4X4 issues
10-07-2011, 09:03 PM
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4X4 issues
Don't worry.... I tried the search function.
Anyway, I don't think my 4x4 is engaging. I got underneath it looking to find vacuum lines. It looks electronic. I don't know much about Jeeps (My first Jeep), and all I could see was some wiring coming out of the mechanism that engages the front axle.
http://i417.photobucket.com/albums/p...o/IMAG0041.jpg
http://i417.photobucket.com/albums/p...o/IMAG0043.jpg
http://i417.photobucket.com/albums/p...o/IMAG0044.jpg
Can someone tell me what type of engagement system I am looking at, and what could have gone wrong? Would a cable posi lock system be the best solution in the long run?
Anyway, I don't think my 4x4 is engaging. I got underneath it looking to find vacuum lines. It looks electronic. I don't know much about Jeeps (My first Jeep), and all I could see was some wiring coming out of the mechanism that engages the front axle.
http://i417.photobucket.com/albums/p...o/IMAG0041.jpg
http://i417.photobucket.com/albums/p...o/IMAG0043.jpg
http://i417.photobucket.com/albums/p...o/IMAG0044.jpg
Can someone tell me what type of engagement system I am looking at, and what could have gone wrong? Would a cable posi lock system be the best solution in the long run?
10-08-2011, 05:35 AM
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some guys just do this its a cheap band aide to gvet front lockedhttps://www.cherokeeforum.com/f51/fr...ss-91-a-38629/
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10-08-2011, 01:25 PM
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i just went out and looked at my jeep since it is the same yr and transfer as yours. In pic #2 those 2 dirty nipples that r there with nothing attached are supposed to have vac lines running to them. the higher one is supposed to have the yellow vac line on it and the lower one is supposed to have the white vac line on it.
10-08-2011, 01:54 PM
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Easy fix: Go to Technical Links on this Forum. Choose XJ. Go to page 3 and read about CAD in one of the posts. Fix it once and for all in less than 1/2 hour with no new parts, using basic hand tools.
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10-08-2011, 05:54 PM
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Year: 87 wagoneer xj
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This helps a ton mines a 87 but everything looks the same. But I have a phantom 4wd light when the jeeps setting still, and when you start moving again it goes away. Transfer case isn't coming on or anything and im not engaging it tho its weird.
10-12-2011, 01:32 AM
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I got under the jeep, and my four wheel drive system looks different. The transfer case says np242 on it that help with anything? Vaccine issue with the light, ok thanks!
10-12-2011, 03:37 AM
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Originally Posted by 87'wag
I got under the jeep, and my four wheel drive system looks different. The transfer case says np242 on it that help with anything? Vaccine issue with the light, ok thanks!