Which would you be most likely to think it is?
-Kevin
I'd vote for the shift motor. If you are a DIYer, it's easy to take apart and clean up and see if that cures it. Or you can buy a new one for about $160 if you hopelessly muck up yours (not likely to happen).
-- Elbridge Gerry, of Massachusetts:
"What, sir, is the use of militia? It is to prevent the establishment of a standing army, the bane of liberty. . . Whenever Government means to invade the rights and liberties of the people, they always attempt to destroy the militia, in order to raise a standing army upon its ruins." -- Debate, U.S. House of Representatives, August 17, 1789
Test it first.
Get someone inside trying to engage and disengage 4WD. Lie underneath with a small hammer and gently tap the motor at the rear of the transfer case. This is the on-the-road (or beach) cure and 99% of the time cures it that one time you really need 4WD. If tapping it cures it....... replace the motor (or strip it).
Jethro
1998 XLT 126,000 miles 1994 Econoline 1994 Ranger Ex-1991 Eddie B.
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