Not Impressed

[visconte]

So unless Tahoe, Lassen or the San Gabriel's are on the route next winter I won't get to try 4WD in the snow. [Having said that there are some roads around Palos Verdes here that almost qualify as 4WD friendly.] Anyway there is a ghost-towning trip coming up out in the desert when we go to some ghost mining camps in Death Valley. Has anyone driven these cars in the sand?

[psychos2]

spazz, if i was talking directly to you i would have put your name at the begining, kind of like i am doing know. i do not know what you need to do to fix your TOD ,maybe a place were they fix cars might. shawn

[coachreed]

Originally posted by SPAZZ
if I had my hubs on FREE and TOD attempts to engage...it would attempt to send power to prevent slippage....but wouldn't detect any...so then it would disengage....that shouldn't effect it or be hard on it right?

Actually YES it would be hard on it... because it is going to CONSTANTLY cycle on and off the WHOLE time you are driving... this would create extra heat in the electromagnetic solenoid coil AND in the clutch. This could lead to failure of one or the other or both of these parts. Unfortunately, to replace these parts, you have to crack the TOD case open... or have it cracked open... which is gonna be costly I would guess. My 2¢ says if you have manual hubs and have them unlocked, you need to have the TOD disabled. I hope you didn't smoke anything... and I hope it doesn't cost you a ton to fix. Later!

Coach... I mean Randy (I often forget who I really am)

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[t2p]

Reply to the original post - Raque Thomas:
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Raque - the OEM tires may be the culprit.
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I recently spoke with a VX owner - Western PA owner (purchased a new 99) - and asked him about the performance in the snow. He said the VX was great in the snow - but was NOT good with the original OEM tires. He also said the handling was poor in some rain conditions with the OEM tires.
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t2p

[SPAZZ]

ok... took to Auto Parts store and threw the scanner on just to see if it was throwing a code.

code thrown is P1860...any translation anyone?

I'm gonna go tear T-case apart if I have to to get to bottom of this

[Triathlete]

Spazz, do a search. Someone just recently posted a list of all the codes and their translations!

Found the post...Click here

[VX_PA]

Spazz,

Do you think this has anything to do with the whining noise that it's making?? Since mine is making the same sound, maybe my TOD is ready to give up the ghost? If you tear in to it, let me know what you find. I may have to do the same repair.

[SPAZZ]

P1860
TCC PWM Solenoid Circuit Failure

[Triathlete]

Simple math....lots of water+electronics=
Good luck with the fix. Let us know what it ends up being.

[Dallas4u]

TCC PWM Solenoid Circuit Electrical/ Transmission Transfer Case Contact Plate 'D' Short Circuit To Battery

[psychos2]

spazz, it is the torque converter clutch solenoid.it is transmission related not tod related.i would get a workshop manual cd it has a lot of useful info for diagnostic purposes. shawn

[SPAZZ]

I have one..it is just kind of vague...I guess if you knew what you were to do...then it is like a refresher...but if you didn't kno9w what you were doing in the forst place then it is too vague...

thought maybe someone could just explain how to do it if they knew.....

also my cd rom for some reason isn't reading at all...maybe it is an omen

[coachreed]

I still think you have either burned up your TOD engagement solenoid or the clutches themselves. Just my two cents... I would do as I said and test your solenoid resistance... and if that checks out ok, double check that all plugs are clean, dry, and plugged in and if that fails... pull the TOD and tear it down. Just what I would do... then again, this is coming from a person who keeps tearing things out of his VX! lol

Good Luck!

Randy

[SPAZZ]

how do I replace TCC Solenoid... steps by step?......

[Triathlete]

Spazz,
Step 1: Take out old one
Step2: Put new one in
Just kidding....hope you get your problem solved. I know those Idahoan(?) trails are calling your name!