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Hittin it pretty hard yesterday, four wheel drive when out any idea how to fix it? 8.0L V10 2001 Ram 2500
Busted 4x4
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adamwilkes14
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Welcome to the forum, but your description of the problem is way too vague to draw an accurate troubleshoot.
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woops haha, well i got sucked into a rut and the hill was high and the ruts were deep evertything got jammed up tires werent even touchin the deck, went i put boards under her she came out and i rode the whole trail back on the shallow end because when i drove her out the 4 wheel drive was out, i dont even know where to begin to look, spoke to a man said it might be the vacuum kit, told me to go to a posi kit. any help or ideas, or anything else specific you newed to know?
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First off welcome to the forum. lol
The vacuum actuator is easy to spot as long as the front axle is semi cleaned off. to the right of the front axle on the under side of the truck you will see a box with 2 vacuum lines comming off of it. That is the CAD actuator. That is what makes the axle in front engage. It could be bound up with mud or water or even a vac line could be off. I say check there first. If there is no grinding or anything seemingly wrong with the transfer case or the axel itself. If you use the 4x4 often or this truck is a play to the posi lock system is a great system to have.
The vacuum actuator is easy to spot as long as the front axle is semi cleaned off. to the right of the front axle on the under side of the truck you will see a box with 2 vacuum lines comming off of it. That is the CAD actuator. That is what makes the axle in front engage. It could be bound up with mud or water or even a vac line could be off. I say check there first. If there is no grinding or anything seemingly wrong with the transfer case or the axel itself. If you use the 4x4 often or this truck is a play to the posi lock system is a great system to have.
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thanks! yes this is a play truck, ill look at that right now. Pretty cool how i got help this quick, most othr forums just called me ********, haha thans for all the help.
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No problem. We try to be effective and efficient. lol
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Feelins....? WTF are they? 
No worries OP, you might get some opinions around these parts that don't match up to yours, but you will get honest, correct advice/help from these guys!
Welcome to the forum, might as well throw the dog a bone and post up some pics of this plaything!
No worries OP, you might get some opinions around these parts that don't match up to yours, but you will get honest, correct advice/help from these guys!Welcome to the forum, might as well throw the dog a bone and post up some pics of this plaything!
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this is my baby, Big Bertha, she needs alot of work yet. I dont have much knowledge of vehicles jsut got a good deal on this figured i woudnt have to get the accesories myself so im hungry for knowledge!!!! i'll be asking all kinds of questions at every bump i hit so thanks for all the help and support.
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