Could not get my T Case to go into 4LOW. 2WD easy, 4HI easy, but no matter how hard I pushed/pulled the lever, pop the clutch etc., it would NOT go into Low.
Took it to a friends house so he could move the lever while I was underneath with some tools & a ball peen hammer. Once I figured out which way to tap tap tap we were finally able to get it to shift in/out of 4Low. Took it for a test drive & all good.
Next morning before buttoning everything up, skid plate etc, I tried shifting just to be sure. FAIL, back to square one.
This time I had my wife pushing the lever & repeating what my friend did. Well except she never yelled ‘WTF is wrong with this thing? ’WTF won’t this go into low?’
This time I did a bit more looking before tap taping. Looked into the T CASE boot, wiped what I could with a brush, sprayed some Kroil all around etc. Then I found the culprit. The T Case boot…after 51 years had a hole in it which over time allowed debris to fall in.
With my flashlight I was able to see that a wire brush (think tooth brush size) had fallen in there & bounced around blocking the lever from moving. Needle nose pliers to the rescue & pulled out the brush. An easy enough fix but took forever to figure it out.
And the really good thing: after 51 years still able to get a OEM boot from @cruiseroutfit .
Took it to a friends house so he could move the lever while I was underneath with some tools & a ball peen hammer. Once I figured out which way to tap tap tap we were finally able to get it to shift in/out of 4Low. Took it for a test drive & all good.
Next morning before buttoning everything up, skid plate etc, I tried shifting just to be sure. FAIL, back to square one.
This time I had my wife pushing the lever & repeating what my friend did. Well except she never yelled ‘WTF is wrong with this thing? ’WTF won’t this go into low?’
This time I did a bit more looking before tap taping. Looked into the T CASE boot, wiped what I could with a brush, sprayed some Kroil all around etc. Then I found the culprit. The T Case boot…after 51 years had a hole in it which over time allowed debris to fall in.
With my flashlight I was able to see that a wire brush (think tooth brush size) had fallen in there & bounced around blocking the lever from moving. Needle nose pliers to the rescue & pulled out the brush. An easy enough fix but took forever to figure it out.
And the really good thing: after 51 years still able to get a OEM boot from @cruiseroutfit .
. I did not want to drop that case to find the issue.