my 1994 Dodge Dakota 4x4 the lever does not stay in 4 wheel drive unless i put my gloves next to the lever to hold it over.why does it not want to stay in 4 high can anyone help me.

 

Moved to the correct section. Welcome to the forum.

 

My '95 does the same. Went through some mud one time in 4H and all was fine then next thing I know, just my back wheels were spinning and I was stuck. Put it back in 4H and crawled myself out then it dropped back into 2H. It's annoying I'd like to know whats the deal with it too

 

Mine is doing the same thing, I am going to fix it this weekend. I believe I read somewhere about a detent issue. Mine will go into 4x4 and the light comes on, but the handle will pop back out easily. It will stay engaged by itself, but I imagine offroad or hitting a bump it will pop out of 4x4. When I bought the truck I was told 4x4 doesn't work, so I was delighted to find it just pops out of gear haha

 

so the lever works using a linkage on the outside of the transfer case then.