fourtrak 4 wheel drive probs....yup that ol chestnut again i'm afraid! HELP!!!

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hello every body.
well i have had the truck up on a wheels free ramp.

and deffo no fourwhheel drive to be seen anywhere.

No light in the dash.

Not a sausage from the 4x4 high switch on the dash.

Nothing in the 4wd low dept either ( have tried the lever )

Basically , when ingaged...there is no turning of front prop...not a darned thing!, its almost like nothing is there,i think i have bought a heavy van !

When tested, we locked the manual hubs.

To get fourwheel low...do you first have to press the fwd high button to engage Unknw

The fwd lever does actuall put it into the lower gear ratio's, but just not the 4wd.

WHERE DO I START ??
OH_ME_OH_MY.....AM I GOING TO HAVE TO GO TO ONE OF THOSE NASTY DAIHATSU MAINDEALERS AND SPEND SHEDLOADS OF MONEY FOR THEM TO TELL ME TO THROW IT AWAY?
oh i do hope not...am coming well towards the end of my budget now and am becoming rather poor once more.

and ive got to give the beast a full service yet !

HHHEEEEELLLPP!

fourtrak 4 wheel drive probs....yup that ol chestnut again i'm a

Hello,

What year is it??

4WD high, is the vacum hose ok from the alternator to the gearbox? It needs this to engage. If this hose is leaking, pinched or not connected then 4WD high will not work (not even the light on the dash)

Check this................I'm not 100% sure if the 4WD high needs to be engaged before the 4WD - Low. I do not think so but I will check when I get home.

Try checking the vacum hose and get back to us all. Also, I do not know the year of your beast.........the more we know the more chance we can keep her away from a main dealer......

Cheers

H

vacuum hose etc

only a demon buys a lemon!
Hi ,H,
I wouldnt have a clue what the vacum hose looks like! Is it a big thing or small Unknw whats it mad oe Unknw I shall certainly have a look!But would that also cause the no show on the dash light ?:?

Its a 1990 (G reg) F75 2.7 turbo diesel......nicknamed at the moment " the big black van"....cos it aint a 4x4 yet!:'-(

only a demon buys a lemon!

4x4 issue

Go to the alternator, look at the back of it, there is a small (about 4/5mm) hose going to a thin steel pipe. This pipe goes along the engine towards the gear box. Then it turns back to rubber where the flywheel meets the gear box. From there the rubber hose connects to a steel tube to the 4WD solenid. If the Solenid is getting no vacum then the 4WD high will not work (not even the light on the dash)

Do what Nev.K said, does the prop turn? If it does then you have a transfer box problem. It s a bugger because I sold a spare gearbox complete with tranfer box in Jan and one has just gone on Ebay.

I have a 1991 H reg 2.8TD, I plan to by a spairs or repair motor for donor parts (the old style fully manually gears box will drop straight into the newer models.

Sorry we can not be any more help. If it is a transfer box issue let us know, I will keep an eye out.

Cheers

H

iv tryed

iv inspected the vacum pipes going from the alternater to the transfer box cant seem to find any splits in them is there anything else that i could check?? something clicks in the transfer box when you push the 4H switch but that is all that happens so there is power getting somewhere would a lack of oil in the g/box or t/box be doing this? i just want to get it sorted and join a off road club and get it into some mud thats the reason why i had it in the first place i could be tempted to chuck a lit match at it soon haha

4x4

you dont need to push 4wd button if you are in low box as the lever does it for you, it may be worth finding a specialist 4x4 garage to have a chat with one of the mechanics as they will probably of come across this prob before

4x4 garage

only a demon buys a lemon!
I ive in the darkest depths of north devon where you would think there woudl be loads with all our rain and mud....but there aint !

Cant talk to landrover enthusiasts as in my past experience they just shake their head from side to side and tut a lot when they see the big black van!:(

only a demon buys a lemon!

You say you locked the manual

You say you locked the manual free wheeling hubs. Did you try turning one front wheel, while holding the other still? If so did the front prop shaft spin? You do seam to have a transfur problem, just want to totaly eliminate a hub problem as well.

Any veiws expresed in this thread by me are purely from my own experience, and (sometimes) falible memory. Hope my comments help, but please don't take them as gospel.

iv got the same probs here 2

iv got the same problom here 2 4wd system doesnt work but i will take alook at that vacum hose from the alternatier iv also tryed that locking the manual hubs in and holding 1 wheel whilst turning the other and my front prop moves i assume its meant 2????

i have the exact same problem

i have the exact same problem with my rocky 88.

when i pull the lever for 4low i here the sound of a relay behind the glovecompartment, the light in the dash is never on.

i have checked my front hubs, and the front diff. there fine.

my 4wd doesn't work in high or low gear, but the low gear is fine, but only on the rear wheels. a couple of months ago, it work on the front wheels every now and then, but never when i wanted it to..

has anybody figured out what the problem was?

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4X4

Mate,

Check the vacumm hose from the alternator to the gear box, if this baby leaks only a tiny bit you 4x4 will not work!!!

Also check the wiring to the 4x4 solenoid on the gearbox.

It is usally one of these things....

Cheers

H

that i'll do! just one que

that i'll do!

just one question, what is the "alternator"

i live in sweden and don't know all the engine names in english..

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The spinning thing that makes

The spinning thing that makes electrisity to recharge the battery.
According to one traslation site it's this: växelströmsgenerator?

Any veiws expresed in this thread by me are purely from my own experience, and (sometimes) falible memory. Hope my comments help, but please don't take them as gospel.

thanks alot, i thought that w

thanks alot, i thought that was called generator i english also..

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