T-Case Problem

[nooberiffic]

I have a 93 Exploder with a electronic shift 1354 tranfer case. A prior owner had already replaced the auto hubs with warn manual ones, but left the electric shift alone. The 4wd didnt work when I got it, but I figured it was just the shift motor.
I locked the hubs, and pressed the 4x4 button and got nothing, not flashing light, no sound from the shift control module, nothing. I pulled the motor of the back of the t-case and pulled it apart and the rubber around the stop stud was completely gone. I cleaned up all the pieces and replaced the rubber with some hose. Now, I think the hose is a bit thicker than the original stop was, but slightly so. Would this have an effect?
When I reassembled the motor I was pretty certain that I put the cover back on in the original location (its easy to see the tiny indents the leads leave on the circuit board in the 2 hi position (because its there so often). I spliced the brown wire I had cut and pressed the 4x4 botton. I could hear an audible click coming from the control module, with a second one coming a few seconds later, but the light on the dash still did not come on. I also did the self check on the control module by unplugging the two connectors and pressing the white button. The LED flashed 4 times and then stopped.

Anyone have any ideas on what I should do next? I have tried to follow the guidance given in the tech section, but still have struck out.

 

[geoph1986]

Can you shift the case into 4HI or 4LOW with vice grips? You have to remove the shift motor to do this.

 

[nooberiffic]

Yes it does, I was messing around with it and shifted it into 4Lo and it took me a couple minutes to move it back to 2Hi.

 

[nooberiffic]

anyone?

 

[Maniak]

To me it still sounds like the shift motor.. especially since you hear the clicks from the control module in the back.

~Mark

 

[Tbars4]

...This might be worth a read......I think someone else further in that thread had the same problem..
http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=123542

..Btw, where are you located???..I didn't see it next to your name...

 

[nooberiffic]

Ill check it out. I promise I did some searches, I dont want to waste time.
Northern Utah, Western Wyoming


um,,, thats a link to first gen specs page

 

[Tbars4]

...Fixed it...I'm a little goofy sometimes...

 

[nooberiffic]

K. I kind of *****ed out.

I was trying to adjust the gear cover while it was loose and bent one of the copper leads. I straighteded it but still couldnt get it to work. I do have a spare t-case and shift motor so I pulled that one off and this time marking it carefully took of the cover to see how it this one lined up. Well, it has a completely different gear assembly. Instead of a phillips head stud with a rubber washer, its a smooth stud with no sign of a washer. the cover has a indexing female half circle that mates up with a male half circle on the back of the gear. The stop is not a cast bump like the broken motor, its a plastic insert with a space for the stud to fit on both sides. Also the cover is grey plastic, while the old one was aluminium. I had only heard of two kinds of shift motors, the grey capped 91-94 and the blue capped 95+. I must have had a earlier one.
I still want to rebuild it and have one spare. Any one had a all metal shift motor?

 

[doonze]

:ttiwwp:

Could be aftermarket....