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Frozen .Unable to shift into 4 wheel drive...

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Old Mar 17, 2013 | 09:25 PM
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Default Frozen .Unable to shift into 4 wheel drive...

My 1995 2500 SLT had been setting so long in Maine the 4WD stick won't move...I'm practicaly bending the shift pulling it to me on the floor
What can I do...? Will I have to drop the whole transmission for this?
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Old Mar 17, 2013 | 09:29 PM
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no you don't have to drop the transmission. only work on - and possible remove the t-case. very easy.

start by disconnecting the linkage at the t-case. one little clip...
and see if you can shift the lever only. this tests whether the shifting linkage is bound up, or the t-case itself.

if you have to remove the t-case, sheriff has a good thread on it somewhere. its not a hard job.
 
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Old Mar 18, 2013 | 05:05 PM
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Thanx dhvaughan, T-Case...? Please explain....
 
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Old Mar 18, 2013 | 05:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Troy Robinson
Thanx dhvaughan, T-Case...? Please explain....
T-Case=transfer case
 
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Old Mar 18, 2013 | 05:15 PM
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+1 on what dhvaughan stated. The linkage is most likely froze up from sitting so long, not the Transfer Case internals.
 
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Old Mar 18, 2013 | 08:07 PM
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here's a useful thread regarding removal/reinstall.

https://dodgeforum.com/forum/2nd-gen...31-np231d.html
 
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