So I was trying to sort the centre diff lock out, changed the sensor and sadly that didn’t work so bridged the connection on the plug with a paper clip and straight away I got the CDL and ABS light up on the dash so I’m guessing an issue with the actuator instead?.
Either way I thought I’d try the front and rear locks as I believe the front locker needs to be engaged for the front diff to be removed?.
Anyway nothing happened so turned the switch back off, then moving off a friends drive where we were working on it the front locker engaged on its own!, switch off, centre diff not locked or tricked into the car thinking it’s locked!, tried going back and forth, luckily it’s gravel so a bit loose, tried getting the plug off and using a 9V battery as a technique described on ih8mud and nothing!.
The diff does have an oil/grease leak from the back where the prop connects, the knuckles are leaking and I’ve got a front axle rebuild kit and I’ve managed to find a decent diff from a breakers.
As it’s locked at the moment this means the front diff will be removable but my worry is when the new diff goes in, I won’t be able to get it unlocked either, does this sound like the actuator in the front has gotten stuck too?, there is somewhere on eBay that repairs the actuators and posts them back so was thinking about removing them and sending them off, not really sure how to sort this out.
It’s obviously completely undriveable at the moment.
I did have to drive it about 1.5 miles to get it to where it’s going to be getting worked on which I did very slowly and with great difficulty and turning very gently when I had to.
Either way I thought I’d try the front and rear locks as I believe the front locker needs to be engaged for the front diff to be removed?.
Anyway nothing happened so turned the switch back off, then moving off a friends drive where we were working on it the front locker engaged on its own!, switch off, centre diff not locked or tricked into the car thinking it’s locked!, tried going back and forth, luckily it’s gravel so a bit loose, tried getting the plug off and using a 9V battery as a technique described on ih8mud and nothing!.
The diff does have an oil/grease leak from the back where the prop connects, the knuckles are leaking and I’ve got a front axle rebuild kit and I’ve managed to find a decent diff from a breakers.
As it’s locked at the moment this means the front diff will be removable but my worry is when the new diff goes in, I won’t be able to get it unlocked either, does this sound like the actuator in the front has gotten stuck too?, there is somewhere on eBay that repairs the actuators and posts them back so was thinking about removing them and sending them off, not really sure how to sort this out.
It’s obviously completely undriveable at the moment.
I did have to drive it about 1.5 miles to get it to where it’s going to be getting worked on which I did very slowly and with great difficulty and turning very gently when I had to.