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    98 Explorer Sport stuck in 4 wheel drive

    The free moving transfer case is not a concern as mine was usually in a bind when I had to turn it. I have had one of my former explorers that the hubs had dried up grease and dry-rotted vacuum lines feeding to the back side of the front hubs. I was able to replace the vacuum line withh...
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    98 Explorer Sport stuck in 4 wheel drive

    In that case it sounds as if you are having an issue with your vacuum pulse hubs or the electrical /or leaking vacuum lines to the switch for the vacuum to your hubs or feeding to the hubs themselves. On higher mileage vehicles the hubs can be neglected and usually were never serviced by...
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    98 Explorer Sport stuck in 4 wheel drive

    One more thing...if you are up to it you can manually shift the transfer case to 2hi. Crawl under the x and unbolt the shift motor. Find a scrap large blade flat-head screwdriver and a good strong jaw pair of channel locks or visegrips. Gently tap the screwdriver into the triangle shaped hole...
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    98 Explorer Sport stuck in 4 wheel drive

    Ok so I've experienced this same issue on 4 of my 5 different explorers I've owned. A very quick and simple temporary fix is to make sure the switch is in either 2hi or auto position... look for all the fuses in both fuse panels that pertain to the 4x4 system. Remove all of those and cycle the...
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    98 ford explorer theft light glows solid when I lock the vehicle

    This is completely normal. Don't be worried. It is a time delay built in so that if the lock button was hit then another passenger opened a door from inside it would not set off the alarm. I have had 2 '97 x's and 3 '96 x's and now finally my 1st 97 mounty...my 1st 5.0... and glad to be rid of...
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