Attention: TDR Forum Junkies I was out driving today when I decided to use 4wd. The bad part is the front axle didn't engage, nor did the dash light come on. Tried 4Lo, transfer case is working because of torque multiplication and you can tell it's mechanically working when you shift it. So I came home and checked out the 4-line vacuum connector on top of the transfer case. It seemed to be sitting a little too high than I thought it should. I took it off and checked to make sure it was hooked up right. It seemed to be cause one of the notches was on the back side and one was on the right side, and they were lining up with the rubber connector. I tried putting it on each way and it seemed the way I had it was right. So I put it back on and still wasn't satisfied with the way it fit on the transfer case end.
I took the truck out for a drive then and found it that the 4wd was working correctly then. Did a little driving and took it out to the highway. On the way to the highway I noticed the 4wd light didn't go out right away, but was out by the time I got to the highway.
Did a 15 PSI 4wd launch and I took the t-case out of 4Hi after I got going. Seemed to work good but smoked the tires good as well. ??? That got me curious so I found a slippery spot at the next intersection and tried spinning the tires. Sure enough, spun the back end around in the snow when turning around. Drove back to where I did the launch to see 6 tire marks, but the rear ones definately noticeabily longer and darker than the front two which were light and about a foot long. Should get a pic of this! :-laf
What i'm wondering is has anyone heard of a fitment problem with that rubber 4-line connector on top of the X-case? It sure didn't look fully seated. I've read about using zip-ties on connections but not sure about this connection. Could tape or something work? Anyone have a clue if I even found what was wrong? Right after I did the trans rebuild I had front axle engagement and 4wd light problems as well. Forgot exactly what they were, but they went away by themselves. Can anyone come to any conclusions for me on this fault?
I took the truck out for a drive then and found it that the 4wd was working correctly then. Did a little driving and took it out to the highway. On the way to the highway I noticed the 4wd light didn't go out right away, but was out by the time I got to the highway.
Did a 15 PSI 4wd launch and I took the t-case out of 4Hi after I got going. Seemed to work good but smoked the tires good as well. ??? That got me curious so I found a slippery spot at the next intersection and tried spinning the tires. Sure enough, spun the back end around in the snow when turning around. Drove back to where I did the launch to see 6 tire marks, but the rear ones definately noticeabily longer and darker than the front two which were light and about a foot long. Should get a pic of this! :-lafWhat i'm wondering is has anyone heard of a fitment problem with that rubber 4-line connector on top of the X-case? It sure didn't look fully seated. I've read about using zip-ties on connections but not sure about this connection. Could tape or something work? Anyone have a clue if I even found what was wrong? Right after I did the trans rebuild I had front axle engagement and 4wd light problems as well. Forgot exactly what they were, but they went away by themselves. Can anyone come to any conclusions for me on this fault?
So I just kept on going forward and back, getting rid of some of the packed snow and making more gravel come through the ground, also trying to build momentum. Finally I got more parallel with the road and was getting closer to getting the front wheels on the tar. Then I could have just backed up down the road and drove off fine. Finally when I thought I was going to get enough momentum, I see the farmer nearby the site coming down the road with his half-ton. He offered to hook up to me, asking if I had a chain (which I didn't know where it was since I tried using it to get the tires to bite). He of course told me to hook the one end on my truck so he wasn't liable (I told him I fully understood), and I hooked it around the tie bar (which is nothing new with this truck). He of course was on tar and idled me up to the tar. But I was disgusted, and thought that was pretty pathetic that I couldn't get up that slight incline on a gravel road to the tar road. That's the second time i've been pulled, been pulled from both ends, and both times were by a Chevy (which of course doesn't mean anything 
). The first time I was nosed into a decline off of a icy, snow-covered gravel side street and the guy pulled me with his truck on his cement landing to his garage. This time I was backed into a rough situation. If I had 4WD and maybe some weight in the back, I would have tackled the ditch in reverse. 
But of course I didn't, hence the subject. 
:-laf
