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F150hybred
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- Joined
- Aug 6, 2007
- Messages
- 543
- Age
- 56
- Vehicle Year
- 1994
- Transmission
- Automatic
Well, seeing as mine took a crap on me, and everyone seems to think they are a great transfer case, I wanna know who (besides myself) has had one fail.
Mine, was driving on the hi way doing a pleasurable 100 kph (62 mph) when I came upon a controlled intersection. Tapped the brakes to turn off the cruise and herd a whining noise. Thought to myself "that's a new nose... nope, don't like it!" Noise went away and all was good.
When I got to the city, speeds slowed and the whine came back when ever i was coasting.
Then came the (marvin the martian voice being used) "earth shattering caboom".
grind grind grind munch munch munch grind grind grind
screech!!! rear tires locked up then broke free.
I then coasted to the side of the road and thought... "this ain't good!"
After much pondering... I thought it was the rear axle. Figured if it was, locking the front hubs and pulling the stick to engage four wheel drive should pull me home. No luck... I had nothing. Not even reverse. I then figured the transmission was cooked.
A couple minutes later, I was talking to a friend on the phone asking for a tug home. He asks me, "did you try low range?" I thought to myself, sounds rather odd... but I'll give it a whirl. Pulled the stick, put in in gear and VOILA!!!
Yanno, for the life of me, I can't see how a transfer case could fail like that. I would have figured the low range would have gone LONG before that.
So, my question to you is, have you ever trashed a 1354 and if so, what were you doing when it failed? Were you flogging it, driving nice... it doesn't matter. Just let the rest of us know.
Mine, was driving on the hi way doing a pleasurable 100 kph (62 mph) when I came upon a controlled intersection. Tapped the brakes to turn off the cruise and herd a whining noise. Thought to myself "that's a new nose... nope, don't like it!" Noise went away and all was good.
When I got to the city, speeds slowed and the whine came back when ever i was coasting.
Then came the (marvin the martian voice being used) "earth shattering caboom".
grind grind grind munch munch munch grind grind grind
screech!!! rear tires locked up then broke free.
I then coasted to the side of the road and thought... "this ain't good!"
After much pondering... I thought it was the rear axle. Figured if it was, locking the front hubs and pulling the stick to engage four wheel drive should pull me home. No luck... I had nothing. Not even reverse. I then figured the transmission was cooked.
A couple minutes later, I was talking to a friend on the phone asking for a tug home. He asks me, "did you try low range?" I thought to myself, sounds rather odd... but I'll give it a whirl. Pulled the stick, put in in gear and VOILA!!!
Yanno, for the life of me, I can't see how a transfer case could fail like that. I would have figured the low range would have gone LONG before that.
So, my question to you is, have you ever trashed a 1354 and if so, what were you doing when it failed? Were you flogging it, driving nice... it doesn't matter. Just let the rest of us know.
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