1995 eddie bower 4x4 problem,please help

[mytiburon]

I have a 95 eddie bower explorer with the 2wd/4 auto/4 low. For some reason i have no 4 wheel drive at all.I checedk all 4wd fuses and they seem ok, the dash indicater lights 4x4, and the transfer case shifrts to low ok, however no matter what i do it will not go into 4x4 in high or low, Does anyone know what is casuing this or how i could possibly fix this.

 

[mytiburon]

something else i forgot to mention,not sure if this is relevent to the 4wd, but the truck now only has defrost, no other controls work

 

[Millertime1987]

Did you ever have 4WD or has it never worked? I would make sure all the fluids are good.

As far as the defrost only working, i haven't a clue.

 

[steve6534]

Sounds like you have a vacuum leak and since your '95 uses a vacuum disconnect front axle it sounds like it's not locking. You'll need to find the leak and make the repairs.

 

[mytiburon]

Yeah my 4x4 always usta work.I changed the lower intake maifold gasket in the summer and it finally snowed here, so i went to use 4x4 first the first time this season and i noticed the problem, maybe i unhooked something when i did the gasket?

 

[steve6534]

Sounds pretty likely.. I would start by tracing the vacuum octopus that's on the upper intake manifold and making sure everything is connected.

 

[mytiburon]

thanks for the help, you were all right, vaccum line riped in half, just used a piece of aquarium pump hose to act as a sleeve to join the vac line together. 18 cent fix working perfectly

 

[slpdave]

Did the vacuum leak also fix the defrost problem?