The light just kept flashing and the 4H / 4L shift wouldnt budge. Had to swtruggle in 2WD for nearly 20 miles until it warmed up then it all worked perfectly.Anyone heard of this happening before?
4WD Frozen
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4WD Frozen
by bobbinsjob on Sat Feb 07, 2009 4:58 pm
got into the truck this morning at 5am. Deep snow all around. 4WD is a must, me thinks. WRONG!!, could not engage 4WD as either the transfer box or the vac system was frozen solid The light just kept flashing and the 4H / 4L shift wouldnt budge. Had to swtruggle in 2WD for nearly 20 miles until it warmed up then it all worked perfectly.
Anyone heard of this happening before?
The light just kept flashing and the 4H / 4L shift wouldnt budge. Had to swtruggle in 2WD for nearly 20 miles until it warmed up then it all worked perfectly.Anyone heard of this happening before?
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Re: 4WD Frozen
by meooo on Sat Feb 07, 2009 5:05 pm
no
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Re: 4WD Frozen
by Drift on Sat Feb 07, 2009 5:07 pm
Ive heard of Citroen Picasso's gear selecting rods freezing, but twenty minutes engine running thaws them out.
You must have moisture in the vac system
You must have moisture in the vac system
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Re: 4WD Frozen
by weave67 on Sat Feb 07, 2009 5:09 pm
or you could gat a a series 
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Re: 4WD Frozen
by john (smifffy) on Sat Feb 07, 2009 5:11 pm
sounds like snow melted when the engine was hot and the water remaining froze over night or water particles in the vac system
i left mine in 4wd for an hour while i waited for the mrs and had a job getting out of 4wd when i got to tarmac
i left mine in 4wd for an hour while i waited for the mrs and had a job getting out of 4wd when i got to tarmac
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Re: 4WD Frozen
by woodwizzard on Sat Feb 07, 2009 6:22 pm
Give me old fashioned levers any day 
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Re: 4WD Frozen
by weave67 on Sat Feb 07, 2009 6:26 pm
amen to that 
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Re: 4WD Frozen
by john boy on Sat Feb 07, 2009 7:02 pm
Don't get that problem with a lever mine just squeaks a lot
mine just squeaks a lot It might be slow but i can go anywhere!
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Re: 4WD Frozen
by john (smifffy) on Sat Feb 07, 2009 7:12 pm
mine is the lever type that stuck for a few minutes
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Re: 4WD Frozen
by Drift on Sat Feb 07, 2009 7:15 pm
Mine and Andysd1's manual hubs where frozen locked last week when laning, took deicer and pliers to unlock them. they had a ball of ice around them
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Re: 4WD Frozen
by 4x4 bobby on Sat Feb 07, 2009 7:22 pm
Sorry to hear that Ian, New you should of had an "A SERIES"
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Re: 4WD Frozen
by Sir-Doris on Sat Feb 07, 2009 8:45 pm
I likes levers
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Re: 4WD Frozen
by FlyingFinn on Sat Feb 07, 2009 9:01 pm
And i´m not thinking of buying of B-Series Fronty anymore...
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