Newbie question. I just purchased a 76 CJ 7 with an AMC 360 Th400 and Dana 300. The transfer case is set up with dual sticks. I have no experince with this set up and am confused as to when and how I am 4high and 4low. Any help for the new guy would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.  

From the driver seat. The stick on the Left will operate  the rear output Low, Neutral, and High. The stick on the Right with operate the front output for Low, Neutral, and High. Here is the shift pattern:

LEFT        RIGHT
LOW         4WD LOW
*           *
NEUTRAL     2WD (front neutral)
*           *
HIGH        4WD HIGH  

This might be a stupid question, but what is the advantage? If your front is in low and your rear is in high, wont that send pieces flying out the diff or something? What am I missing.  

Thanks for the help  

i think the one advantage to the twin stick is to turn off the rear axle and do tighter turns. I would guess parts flying if you did try to have the front in low and the rear in high but I have never got to try it.  

It will not allow you to shift front low with rear high or vise-versa unless someone removed the interlock pill from inside the T-case. The advantage is that you can turn sharper in 2wd than you can in 4wd.  

i have the dana 300 twin stick, and i absolutely love it.

the only drawback, that i've found, is that in catalogs and online everywhere, it says you can put your jeep in front wheel drive low and high, while the rear axle is disengaged.

my transfer case won't allow me to do so.
i can put the left stick in low, then the right in 4 low, and pull the left back to neutral, but the jeep doesn't go anywhere.

how do you disengage the rear axle, while driving only on the front?

any help would be appreciated.  

batafish22:
i have the dana 300 twin stick, and i absolutely love it.

the only drawback, that i've found, is that in catalogs and online everywhere, it says you can put your jeep in front wheel drive low and high, while the rear axle is disengaged.

my transfer case won't allow me to do so.
i can put the left stick in low, then the right in 4 low, and pull the left back to neutral, but the jeep doesn't go anywhere.

how do you disengage the rear axle, while driving only on the front?

any help would be appreciated.

You can't do that with a Dana 300 unless the interlock is removed. Not really a good idea or needed on a trail Jeep anyway. Leave the front wheel burnouts to the rock racers. Rear low range will get you around a corner just fine.  

Exactly.  That's why your transmission has a Reverse gear.

That said, my orange flattie has a JB Conversions-built Dana 300 and I had them leave the interlocks out since my D300 has 32-spline front and rear output shafts and I run a 1-ton, 35-spline Ford 9-inch in the front. If I had any less axle up front or if I'd stuck with the stock D300 front output shaft I'd have asked them to leave the interlocks in.

I've only needed to do a "front burn" once and that was to turn around on a tight, off camber spot on a hard trail to use my winch on somebody who got stuck.