could i use an egr vacuum solenoid as long as it has the two vacuum ports?

Nice looking truck so far!

Hmm, not sure, mine has 3 ports, so its either vacuum or ventilated...

Please make sure to post pics when you start...

ok picked this up from a junkyard its a vacuum solenoid from a 99 ford taurus (clipped the connector with it) . it should work i was'nt buying one brand new and since the guy knows me he let me get it for free.

ok i let the batter sit too long off the truck and killed it but so far i have gotten my 12v power supply wire run and my toggle switch run as well and got the battery on trickle charge. got all the vacuum lines pulled through to the engine compartment now just to hook everything up to the solenoid then will be pulling my transfer case encoder motor and will be posting more pics tomorrow night! does anyone know of a thread that would tell how to pull the encoder motor?

take out your front driveshaft there are three little 10mm bolts that hold it in place once they are out pull on wiggle it off the shaft then there is a 8mm bolt holding on the wiring harness and your done i think it takes a 5/8 wrench to turn the shaft

thanks jacob much help!!!!!

one question tho when i removed the vac lines from the switch on the transfer case they were full of tranny fluid which would indicate a bad vac switch! do i need to replace that switch in order for the ventilation to work properly? because in the tutorial it stated to remove the two smaller lines and plug the holes but to leave the larger line which is the vent on the switch. but if the line is filling with tranny fluid then it would not provide proper ventilation correct?

anyone? please i dont wanna go any further untill i know for sure or atleast have a pretty good idea

Don`t know where the fuid is coming from.

Just plug all the hoses. You can get vacuum in the engine compartment, it`s much easier...

ok thank you