My Dodge Truck

[beagle man]

In a way this is about crappie fishing, you guessed it beagle is having more trouble, damn get tired of this crap, anyway,went to shift 2001 dodge 1500 to 4wheel drive and nothing no 4wheel drive. no noise,no clunks,no nothing, any Ideas, anyone need any more info. worked couple weeks ago dont use it often ???

[talltimber]

Beagle, I've got a 96 model 3/4 ton, but I think they operate the same. First, did you get a indicator light? I have put mine in(thought I did), got a light but no 4x. Just had to move the truck a little and try it again, went in. Next, there is a vacuum operated collar that slides inside the axle to lock it up. If you don't have vacuum, no 4x. I believe it is operated off the movement of the xfer shift lever. I got a manual, I'll look it up to be sure. I'll get back to you in a while.

The manual didn't go into much more detail than what I had already given. I'm assuming that the electrical switch on the vac. motor housing(on the axle) sends signal to the indicator light on dash. What I don't know for sure is what sends vac. signal to vac. motor. It appears, by reading between the lines and without going out and crawling under my truck, that there is some type of valve(?) on the xfer case that would be connected to the shift linkage most likely.

[beagle man]

talltimber wish I had a book, anyway no matter what I do no 4x light hasnt worked in years but 4x always did. thanks

[champ202]

In a way this is about crappie fishing, you guessed it beagle is having more trouble, damn get tired of this crap, anyway,went to shift 2001 dodge 1500 to 4wheel drive and nothing no 4wheel drive. no noise,no clunks,no nothing, any Ideas, anyone need any more info. worked couple weeks ago dont use it often ???

beagle
i alos have a 01 dodge and mine went out last year u might want to look at the TRANSFER CASE ACTUATOR SWITCH ,Transmission Control Module, Transmission Solenoid they had to replace all three of thse on mine it was a costly repair but i bought it 2 yrs ago and only had to cover half of it thank god for warrenty

[talltimber]

I would check first to make sure that the vac lines are still attached and in good condition. Really need a vac check, but you would need a gauge for that. I assume your mode selector works on your heater/ac? If all you have is defrost(default)then you've lost vacuum. Other than that, it would be an under-the-hood/truck check line by line. Also, I would check the lines around the xfer case. You might happen up on something obvious you could fix yourself without taking it somewhere. Not belittling your ability in any way, just thinking about how I would go about it myself. FWIW, dieseltruckresource.com is a great site, mostly diesel related, but they have a general discussion forum that could most likely help. Look for Generation 2 general discussion. Holler.

[Speck]

I thought mine went out a few years ago, All it turned out to be was a vacume line came loose. Worked fine after that.

[beagle man]

thanks will try the above,

[old fuzzy]

you could just open a fresh jug of crown,sit down and think about it,,,,,,just a thought

[beagle man]

don't think the crown would help,

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[kp crane]

don't think the crown would help,

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