I just got a 1996 Cherokee and the transfer case is frozen and won't shift into four wheel drive, and needs to be replaced. I'm trying to find a used one, but the tag that should be on my transfer case has been removed.

How might one figure out which case they have without the tags?

It's a 4 Liter Automatic if it matters, and is dark green, so I suspect it may have been a former DNR vehicle up here in Michigan.

 

2h-4h-n-4l is 231

 

My jeep has the 2H 4H N 4L and it had a 242 in it. So that's not the best way to identify it. My haynes book has pictures of what the cases looked like

 

two-wheel-drive, high (direct-drive)
four-wheel-drive, high (48/52 differential torque-biased-drive)
four-wheel-drive, high (locked, part-time)
neutral
four-wheel-drive, low (locked, reduction-drive)


^ thats a 242 just saying.

 

Couple options...
A: Its not a 242
B: Someone swapped it and didnt change the bezel.
C: You dont know what youre talking about.

231 Bezel:



242 Bezel:


Also you would feel another detent or "gear" while shifting through them with the 242.

 

I know I'm bringing this back from the dead... but, does any one have p/n(s) for the 242 shift gate and bezel as shown in the post above??