nipper Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 sorry for the confusion i really didn't know how to say it any different than that. how different are the clutches and solonoid in a 96 compared to a 90. i always thought they were the same.the 96 has 170,000 miles and still works good. and the 90 needs replacement, i never thought it would go out at that low milage. thanks for the help and i guess i owe you 2 beers. in theory they work the same, in actuality i think they are two differnt transmissions. Actually sometimes low miles on an older car is worse then high miles on a newer car. These things wear, and unless your the original owenr, one never knows what kind of life they have had. Probabaly the same cost to fix though nipper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pamike Posted June 19, 2006 Author Share Posted June 19, 2006 update: i unpluged the plug going to the trans on the drivers side, the one that you use to test the solonoid. with the wheels up and it unpluged the rear tires spin normally. so the solonoid must be bad because the clutches are working and locking in the rear tires. i'm going to put a switch in to control it. which wire do i splice into. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nipper Posted June 19, 2006 Share Posted June 19, 2006 update: i unpluged the plug going to the trans on the drivers side, the one that you use to test the solonoid. with the wheels up and it unpluged the rear tires spin normally. so the solonoid must be bad because the clutches are working and locking in the rear tires. i'm going to put a switch in to control it. which wire do i splice into. Your solenoid sounds fine. The solenoid needs to be powered to to disable the AWD, hence the FWD fuse. You put in the fuse the solenoid is fully powered and all pressure to the pack is dumped. When the solenoid fails, the car goes into 50/50 split by default. If you check the resistance to a solenoid and get anything but open its fine. The solenoid is fine. There is another valve in the awd system which you do not have access to in the transmission. This valve can be gummed up. When was the last time the fluid was changed on this car. nipper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pamike Posted June 19, 2006 Author Share Posted June 19, 2006 the fluid is fine. if the solonoid is good then why don't the rear wheels work unless the power is cut. could there be something wrong with the computer. we don't want to put alot of work into it so i was going to put a switch in the wire that gives it power so i could cut the power and lock it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nipper Posted June 19, 2006 Share Posted June 19, 2006 the fluid is fine. if the solonoid is good then why don't the rear wheels work unless the power is cut. could there be something wrong with the computer. we don't want to put alot of work into it so i was going to put a switch in the wire that gives it power so i could cut the power and lock it. Lets recap: Your solenoid sounds fine. The solenoid needs to be powered to to disable the AWD, hence the FWD fuse. You put in the fuse the solenoid is fully powered and all pressure to the pack is dumped. When the solenoid fails, the car goes into 50/50 split by default. If you check the resistance to a solenoid and get anything but open its fine. The solenoid is fine. There is another valve in the awd system which you do not have access to in the transmission. This valve can be gummed up. How old is the fluid. The other valve is hydraulically operated, and NOT operated by the duty c solenoid. If you want to hook up a switch feel free. There are threads here on doing this. Good luck and have fun. nipper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pamike Posted June 19, 2006 Author Share Posted June 19, 2006 it doesn't really matter to me if something is gummed up. cutting the power to the solonoid makes it work, as long as it works i'm happy. thats why i wanted to know which wire to splice into. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pamike Posted June 21, 2006 Author Share Posted June 21, 2006 i put the switch in today. in a parking lot the front wheels spin, flip the switch and no more spinning. it works great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LosDiosDeVerde86 Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 i put the switch in today. in a parking lot the front wheels spin, flip the switch and no more spinning. it works great. um...did you splice into the #11 wire going to the dutyC solenoid? if so, when you flip that switch youre turning off awd and forcing it into fulltime 4wd which will burn up the transmission unless there's enough slip on the ground for the wheels to catch up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pamike Posted July 14, 2006 Author Share Posted July 14, 2006 um...did you splice into the #11 wire going to the dutyC solenoid? if so, when you flip that switch youre turning off awd and forcing it into fulltime 4wd which will burn up the transmission unless there's enough slip on the ground for the wheels to catch up. yea i know that. the switch stays on most of the time but if i start to spin in snow or mud or whatever i flip the switch so it locks the clutches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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