I bought my 80 with a part time 4wd kit partially installed. I need to post the whole story, but long story short, the previous owner was in the Special Forces and died a pretty tragic death. I bought it from the soldier's dad who was fairly involved in the vehicles history, but not always had full hands-on experience with it or what was done. It was being built into an Expedition/Endurance Rig, his dream was to take it to Africa when he was done. Unfortunately that dream was never realized. Besides wanting to take care of this vehicle because it is mine, I also want to honor his sacrifice and dream of modifying everything right and taking exceptional care of his old 80.
...Back to the 4wd... It has manual hubs, and the dad said all it needed was a "$40 wiring mod around the dash". I am assuming it's the CDL switch he was referencing. My question is, how do I know that is all it needs? I'm afraid of unlocking the hubs in case of, well... I don't know what... I've read a few search threads on these part time conversions, and I am almost more confused than when I started. A couple guys seem to be saying that once it's done, the Full Time 4wd will be lost, and only 2wd and CDL true 4wd will be available. I don't understand why this would be, and I don't want that!
Also I read that the VC needs to be taken out, is this correct, and is their an easy way to tell if it's been done yet in my case?
I probably wouldn't do this mod if it wasn't already started, but since it is, I want to finish it.
Thanks for any help.
...Back to the 4wd... It has manual hubs, and the dad said all it needed was a "$40 wiring mod around the dash". I am assuming it's the CDL switch he was referencing. My question is, how do I know that is all it needs? I'm afraid of unlocking the hubs in case of, well... I don't know what... I've read a few search threads on these part time conversions, and I am almost more confused than when I started. A couple guys seem to be saying that once it's done, the Full Time 4wd will be lost, and only 2wd and CDL true 4wd will be available. I don't understand why this would be, and I don't want that!
Also I read that the VC needs to be taken out, is this correct, and is their an easy way to tell if it's been done yet in my case?
I probably wouldn't do this mod if it wasn't already started, but since it is, I want to finish it.
Thanks for any help.