you were saying?

 

Well my wife sucks, complains a lot, and takes my money. I think I'll keep her though. At least your truck doesn't b*tch at you lol

 

Lol! Awesome!

 

I think some people here are forgetting that Ford is not the only automotive company to utilize an electronic/vacuum engaged 4 wheel drive system...

Poorly setup? Maybe you should go to a GM and have to remove your battery and battery tray to access your vacuum actuator that push/pulls on a more often than not, frozen cable down to the awkward front diff... then put it all back together just to check if it works, then you can pull it all back apart when it doesn't...

Dodge has em too... My buddy's Dodge 2500 is stuck, vacuum actuator is locked at the axle, he hasn't had time to let me fix it yet...

Don't get all pissy at Ford... At least the components are all easily accessible and a breeze to troubleshoot in person in about 15 minutes...

And this "complicated system" is the same system I helped a member on here troubleshoot every aspect of, down to the last/hardest to get to part (which was his problem) all of which took about 45 min via text msg and he has never dealt with a 4wd system before... He also fixed it himself... Can't be too complicated, although I guess it could be if you only think about how it might work, anything could be going on in there right?

 

Mentioning the **** poor designs on front ends. The 88 and up Chevy's had the "donkey-dick" heated actuator to engage the front axle. Talk about a piece of crap. In the really cold weather (we have it here in AK) they would take a good 2-3 seconds to heat and engage, so if you were in need of 4x4, you didn't have it on before it was usually too late. If the nitrogen charged cylinder didn't mess up, then the 4x4 engagement light would also mess up. The fork for the front axle would sometimes have to be shimmed to work correctly. It is a poorly designed system.

 

They make a kit for that. Don't remember the name of it, but we used them on our race trucks, When we had to run those stock axle's.

 

I know about the bypass kit, but the average get in and drive person doesn't They just buy a vehicle and when they need it the most, have to wait (with the Chev's) to use it. I was just stating an obvious problem that people who don't own them, may not know about. Thanks for the input.

That bypass worked out great didn't it? A friend used it on his Jeep (which also used a shimmed front fork to fix the engagement problem), and it helped him out. He did a lot of off roading and before he installed it, he would get hung up all the time. I hated to go help him get home. lol

 

Well if nothing else, I sparked some interest in this thread again and raised some blood pressures...it sure didn't take very much...

BTW, all I have is Ford vehicles, my sons have Ford vehicles and if and when I buy another vehicle it will be a Ford...even my lawn tractor is a Ford...

To 7700SCREW- yes Alberta is hard on vehicles, mine spent a year there in the Medicine Hat region...and I did lube the linkage but the motor packed in...

 

well heres the thing my papaw owned my ford it wasnt drove over 60mph had every thing done right on it and the egr has always ****ed up and the passanger door lock likes to stick and btw i had the same dodge as u never had a prob with it and i pulled horse trailers with it but i do like my ford it just pised me off that it had to **** up when i dont have the extra money cause of christmas

 

Ya I have never had the motor on the transfercase give me problems. And I wasn't talking about the linkage.
The actual shift fork on the front differential is the part that should be removed and lubed up once a year.
I find that guys that rarely use there 4wheel drive have to do this more then guys who use it on a regular basis.
Glad to see you have spent some time in our beautiful province!