gear. ?Anyone have some insight to this odd occurance?
Sorry, kind of a long post...
http://community.webshots.com/photo/66967558/66967859hcCBsg
Pulling out of my garage onto my street I drove the truck in 1st gear while in 4HI. ?You can see by the picture that the conditions were quite challenging... oh it was fun!!

Many of the main streets in town were plowed, and quite slushy, so I switched to Auto 4WD and put the transmission into 3rd with Tow/Haul engaged. ?After running my errands, really just an excuse to drive in the snow, I pulled back onto my street. ?I put the truck back into 4HI and attempted to shift back down into 1st gear, but I couldn?t get the transmission to engage below 'Drive'. ?I am not sure what the linkage looks like underneath, but it felt like something was jamming the linkage... perhaps ice? ?I went out this morning, after having the Av in the garage overnight, and the truck is fine... I am able to shift down into any gear.
Has anyone experienced this before? ?Could this have been something mechanical rather than my 'frozen linkage' assumption? ?I did put a lot of strain on the transmission when pulling other vehicles out of the snow. ?However, when pulling out other vehicles the Av was always in 1st gear, and for a few heavier vehicles (a Ford F150 Super Crew ?

Sorry, kind of a long post...