Well,,after much time and money put into changing the OTF dash switch and vacuum switch, encoder motor, vacuum thinggy under battery, 4X4 STILL WAS NOT WORKING,
So lying in bed ..POOF, I had a thought.
What if I removed the encoder motor. Took out the gear that slides onto the transfer case, welded and adapter,(short 3/8 socket extexsion) and weld it on the gear purpendicular to the ground. then I could take a 3/8 stock rod (from the hardware for $3.00) put in a few bends and such, run it just behind my right inside leg, cut it to a short 3 inch length, made a handle and seal with rubber,
I thought.
OK, mental check list,,If I manually shift the lever would that engage the front axles? Well they are activated by the vacuum switch on top of the transfer case. So when it is engaged into 4x4 hi, it would allow the vacuum to let the vacuum thinggy under the battery to engage the front axles.
The only thing that should not work is no lights would come on to let me know if the 4x4 is engaged,,,,,I could live with that.
So the next day I set out to try my idea,,,,,,,
It took about 1 1/2 hours to complete everything.....Oh, I bet you are wondering how I held the gear from the old encoder motor in place so it would not slide off,,,,I took a piece of 1/2 wide 1/4 thick and maybe 6 inches or less in length, I bent it so I could bolt it to the front encoder motor bolt hole and the other end would put slight pressure on the gear to keep it in place.
IT WORKS GREAT, I can still shift on the fly. I dont have to worry if it will stop working or not.
Any guestions or If you want pictures let me know.
4X4 Remidy for stupid encodor motor
