Not a big deal if the information is still relevant.

 

even if the thread is 6 years old, the information is still valid and useful to others who might want to attempt this type of project for any number of reasons...

 

It does not matter how old the post is. There was a question and I gave the correct answer and explained how to do it. The information is helpful to someone who may have wanted to this mod or someone in the future who might want to try it.


Bottom line is that I wanted it and I was successful in making the mod to the truck.

 

yep that is what the brother hood is about! Helping others

 

It helped me with finding out if I can switch between manual to auto hubs, alot of work tho lol. Thanks

 

 

Just keep your hubs locked and shift into 4x4 with the lever when you need it, there is nothing wrong with doing that. People say you get better fuel mileage with the hubs unlocked but on a truck this size you won't notice a difference. I have owned my truck for almost 5 years and I calculate the fuel mileage every time I fill up, I have ran with the hubs locked and unlocked many times to see if it makes a difference and it does not. I don't know why anyone would want to switch to a less reliable electronic shift 4x4 system with the weaker failure prone vacuum hubs. It isn't just the vacuum part of the hubs that fail the hubs themselves have plastic parts in them and I have seen a few of them completely self destruct. A manual shift 4x4 with a good set of Warn or Mile marker hubs is very reliable.

 

 

I think if You stick around You will find out this is one of the easier Forums to get along with,there will always be opinions You will need to ignore.

 

AMEN brother!

REPS SENT TODAY (2018) to nexus1467 for a post from two years ago (2016), in response to a question originally asked eight years ago (2010).

Shame on anyone for ridiculing another member's effort to offer a solution in response to a question that clearly more than one member here has searched for, and found, thanks to someone answering an old thread with the only actionable information contained within the thread.

I don't want to visit a forum filled with ridicule at the expense of new members offering their advice to help others when they encounter a topic in the archives they have an interest and experience in. Posts like 1597349 and 15973818 are uncalled for, not helpful, and are not the way to welcome a new member who was making a POSTIVE contribution to this forum, regardless of when.

Rather, I want to visit a forum filled with helpful information like what nexus1467 offered in this thread.

 

I am currently trying to make this happen when I swap 2014 axles under my 95. That being said I can't seem to find the vacuum solenoid wires that you mention. Does the vacuum solenoid have to be from a specific model truck? They have ones for f-150's on amazon for 15$ and would like to use one of those. You mention that you will have 3 pins to use, but the solenoids I can find only seem to have 2 pins. Is the wire harness that is supposed to hook into the solenoid what has the three wires? If so do you have the part number for that?

Thanks for the writeup Nexus. This is the only thread I can find that has any useful information for doing this and want to make it work as this truck is one of a kind and think it would be a cool feature.

Thanks for any help!

 

I have a vacuum solenoid I removed from my truck when I switched to manual hubs. You can have it. I'm not sure if it still works though. It was when I removed it.

 

has anyone else done this
pics / diagrams more info would be great
thanks

 

I happy that their are guys like you in this site that are willing to give a complete answer to old threads when you come across them...I found the info usefulas I have a 2001. No such thing as a dumb question on here and no such thing as an untimely answer. Thanks for sharing the info.

 

And yes, my reply is several years later...