Hello Forum!
I'm new to jeeps but have rebuilt a few cars over my career. I wanted to pass on he knowin' to my 15 year old girl, so I asked her to pick out an older model car we could fix up together. I figured she would go for a 70s vette or some such, much to my surprise she wanted a Jeep!
So now I find myself working on an 89 YJ that was someone else's baby in times past. Its the 4 cylinder with the AX-5 and regular axles (non-LS, Dana 30 on the front). All the vacuum hoses are hooked up to the vacuum motor, but there is also a large (3/8" or so) vacuum line coming off of the top of the differential housing that ties to nothing. Also, the linkage looks correct at the transfer case.
Can anyone help me figure this one out? Could someone have locked the front axle on purpose and what would I look for to undo that? Am I just looking at needing to reconnect the big vacuum hose somewhere? I didn't find this thing on he Chilton's diagrams!
I'm new to 4wd axles and the like and would appreciate your thoughts.
I'm new to jeeps but have rebuilt a few cars over my career. I wanted to pass on he knowin' to my 15 year old girl, so I asked her to pick out an older model car we could fix up together. I figured she would go for a 70s vette or some such, much to my surprise she wanted a Jeep!
So now I find myself working on an 89 YJ that was someone else's baby in times past. Its the 4 cylinder with the AX-5 and regular axles (non-LS, Dana 30 on the front). All the vacuum hoses are hooked up to the vacuum motor, but there is also a large (3/8" or so) vacuum line coming off of the top of the differential housing that ties to nothing. Also, the linkage looks correct at the transfer case.
Can anyone help me figure this one out? Could someone have locked the front axle on purpose and what would I look for to undo that? Am I just looking at needing to reconnect the big vacuum hose somewhere? I didn't find this thing on he Chilton's diagrams!
I'm new to 4wd axles and the like and would appreciate your thoughts.
