AUTO 4WD

[Douglas J]

I have a 01 XLT and am not crazy about the way the auto 4wd kicks in when the rear tires break loose. Any chance of the automatic being disabled on these trucks. I live in Michigan and would rather have control as to when the 4wd is ingauged. New to this forum, thanks in advance for any input.

 

[balthisar]

You don't have a switch that puts it into 2H?

 

[Douglas J]

I have a selector switch (rotary) w/ A4wd, 4H, 4L nothing for 2L. I have a obdll scanner w/forescan on my laptop but have not been able to find anything to disable it.

 

[tommyddsr]

There is a whole section on this. It is commonly called the brown wire mod. You're welcome.

Brown Wire Mod: How To

Ok guys, I searched and could not find anything as far as a write-up for our Expy's relating to the "Brown Wire Mod" that was anything other than "cut the brown wire near the t-case shift motor". I wanted to retain the A4WD feature so I set out to make it work. The purpose of this mod is to...

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