Vacum Question.

[JEEPWRIDE]

Old Friend Returns

My vacum motor on my YJ has s**t the bed. So I heard of the Idea of puting a manual flip switch in the jeep. Any Ideas on how to do this. Help, I miss my 4wd.

 

[jhiggins]

Posi-lock cable or I have a brand new harness I will sell you ....

 

[Tug-n-pull]

If you are interested I can show you how to do a home made vaccum by pass cable posi lock for a few bucks just go here
http://home.earthlink.net/~stevenschreiber/cabledis.htm This is what I have done to ol Jeezabell and she loves it. Able to run in 2 LO as well as 4 LO a killer mod for the trail rides. good luck tug

 

[Sound_Man]

idle speed gone nuts

Nice mod Tug, I just bought the 4x4 posi-lock kit and started installing it. If I had seen this sooner I would not have bought it.
I keep pulling the vacume lines off when the pass side drops when I am on the rocks. The vacume system is not a good design once you lift an XJ.

 

[monsterrd]

names

Going to do tugs system next week, posi-loc is about $200.00

 

[monsterrd]

Tug, Does your 4wd light still work with your cable system?

 

[Snitty]

yeah, if done right, the cable will still trip the trigger for the light

 

[jhiggins]

They will work just have to hook up a couple of wires ...make sure to cap the vaccum port on your T-Case...

 

[XJNick]

The 4 wheel drive light is a vacuum switch, so if you left the vacuum lines at the T-case alone, it should still function

Another idea would be to mount a Normally Closed push button switch by the shift linkage to turn on the light when the lever isn't in 2HI.

Just a thought :idea:
-Nick :!:

 

[Bounty__Hunter]

Yes.....

I installed a manual vacuum swtich to bypass the switch in the transfer case, allows operation of the disconnect when in 4wd, and welding of the front diff for more traction and selectivity.

Took about 20minutes with very little fabrication, switch is even from a Jeep