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Posted: Tue Feb 26th, 2019 11:32 am

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I have been having an issue with 4wd on my 1998 Ranger XLT 4.0L. I decided I have to finally get it resolved after my son got it stuck in 4wd low yesterday. I had tried many things I found online with coasting it in neutral to pop it out. That used to work, however it no longer does. Yesterday, I tried something different that I was not able to find on the internet. I noticed the 4wd light were flashing 5 to 6 times. So I left the truck in 4wd low and disconnected the battery. I left the battery disconnected for about 5 minutes. Reconnected and started the truck. This time the 4wd low light stayed on. I switch it to 4wd high and the truck switched over successfully. However, when I tried to go to 2wd the lights started flashing again. So, I left the truck switched to 4wd high, disconnected and reconnected the battery again. Started the truck and the dash indicated it was in 4wd high. I was then able to switch the truck to 2wd successfully. Would this all indicate that my shift motor is bad or going bad?

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Posted: Tue Feb 26th, 2019 11:58 am

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What's the issue??? You left it blank

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For some reason your font color is black? After high lighting your post I was able to read it. There could be a few possibilities on this. First I would unplug the electric motor on the tcase and check for corrosion on the plugs. Another issue could be the 4x4 module in the dash to left of the radio

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Hmmm, yeah not sure why the font is in black. I will check the electric shift motor plugs. Whats the easiest way to access the module in the dash?

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My 99 ranger 4x4 had instructions on the visor. You put it in 2wd, shift in to reverse and travel 15 feet or so and it should disengage.

I though I got my 07 stuck in 4WL this winter myself. I tried the reverse method and nothing. I read up on line and found a post that helped for my 07. For the 07 I just put it in neutral and shift it to 2WD. That fixed my problem.

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The easiest way is remove the radio

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black06xlt wrote:
The easiest way is remove the radio
2 pieces of a coat hanger in the little square holes and the stock radio slides out.

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I have a 98 as well, I've been through two shift motors. first one was bad, 2nd I smashed on a rock. they are under $70 https://amzn.to/2IJFuTQ

Light flashing 6 times is a sign that the motor cannot find where it is in relation to the t-case. it takes like 3 minutes to swap them out, worth doing asap.

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