So I was all set to be part of the JPMagazine Dirt n Drive 2019... had my ticket, my hotels, my Grand Wagoneer packed with off road goodies - radio, recovery kit, first aid, ugh.. a new 4 inch lift, new radiator and hoses... Aw... it was gonna be SO sweet... 4 days with Rick Pewe and 98 other Jeep Guys.
Then my transfer case decided to poop the bed. It just will NOT go into 4WD. When I move the selector, I hear the vacuum line take hold like normal but ... no go. 2WD only. Bonus, when I put it in reverse NOTHING works. The rpms go up, and the shafts move but there is no engagement. I put it in 4WD LO and the back wheels clunk into place (again, like normal) but the fronts don't wanna spin. The drive lines do but there nothing. I jacked it up off the ground and tested. In 4 LO, reverse will work though.
I have replaced about a mile of vacuum line. When dinking with the radiator, we replaced all fluids... axle, tranny, everything.
It gonna end up being either something really stoopidly obvious... Hey, this $2.50 part will fix it... or well over 800 bucks.
Dayum, this is just killing me.