This is my first newer truck that has the "push button" 4wd instead of manual lockers. Its a '05 F150; My question is: Is there any kind of preventative maintenance I could do to guarantee smooth operation throughout the winter. If there is something I could grease or spray, please let me know what and where. Thanks for any info.

 

nope....nothing really to maintain....push the button (or turn the ****) and you're good to go...

 

about 1 time a month you need to get in the dirt and put it in 4x4. don't really need to drive around any, just let the t-case motor shift into 4x4 and back into 4x2

this will help that motor from freezing up later on in life

 

Well, tylus, I agree with you about letting the mechanism work every month to keep everything loose, makes sense to me...

but have you seen or read anything to suggest that this works over a long period of time? Just curious to see if this came from anyone from Ford...

 

The reason I ask is because a couple guys I know with that setup on their rangers have had solenoid problems sticking; not going in/ and not coming out of 4wd. I was just wandering if the same setup applied for the 150's.

 

nope, they've always just wanted $300-400 to "fix" my problems when those motors went out. It hasn't happened in this truck, but it's the same basic design as the 92-96's

motor is roughly $300 brand new.

when the motor quits working, you can usually use a stopgag to make it last a bit longer. Take a big rubber hammer to it. That will knock the corrsion loose a little bit. The motor will work a little while, and then freeze back up. Eventually it will require replacement


I've replaced a few of them in the 92-96 body styles. I always just bought an entire T-case for about $100 from junkyards. once though, I had 1 shipped from New Jersey to Seattle once for under $100 (awesome deal).

 

Thanks for the information. I am a preventative maintainance nut; And this was one area I dont have to deal with right now.