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I was under my HMMWV last evening looking for the source of the intermittent grumbling/rattle (I feared it was from the transfer case due to the position and this pained me to think about). Underneath the beast I spotted what looked like a long black sheathed cable coming out of the top left rear of the transfer case. Messing with this cable gave me the noise I had been hearing. It is looped all over under there, and in going over the fuel tank it rubs on the underside of the tunnel. I could see a rubbed spot where it has been contacting the tunnel for quite some time by the look of the paint (or lack of paint now). I assumed it was a shift cable, since it looked like one, but in reading the TM I see that the transfer shift mechanism is supposed to be controlled by a steel arm linkage. I didn't know this yesterday, so I didn't look for that arm. I will tonight.
I can't find anything in the TM about a cable coming off the transfer case. The cooling and vent lines are there, this is not them. This sheathed cable, whatever it is, seems to definitely NOT be original equipment, since it is looped all around under the tunnel. It immediately struck me as looking just like an automatic transmission shift cable. Maybe it is?
I can take a picture tonight. Does anyone know what I'm looking at? Is it stock? What is it?
Many thanks,
Bulldogger
I can't find anything in the TM about a cable coming off the transfer case. The cooling and vent lines are there, this is not them. This sheathed cable, whatever it is, seems to definitely NOT be original equipment, since it is looped all around under the tunnel. It immediately struck me as looking just like an automatic transmission shift cable. Maybe it is?
I can take a picture tonight. Does anyone know what I'm looking at? Is it stock? What is it?
Many thanks,
Bulldogger