nism0racer
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- Queens, NY
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- 1996 XLT
Hello everyone! It's my first time posting here but I have been browsing these forums for over 2 years now and I just want to say this is one of the best resources of information on the net. Anyway, I've had my 1996 Explorer XLT for about 4 years now and its been pretty great. The only major problem I had was the tranny rebuild at 100k miles. The OHV motor hold up pretty well (just burns oil a little).
Now to my peculiar problem. I've beat up on my 4wd pretty well, especially when I first bought the truck during the winter season. I was very surprised with its 4wd performance; even if it was just 4wd auto, we never got stuck in the snow. Now, lately I have been having problems. When I switch to 4x4 auto, the lights come on, but if I go to highway speed(around 50mph), the 4x4AUTO and 4x4LOW lights start blinking 6 times. I know these are the speed sensors, but I performed the "anti-brown wire mod" to have the 4x4high feature in the control trac(on-off-on switch) to get around the problem. A few weeks ago I tested out this mod and I experienced binding when I switched it to the 4high feature(12v from cig lighter to clutch) which means its works right?
Now it just snowed 20 inches here in NYC and when I took the explorer out, I was getting very poor performance of the 4wd(4x4 Auto on the main switch and 12v on the brown wire). My rear kept slipping out and I saw no movement of the front wheels. Sometimes, I would hear alot of "thunking" noises when my rears were slipping. Also, sometimes I would feel that there were some power going to the front, but very little, and not enough to cause them to slip. My tires arent very good for snow and theres about a little less than 1/2 of an inch of thread left on the rears. What do you guys think the problem could be? Is it just the tires or a 4x4 engagement problem? Do you think the speed sensors are still affecting the 4x4 even though I did the brown wire mod?
Also does binding automatically means that power is going to the front wheels? Because it did bind when I tested it out a few weeks ago...
Thanks in advance!
Now to my peculiar problem. I've beat up on my 4wd pretty well, especially when I first bought the truck during the winter season. I was very surprised with its 4wd performance; even if it was just 4wd auto, we never got stuck in the snow. Now, lately I have been having problems. When I switch to 4x4 auto, the lights come on, but if I go to highway speed(around 50mph), the 4x4AUTO and 4x4LOW lights start blinking 6 times. I know these are the speed sensors, but I performed the "anti-brown wire mod" to have the 4x4high feature in the control trac(on-off-on switch) to get around the problem. A few weeks ago I tested out this mod and I experienced binding when I switched it to the 4high feature(12v from cig lighter to clutch) which means its works right?
Now it just snowed 20 inches here in NYC and when I took the explorer out, I was getting very poor performance of the 4wd(4x4 Auto on the main switch and 12v on the brown wire). My rear kept slipping out and I saw no movement of the front wheels. Sometimes, I would hear alot of "thunking" noises when my rears were slipping. Also, sometimes I would feel that there were some power going to the front, but very little, and not enough to cause them to slip. My tires arent very good for snow and theres about a little less than 1/2 of an inch of thread left on the rears. What do you guys think the problem could be? Is it just the tires or a 4x4 engagement problem? Do you think the speed sensors are still affecting the 4x4 even though I did the brown wire mod?
Also does binding automatically means that power is going to the front wheels? Because it did bind when I tested it out a few weeks ago...
Thanks in advance!