Hello All, so I noticed a while ago my 4wd lights (4hi and 4lo) would illuminate when I'd press em, but it didn't really feel like it was in 4. I confirmed my worries a couple of days ago when several days of snowmelt froze and got covered by some pretty wet snow here in Reno. I could do serious donuts in 4wd, like I could in my old 78 cutlass.
A tip from a friend led me to the fusebox, which had what looked like old dried up coffee on the #19 fuse, so I cleaned it and put it back in. I THOUGHT it sounded a bit different, but once again we got snow last night, and it still wasn't working.
Today, I pulled the battery and checked the vacuum under the tray, that was fine. What a PITA it is to try tracing the vacuum lines.
I don't know where to start. BUT:
I fould a long vacuum line underneath that went down alongside the oilpan and looked as though it disappeared by the t-case. It was sitting against the exhaust in 2 pieces, which i thought may be the culprit. I T'd it back together, and again tried driving.
Nothing MUCH different, except on tight turns (damp road, no snow or sitting water, it melts fast out here) it felt almost like the rear drivers side tire was flat, hopefully fighting the front tires on dry pavement? . I'm hoping that fixed it, however, it's not clunking out of 4wd like my old samurai used to do. I thought I should expect to hear SOMETHING, or feel some vibration in the steering wheel different.... To the best of my knowlege, it stopped working early LAST winter, I was on a mountain pass stopped and couldn't go up.
I'm reluctant to remove all the skid plates below, though I pretty much have not much use for em, and I can't seem to find access to the tcase top to check the vacuum lines there. Does anyone have any hints to access em for the carport DIYer? Or, I could just wait for another big snow on the passes and brave it, but I'd rather the first thing.
On another note, my blower (heater/vent) has ALWAYS sounded like its blowing really strong. The heat works, but the air just seems to trickle out of the vents, not with the force that it sounds like it could produce, though I have not much desire to pull the fender off and replace the motor, as any auto work is much frowned upon in our carports - damn HOA.
Thanks!
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12-29-2007, 04:42 PM
Yet another 4wd question/issue 96 Jimmy
