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Old 04-11-2012, 08:54 PM
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pics would help my dude so i can man up and check under my skirt to see if im also having vac issues.... lol... the fear of breaking something....
 
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If you haven't already, I would flush all of the vacuum lines out with a mild degreaser like Simple Green followed up with blowing them out with compressed air, rinse, & repeat as necessary until they are all clean. If you don't get the fluid out of there, you could trash the new actuators again.
 
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I did clean the vac lines with alcohol and compressed air, I did it when I changed the actuators and again when I put the new vacuum switch in. I did the actuators on Tuesday and the vacuum switch last night.
Thanks for your input, I really feel satisfied that this is fixed now.
I am going to cut open the vacuum switch. I am an engineer so I just have to do it.
I am also going to replace the vac switch on my 2003 ZR2 to be safe(it only has 4800 miles on it, I am sure its not bad, but cheap insurance) since it has the green mark on it and not the blue mark like the new vac switch.
Thanks
 
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Old 04-12-2012, 10:49 AM
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Check out THIS THREAD for pictures of what the insides of the switch looks like. Pretty simple device. It takes a failure of 2 o-rings to allow fluid into the vac system when not in 4wd.
 
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I did see that on another topic you had when I was trying to figure out my problem, It was very helpful with the CAD diagram.
Thanks again
 
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