Fire18

I just bought a 1995 xj sport with a 4.0 HO tested the 4wd out but it seem when you engage the lever next to the automatic shifter it goes into the different modes of 4wd but dash indicators only show up for part time 4wd and is still lit after putting it back into 2 hi. Please help!! Also my reverse light don't seem to be working.

Fire18

Is it ok to drive it like this or am I going to damage something. This is my first 4wd vehicle, have wanted an xj forever and finally found one I really liked!

DFlintstone

Until you get better advise from someone who knows better......NO! I don't think you want to drive it in 4wd on pavement, period. Not made for that. You should try backing up, sometimes quite a-ways. If you jack it up, (in park) one front wheel will do I think, and spin the wheel the front drive shaft should turn. If it's really stuck and you need the Jeep, remove the front drive-line.
Just jack one wheel. If you do both the other side will turn the other way.

cruiser54

Is just the light on but you have no bucking or binding on turns?

Fire18

Yes

cruiser54

What positions does the indicator have next to your transfer case lever?

brg0012

Try this. First get under the jeep and have someone shift the transfercase and see if the linkage is binding up. Second try going in reverse around 5 mph and shifting the trans case from part time to 2wd should pop out. Your transfer case was not made to be driven in 4wd on pavement and I would not do so for an extended amount of time.

Fire18

The lever is in 2wd now so should I put it back into part time 4wd and go in reverse and then put it back into 2wd?

DFlintstone

"and shifting the trans case from part time to 2wd" Yes, I think that is what he meant.

Fire18

Thanks will give that a try but just in case Murphy's law pokes its nose at me at me any other suggestions in case that doesn't do it? By the way you guys are GREAT!!!

cruiser54

Answer my question in Post #6.

Fire18

Sorry 2wd
4wd part time
4 full time
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4 lo

cruiser54

Okay, so you have no binding when making turns, right? That means you're in either 2wd or 4wd Full-Time.
With the trans in Park and the parkbrake set, jack up one front wheel. Can you spin it one full revolution?

Fire18

Linkage moving freely. Since I was under gave it a good spray with wd40 and put in reverse and stopped and put in drive and light went out!!!!
Thank You all for all your suggestions and directions!

DFlintstone

Good goen! Now that it's free......That spray chain and cable lube is pretty handy. You can bean something at a couple of feet, then the foam sticks, and the lube soaks in as the bubbles burst. I use it all over. You can get in the crack with the window down and get the lock and window mechanisms inside the door. Hood hinges, latch release linkage.....I'm getten all exited here. "It is a suitable lubricant for most of your day to day Jeep needs". The army's 40th try at making a Water Displacement product is not the greatest lubricant.