Questions About Manual Transfer Case Swap

[TheMuffinOfEvil]

I recently had a thread in the 4.0 section about deciding what to do with my truck, having made that decision and ordered the parts I come here to ask about another thing I would like to change while I am having all this done to my truck.

Its a mazda B4000 4x4 1998 and I would love to change to a manual shift transfer case, Is there a way I could do this and keep the auto locking hubs working? I know a lot of people dont like the auto locking hubs, but there invaluable for my day to day activities with the truck.

 

[PlumCrazy]

How the tcase engages has nothing to do with the hubs. Unless the circuit has to be completed to allow the vacuum solinoid to engage the hubs. Im a 97 and down kinda guy.

EDIT: You could always swap the hubs from a 95+ Expo and just have a live axle setup and forget about locking hubs all together. Its how most 4x4's are setup now anyway.

 

[TheMuffinOfEvil]

That is an idea, problem is I do not know how to do this myself, so I am going to be paying someone else to do it, and the less steps I have, the less it costs me, it is something to consider though.