Took the plunge:
7/16" off here:
3/8" of here:
RWD Low:
RWD High:
4wd Low:
It would not shift into opposing ranges, so that is good. Like no front into high and rear into low.
I had tapped the housing to upgrade from the little spring loaded vent cap to a hose barb so I installed that before I lost it:
Looks like we are just using a gasket in a tube:
I tapped the little soft plug in, put a vacuum cap on the hose barb and the t-case is DONE.
I finally sold a wagon last night (has been for sale for several months) so to celebrate I told the wife we are taking the good truck and going into town for supper. (I had a steak that looked awesome but had been marinated so it didn't really taste like a steak.
) Anyway, as I backed out onto the city square I noticed a cop coming onto the square, he followed me aways. Stopped at a stop sign, took off and made it about a third of a block and...
He said (basically) "I don't really know what is wrong with your lights but something is wrong with them, I saw your turn signals when you turned back there, I couldn't see your brake lights at the stop sign but when you stopped just now I could see them"
He was really cool about it, I am glad he let me know. I just got a fix-it-ticket and after Will's thing I would rather find out this way rather than getting drop kicked in front of a semi because someone couldn't see my tail lights (which wasn't a factor for him but it wouldn't help anything not to have back lights)
Usually they are really bright. I got home and I have no tail or license plate lights and like 1/4 power brake lights and turn signals. So I started checking fuses, no power anywhere... what the crap they do kinda work so I have to have power from somewhere. Test the test light on the battery and for some reason it didn't work.
Found a different one and power was all good at the fuse panel. So I start taking off tail lights looking at maybe a ground. As I unscrew the bulb from the PS there is kind of a gritty feeling as the last two crusty strands of one wire give out. That bulb obviously no longer works and the other side is full power so I gained ground there. Still no license plate lights but I don't know how they are tied into everything else. With no parts to fix it and with the coyotes getting closer (I had barked back at them and must have insulted them
) at 10pm I decided to call it a night.