sparactic 4x4 engagement
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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.
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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.
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Thanks Much
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
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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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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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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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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...
It could just be an adjustment of the transfer case linkage...