Hi Guys, i know this topic had been done to death and trust me i have read all posts and am still at a loss.
Brife history, NM 3.5L manual, hassel free for years! until some months ago after a trip to Stockton i had the amber flashing ligh on the centre diff flashing. No prod, take it and get scanned it shows the #2 solenoid is faulty, so out it come. The next week i was off someware and locked the diff and then straight away the flashing amber light is back.
So off i go again and this time select to replace all 5 solenoids in 1 hit to elimate the chance of another failing/sticking.
Some time later on another occasion when i locked the diff again the same amber flashing light apears... Not happy Jan, so its back to the shop. This scan reveals no electrical or solonoid faults and as the box is getting on, i'm told its in the transfer box so out it comes, and is rebuilt, back in it goes.
Brings us to today:
I had been going through the gears trying to loosen the up so to speak and until today did not have a chance to get out and try the car.
Working through the gears locally everything appeared to be fine so I headed up to the Watagans this afternoon.
As you can see in the video links below it did not go to well!
Everything was fine for about 10minuits going through 4H, 4Hlc so I decided to take a side track and try out low range. Virtual straight away a little glitch started with all 4 green lights flashing under acceleration, but it still engaged gear intermittently. Trying the old back and forth to get it to engage ventrally failed and after about another 10 minutes all gears would not engage with centre diff light flashing...
I knew it would be hard to explain and I had a gut feeling it would happen so I took a vid on my phone hoping it would help explain.
This video shows the car working through the gears and all working fine! I am in 4LLC heading up a slight grade and it starts to play up, i can make it engage gear by rolling back and moving forth. This fails after a few attempts, and eventually I get an error in all gears and I end up with only 2wd.... Vid: http://youtu.be/eUshpunfeVA
When I went to the Simpson trip the same thing happened after about 25mins and I ended the trip as I do in this vid, in 2wd
This vid shows the car in its current state, all is fine in 2wd and now as soon as you engage any other gear you get the dreaded flashing centre diff light... Vid: http://youtu.be/RP0Gvq0v-4o
Any help or tests you can suggest I try to diagnose this issue would be appreciated.
Thanks
Brife history, NM 3.5L manual, hassel free for years! until some months ago after a trip to Stockton i had the amber flashing ligh on the centre diff flashing. No prod, take it and get scanned it shows the #2 solenoid is faulty, so out it come. The next week i was off someware and locked the diff and then straight away the flashing amber light is back.
So off i go again and this time select to replace all 5 solenoids in 1 hit to elimate the chance of another failing/sticking.
Some time later on another occasion when i locked the diff again the same amber flashing light apears... Not happy Jan, so its back to the shop. This scan reveals no electrical or solonoid faults and as the box is getting on, i'm told its in the transfer box so out it comes, and is rebuilt, back in it goes.
Brings us to today:
I had been going through the gears trying to loosen the up so to speak and until today did not have a chance to get out and try the car.
Working through the gears locally everything appeared to be fine so I headed up to the Watagans this afternoon.
As you can see in the video links below it did not go to well!
Everything was fine for about 10minuits going through 4H, 4Hlc so I decided to take a side track and try out low range. Virtual straight away a little glitch started with all 4 green lights flashing under acceleration, but it still engaged gear intermittently. Trying the old back and forth to get it to engage ventrally failed and after about another 10 minutes all gears would not engage with centre diff light flashing...
I knew it would be hard to explain and I had a gut feeling it would happen so I took a vid on my phone hoping it would help explain.
This video shows the car working through the gears and all working fine! I am in 4LLC heading up a slight grade and it starts to play up, i can make it engage gear by rolling back and moving forth. This fails after a few attempts, and eventually I get an error in all gears and I end up with only 2wd.... Vid: http://youtu.be/eUshpunfeVA
When I went to the Simpson trip the same thing happened after about 25mins and I ended the trip as I do in this vid, in 2wd
This vid shows the car in its current state, all is fine in 2wd and now as soon as you engage any other gear you get the dreaded flashing centre diff light... Vid: http://youtu.be/RP0Gvq0v-4o
Any help or tests you can suggest I try to diagnose this issue would be appreciated.
Thanks
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