79 bronco 4-wheel drive

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Feb 13, 2002 | 11:50 PM

paulpete65

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79 bronco 4-wheel drive

can any one tell me the correct way to engage 4-wheel drive in my bronco. I seem to be doing something wrong it will go into 4l or 4h but with you have to work it. is could this be because of low fluid. It is easier when I change the fluid.HELP

Feb 14, 2002 | 12:28 AM

christop43

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79 bronco 4-wheel drive

My cousin had a 78, and my friend had a 79, both of them had to muscle it into 4wd. Maybe there was a problem with theirs too, but it seems to come with age. just my thoughts though.

Feb 14, 2002 | 11:11 AM

jopey

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79 bronco 4-wheel drive

I have a 78 and it shifts very easily into 4wheel drive.

Please explain how your doing it. Are you moving? are your hubs locked in? Do you have auto hubs? Is it grinding?

Feb 14, 2002 | 11:36 AM

hillbillyk

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79 bronco 4-wheel drive

sometimes it helps if you ease it foreward, or backward when you are putting it in, or taking it out of 4x4.

Feb 14, 2002 | 12:35 PM

AlM

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79 bronco 4-wheel drive

as Hillybilly stated..and do you lock the hubs first, then shift?
..and..have you cleaned the linkage to the t' case? our 78 did get muddy and gunky

..changing the t case fluid is good too, esp if you think it needs it; check the vent too for crud; and any leakage around the case, etc.

Feb 15, 2002 | 11:18 AM

paulpete65

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79 bronco 4-wheel drive

I first lock my hubs then start trying to shift. at times I do ease it forward or bacward to get it in gear.

Feb 17, 2002 | 11:17 PM

jeandras

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79 bronco 4-wheel drive

I got a 79 bronco and what i do is lock the front hubs and move forward a little while still in 2wd. Then i put it in neutral and it shifts just fine. Sometimes you have to go one way before you go the other. when i try to shift in park it is harder so try neutral. When disengaging you might have to roll a little also.
joseph