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<blockquote data-quote="Brennb" data-source="post: 30726" data-attributes="member: 6375"><p>According to AllData, 2 bolts for cradle brace, 2 nuts for catalytic converter, 2 bolts for bracket brace, and 2 bolts/nuts to separate from tailpipe. Then you can remove the heat shield. The module and plugs will be accessible. As for why I think it's the module. I have had issues both ways in the past. Last year it didn't want to lock into awd when freezing. I changed the fluid, and of course the weather changed, and it didn't happen all summer. This winter it wouldn't fully disengage to fwd. I can hear the motor run when I push the switch both ways. But I don't know it is getting full voltage, or if it is just weak. There was a poster I believe posted here that asked if there should be fluid in the shift motor, he said he got a couple of LITERS of fluid when he removed his. The whole transfer case shouldn't have more than a half liter. He never returned to explain. My thought is mechanically the transfer case seems to be OK. I would like to examine the electric/mechanical aspect before I go further.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Brennb, post: 30726, member: 6375"] According to AllData, 2 bolts for cradle brace, 2 nuts for catalytic converter, 2 bolts for bracket brace, and 2 bolts/nuts to separate from tailpipe. Then you can remove the heat shield. The module and plugs will be accessible. As for why I think it's the module. I have had issues both ways in the past. Last year it didn't want to lock into awd when freezing. I changed the fluid, and of course the weather changed, and it didn't happen all summer. This winter it wouldn't fully disengage to fwd. I can hear the motor run when I push the switch both ways. But I don't know it is getting full voltage, or if it is just weak. There was a poster I believe posted here that asked if there should be fluid in the shift motor, he said he got a couple of LITERS of fluid when he removed his. The whole transfer case shouldn't have more than a half liter. He never returned to explain. My thought is mechanically the transfer case seems to be OK. I would like to examine the electric/mechanical aspect before I go further. [/QUOTE]

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