Check this out...after speaking to a local 4x4 shop near me, they advised me to put 12v to the t-case motor and see if I could get the motor to engage the transfer case, and determine if it's the control module, or the motor.

I had to cut the orange and yellow wires to get 12 to them with the connectors hooked up. I could hear the motor clicking, but not doing anything.

What was my solution?? Remembering the solution to stuck ford starter solenoids prompted me to whack it with a hammer. So, I got out a hammer and hit the damn motor, and it started engaging and disengaging when I put the 12 to it !!

So, when I had NO 4x4 before, now my 4HI engages and disengages as it should, but 4Lo will engage but not disengage unless I crawl under and put the 12v directly to the wire - that's no biggie, as I don't need 4LO.

so, where a module would have been $500, and a t case motor would be about $300 - it all boiled down to a hammer - lol.

I will replace that motor when I get around to it - but no rush now.

Thanks for all the input and advice along the way.

Rick