cant get into 2wd please help

[kiknbaknoc]

HEllo, i just got a 97 4runner and i cant seem to get it into 2wd, from what i understand is the transfer case needs to be in H and push the 4wd button and to green light goes off.. pushing the button doesnt do anything in any gear... help!! thank you...

 

[PitbullRescuer]

Try putting the t case in high, back up about 50 feet, go forward about 50, back and forth a fee times. If it doesn't work, hit the 4WD button again and do the same thing. If that doesn't do it, you probably have a bad actuator in the front diff.

 

[Dark Lord]

My Limited got stuck in 4Hi a while back. I did a lot of pulling forward and backward, turning to try and get it out. None of that worked. Now I'm not sure about the AWD mode, but I know that to get my Limited out of 4Hi all I did was jack up the front of the truck decently high and it popped right out.

 

[TheDurk]

Here's something I posted elesewhere, might help:

Don't guess at it, troubleshoot! Start at the twin VSV's (Vacuum Switching Valves) on the driver fender wall. There are two long vacuum hoses that come up from the diff, one goes to each VSV. Check to see that one of the two hose nipples on the VSV’s has vacuum (engine running, 4WD NOT engaged. If no vacuum either side, check the check valve going to the intake manifold and look for loose hoses or a hole in the reservoir. If there is vacuum going to one hose, then put it in 4WD. See if the vacuum switches to the other hose. If it does, and no 4WD, problem is the diff actuator or the line to the diff. If it does not, then just switch the hoses and you should go into 4WD. This confirms diff is okay.

OK, switch them back. Then use a test light to see if electrical signal from the TC also switches sides of the VSV. If it does not, problem is the switch on the TC. If it does, but the vacuum does not, the problem is the VSV itself.

I start troubleshooting at the VSV's because you can figure out where the trouble is without having to climb under the truck.