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February 9th, 2014. Thank You, Mercunimog! That is where I figured the auxiliary shift would end up, and yes, the hand throttle's on top of the engine housing on my 404, and I suspect all the other stock 404.114's. Yours has rubber matting, mine is as noisy as all get out being just stock metal...

February 7th, 2014. Mercunimog: The S404.114 (Swiss) I have, SN 446, and her sister #443 (in the Dallas,TX area), both have the hand throttle up on the metal hood above the engine, just behind the radiator top tank and to the left of the choke knob. The only other thing on that cover is the...

February 7th, 2014. Very Interesting! The hand throttle on the Swiss S404.114s is up above the engine cover and is locked with a butterfly nut, just to the left of the choke. I use it often to warm the truck up at high idle, and as cruise on road trips (not a very fast cruise ,mind you, but it...

February 7th, 2014. Mercunimog: On the red U 406/8(?) when the gentleman shifted the lever on the left side of the engine housing, was that taking it from L-1 to L-2 functionally? On the S404's I believe that the auxiliary gearbox shifter ends up over by the F-N-R shifter according to the...

February 6th, 2014. AnotherAhab: I believe just the final axle ratios on the stock S404.114 is about 7.65 to 1, with normal "1" gear that gets about 175 to 300 RPMs of the engine to one turn of the wheels. The "auxiliary" transmission ends up adding either 6 or 8 gears in low range 1+2...