sparactic 4x4 engagement
I have done a little searching and haven't found much, or maybe I'm not typing it in right. Anyhow, I just finished swapping out my 4.0 with a lower mileage one from a wrangler. I went out for a test and the 4x4 wasn't engaging. Then it did after a quite a bit of playing with the lever. I tried it in N and D and R and Park and no change. The "part time" light stays on when I disengage the 4 wheel drive. Then sometimes it goes off. NOTHING is consistent. I did buy the cherokee with a bad motor so I never tried the 4x4 but the guy said it worked good so I took his word for it. The transmission shifter also sticks in park?? I cant compress the button sometimes. Please help. I am new to this but am mechanically inclined enough to fix it.
Thanks Much:bow: |
Originally Posted by fivendime
(Post 94589)
I have done a little searching and haven't found much, or maybe I'm not typing it in right. Anyhow, I just finished swapping out my 4.0 with a lower mileage one from a wrangler. I went out for a test and the 4x4 wasn't engaging. Then it did after a quite a bit of playing with the lever. I tried it in N and D and R and Park and no change. The "part time" light stays on when I disengage the 4 wheel drive. Then sometimes it goes off. NOTHING is consistent. I did buy the cherokee with a bad motor so I never tried the 4x4 but the guy said it worked good so I took his word for it. The transmission shifter also sticks in park?? I cant compress the button sometimes. Please help. I am new to this but am mechanically inclined enough to fix it.
Thanks Much:bow: what transfer case do you have if you have a full time position you can drive on the street in that mode for several miles get the fluids moving |
Yeah it has a full time position. A green light comes on when its in full time right. I dont know if it had been used much. I know that the owner previous towed it behind an rv.
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lets get a little more info
what jeep and what year automatic or stick |
its a 1996 stock auto with a 98 motor.
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is the 4x4 shift lever hard to move
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no, it seems to shift just like my dads and his works great. no hard spots.
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Originally Posted by fivendime
(Post 94605)
no, it seems to shift just like my dads and his works great. no hard spots.
could be the neutral safety switch needs to be cleaned or vacuum leak |
the guy I bought it from said that the neutral safety switch probably needed cleaning. Does it control whether the 4x4 engages? I notice I have to fumble with the shifter sometimes to get it to start.
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Originally Posted by fivendime
(Post 94607)
the guy I bought it from said that the neutral safety switch probably needed cleaning. Does it control whether the 4x4 engages? I notice I have to fumble with the shifter sometimes to get it to start.
its probly a loos or craced vacum line |
Will a manual show all of the vacuum lines?
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Originally Posted by fivendime
(Post 94611)
Will a manual show all of the vacuum lines?
if you have a disconnect axle there mechanism with a vacuum line coming off of it trace it back look for crack |
Cool, I will do that tomorrow. I may have snagged it when I was doing the motor swap but don't recall. Is there anything in the engine compartment that I may have messed up?
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Well, I looked and I have no mechanism for the front axle. The only thing coming off the axle is the breather tube. What now???
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Try putting it up on jackstands (all 4 corners) and see if it is engaging at all...
It could just be an adjustment of the transfer case linkage... |
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