holidaychicken
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This is a success story, it was bound to happen at some point, but posting this as it may help others.
my 2004 4.4 vogue has had nothing happening as far as the transfer box is concerned since i got it so when the switch was moved, nothing, no message so tried putting a fuse in 37 to engage the towing mode and this worked fine so this pointed to the switch in my mind.
as the switch is located next to the cup holder i guessed, by the sticky coffee tide mark around the hole where the cup holder / ash tray sits, that at some point a spillage could have occurred and this would run straight under the panel where the transfer box and hill decent switch panel is.
myself and loony removed the panel which pretty much just pulls upwards along with the gear knob and disconnected the 4 multiplugs from under the panel which enables the panel to be removed.
we then undid the 5 small screws, one is hidden by a label to reveal the circuit board shown on the pic and much as we thought, the whole thing was a sticky mess.
underside of switch is very simple
he cleaned it with a toothbrush and loads of WD-40 Specialist Contact Cleaner - 400ml Aerosol | eBay put it back in and it works perfectly now, at last a cheap fix rather than another £240 for a new complete panel...
my 2004 4.4 vogue has had nothing happening as far as the transfer box is concerned since i got it so when the switch was moved, nothing, no message so tried putting a fuse in 37 to engage the towing mode and this worked fine so this pointed to the switch in my mind.
as the switch is located next to the cup holder i guessed, by the sticky coffee tide mark around the hole where the cup holder / ash tray sits, that at some point a spillage could have occurred and this would run straight under the panel where the transfer box and hill decent switch panel is.
myself and loony removed the panel which pretty much just pulls upwards along with the gear knob and disconnected the 4 multiplugs from under the panel which enables the panel to be removed.
we then undid the 5 small screws, one is hidden by a label to reveal the circuit board shown on the pic and much as we thought, the whole thing was a sticky mess.
underside of switch is very simple
he cleaned it with a toothbrush and loads of WD-40 Specialist Contact Cleaner - 400ml Aerosol | eBay put it back in and it works perfectly now, at last a cheap fix rather than another £240 for a new complete panel...
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