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RE: 98 jimmy 4x4 not working - 1/4/2008 4:59:40 AM

swartlkk

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Gotta love that kind of attitude. Good luck with what ever it is you do in the future.

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RE: 98 jimmy 4x4 not working - 1/4/2008 6:45:34 AM

hantayo13

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welll i have restored more than enough GM product and have never been happy with them also owned many...this one is worst than any even my old 57 which was at end of days it's day by time i got it ran/served me better

keep on roddin'

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RE: 98 jimmy 4x4 not working - 1/4/2008 3:33:19 PM

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I am not picking at you, but were you taking your truck to a GM dealership or some little shop. Not saying that little shops are less competant, but I always get my truck looked at by a chevy mech, before I blow a ton of money hoping to fix the problem. I have had too many of those little shops try and rip me off. I think that the 75 bucks to have them diagnose the problem is more than worth it. Plus the guys on this site are always a big help with any problem I have ever had.

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RE: 98 jimmy 4x4 not working - 1/5/2008 4:50:16 AM

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it isnt about the shop it is the piss poor design of the system...why is a button ,tccm and decoder motor a vacumn diafram a cable all needed to shift into 4wd....it just more stuff to break ,f**k up all that is needed is a simple lever on floor ......KISS keep it simple stupid ...how hard is that
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RE: 98 jimmy 4x4 not working - 1/5/2008 7:01:10 AM

swartlkk

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We could do without the language here... Highly unnecessary.

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RE: 98 jimmy 4x4 not working - 1/5/2008 10:22:03 AM

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sorry bout the language..but it is a bad design...and for now i am stuck with crawling under truck to shift it into /outof 4wd......$700 at dealer is not an answer it is a piece of crapola

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RE: 98 jimmy 4x4 not working - 1/5/2008 10:25:28 AM

swartlkk

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And why do you believe that the dealership is your only alternative...? Seems a little short sighted. There are many aftermarket alternatives as well as the old standby of a U-Pull-It yard. The ones near me even warranty the parts you pull. If it doesn't work, bring it back for a full refund!

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RE: 98 jimmy 4x4 not working - 1/5/2008 10:51:11 AM

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Yeah there are plenty of other alternatives like Kyle mentioned to you in Post above. A few of my friends have gotten parts from those U-Pull-It yards.

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RE: 98 jimmy 4x4 not working - 1/5/2008 1:19:36 PM

drperry

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If the KISS principle applied to vehicles, they'd still be carbed...

People WANT more features. Push button 4x4 isn't a bad idea... You could always get the t-case from the older, floor shifted 4x4s and drop that in.

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RE: 98 jimmy 4x4 not working - 1/6/2008 4:45:09 AM

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have already spent way to many hours of shop time and when we put in new decoder motor and TCCM it wouldnt shift out of 4lo not an answer thankful my shop didnt charge me for time cause it didnt fix problem...hoping that company will take back decodeer motor that didnt work other wise i out the $260 i already paid for it
i am not happy

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RE: 98 jimmy 4x4 not working - 1/6/2008 10:42:39 AM

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i need to know what i need to do to get a manual tranfer shifter in this truck .....years and what parts i need
thanks

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RE: 98 jimmy 4x4 not working - 1/6/2008 2:07:08 PM

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Out of curiosity, did you check the vacuum diaphragm for the front diff actuator? There's something in the system, where if the front diff actuator doesn't move enough, it doesn't go into 4x4 and it could trip the code and make the 4x4 not work...

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RE: 98 jimmy 4x4 not working - 1/6/2008 8:58:31 PM

hantayo13

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vacuum diaphragm works fine i have decoder motor off and am able to shift it into 2hi 4hi 4lo and it all works so if i can just put somekind of shiftlever up thru floor i be happy...i am tired of fighting with this elec/vac system have spent way tooo much money and time

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RE: 98 jimmy 4x4 not working - 1/6/2008 9:15:04 PM

drperry

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Try this. I actually plan on doing this as well... Eventually, lol.

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RE: 98 jimmy 4x4 not working - 1/7/2008 12:20:50 PM

hantayo13

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thanks that is about what i looking to do