"mazda616" (mazda616)
01/23/2016 at 22:03 • Filed to: Truck Yeah
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"mazda616" (mazda616)
01/23/2016 at 22:03 • Filed to: Truck Yeah | 0
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The truck has been freed from its snowy prison. It got up to 34-ish today and the sun was shining all day. So, that helped.
In case you missed my first post, my truck’s four-wheel-drive quit yesterday and stranded me at work.
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I got it home today. I really, really hope whatever is wrong with the four-wheel-drive is a cheap fix. Otherwise, I’m putting the truck up for sale. I don’t want to dump an excessive amount of money into it, not when I have a new car with a payment. And, I’m 95% sure I’m going to have to have sinus surgery this year. My sinuses are hell, and so is my health insurance.
As for the truck, I push the 4WD button and the light comes on behind the “4HI” button. I hear a click in the dash behind the switch but nothing else. I used to hear a sort of “clunk” under the truck and could feel the four-wheel-drive engage, but not as of yesterday. Sigh. My friend and I even returned to the truck to get my sinus medicine out of it, and we tested the four-wheel-drive.
Push button, nothing. Press gas, one rear wheel spins. Occasionally, both will spin. Otherwise, nada. It wouldn’t even move from its damn parking spot yesterday. Again, sigh. Tires are new Michelin XCX/APTs. There are four seventy pound sandbags in the bed. I did everything I knew how to do in order to increase snow traction. And I had about 87 other S10 owners on Facebook telling me their two-wheel-drive S10s handle snow just fine.
I finally told them that if I could navigate ten inches of snow in a Mazda3 hatchback with no problem, it’s probably the truck’s fault that I got stuck in six inches of snow yesterday.
Wacko
> mazda616
01/23/2016 at 22:24 |
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My brother had a green 97 2wd he bought new. Never had and problems in the snow. It had winter tires and we live in northern Quebec.
I’ve ridden in many 4wds of those generations in mud, snow, ice, storms.... They have no problems moving.
Did it actually change anything in traction when awd is on off?
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mazda616
> Wacko
01/23/2016 at 22:26 |
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No. Either on or off, the right rear wheel is the only one that moves with the throttle. And that sends the truck in circles.
shop-teacher
> mazda616
01/23/2016 at 22:28 |
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Well that sucks!
If you decide to sell it, I’d be interested in it if it's got a manual trans.
Themysteriouspooper
> mazda616
01/23/2016 at 22:30 |
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http://theshiftster.com might do it, depending on what transfer case it has. Had one on my b4000, it was solid.
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mazda616
> shop-teacher
01/23/2016 at 22:33 |
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It doesn’t. :( It’s a 4.3 auto.
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shop-teacher
> mazda616
01/23/2016 at 22:39 |
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Dang. I still like it.
gmctavish needs more space
> mazda616
01/23/2016 at 22:46 |
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I’m pretty sure you have to be moving for 4wd to engage. I should really know, since I have a 97 Blazer, I just rarely use the 4wd and can’t remember. I can confirm that in 2wd it’s useless in the snow and ice, even with the heavy SUV body. It does just fine with 4wd engaged though, if a bit drifty
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mazda616
> gmctavish needs more space
01/23/2016 at 22:50 |
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Yeah, I thought that as well. But it wasn't working for my entire drive to work, either. Scariest drive I've had.
Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
> mazda616
01/23/2016 at 22:50 |
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Not to be cheeky, but that sounds kind of fun!
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mazda616
> Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
01/23/2016 at 23:06 |
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It would've been if I could make it onto the highway and go home afterwards. But the spinning in circles thing was less fun on the parkway! Haha
AprilFools
> mazda616
01/23/2016 at 23:13 |
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I was curious on how your 4WD system works. I found this old thread in a s10 forum, it might help troubleshoot, if nothing else let you understand how it might work.
http://www.s10planet.com/forum/archive/…
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gmctavish needs more space
> mazda616
01/23/2016 at 23:16 |
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Ohh that’s unfortunate. I think the switch itself is known to fail pretty often, it could be as simple as that.