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Old 02-18-2014, 02:13 PM
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How do I get the switch off of the transfer case that supplies vacuum to the actuator? I have tried turning it and it won't budge, I've pb blasted it and tried again, nothing. I am going to get a wrench 1 1/16" is what I read it is, but is there something I'm missing? I took a picture of it and it doesn't look like a spinning part but...maybe that's just all the rust. The vacuum isn't switching from the black line to the red line. I think the red line is to pull the collar off of the CAD, and the black is to pull it on the CAD.
 
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I live in Erie, PA...there is always snow, I need help. I'm missing work because I can't drive anywhere. :/
 
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It is just threaded into the xcase like a bolt.
 
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Originally Posted by merc225hp
It is just threaded into the xcase like a bolt.
Speaking like a bolt... what thread is the switch?... I might want to cut down a bolt and use it with an 'O'-ring when I pull all the vacuum stuff after installing a Posi-Lok cable.
 
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Originally Posted by Spillage
Speaking like a bolt... what thread is the switch?... I might want to cut down a bolt and use it with an 'O'-ring when I pull all the vacuum stuff after installing a Posi-Lok cable.
Might not want to do that if the vent hose on the switch is for the TC, don't know if it is or not, but I suspect so.
 
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Originally Posted by Spillage
Speaking like a bolt... what thread is the switch?... I might want to cut down a bolt and use it with an 'O'-ring when I pull all the vacuum stuff after installing a Posi-Lok cable.
I will have to get that info for you later, if I was to guess, 1/2"npt.

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Might not want to do that if the vent hose on the switch is for the TC, don't know if it is or not, but I suspect so.
The vent hose for the xcase is not in the Vac switch it has it's own port almost right above the Vac switch.

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231 on the left shows it above the Vac switch and the 241 on the right has it in front of the Vac switch.

 

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