Sort of New to 4x4s...

[Cactus]

Hi - just acquired a 2003 KJ Sport with 84 K miles that seems to be in pretty good shape. This is my first 4X4, but I do have a SXS and dirt bikes and am relatively mechanically competent. My first question is regarding shifting into the various modes vs what is indicated on the dash. This is the system with 2H, 4H, Neutral, and 4L. With the shifter in the 2H position, I get "Part Time" on the dash which I think conflicts with the owners manual. When I shift into 4H, there are no indications on the dash. 4L gives me "4 LO" on the dash. I played around in the dirt a little and all of the shifter positions seem to work as they are supposed to. Any thoughts?

I mainly bought the KJ for daily driver/moderate off road use, and plan to do the 2 ish inch OME lift in the next couple of months. It currently has very new all terrain 245/70-R16s on stock rims so I'm going to leave those alone for now. Other than that I will probably add some recovery points and skid plates and call it good.

Oddly enough it didn't have a hitch on it. The hitch recall and an airbag recall showed up when I went to register it. Hopefully I get a free hitch installed from the local Jeep dealer.

 

[CheddarGau]

Hi - just acquired a 2003 KJ Sport with 84 K miles that seems to be in pretty good shape. This is my first 4X4, but I do have a SXS and dirt bikes and am relatively mechanically competent. My first question is regarding shifting into the various modes vs what is indicated on the dash. This is the system with 2H, 4H, Neutral, and 4L. With the shifter in the 2H position, I get "Part Time" on the dash which I think conflicts with the owners manual. When I shift into 4H, there are no indications on the dash. 4L gives me "4 LO" on the dash. I played around in the dirt a little and all of the shifter positions seem to work as they are supposed to. Any thoughts?

I mainly bought the KJ for daily driver/moderate off road use, and plan to do the 2 ish inch OME lift in the next couple of months. It currently has very new all terrain 245/70-R16s on stock rims so I'm going to leave those alone for now. Other than that I will probably add some recovery points and skid plates and call it good.

Oddly enough it didn't have a hitch on it. The hitch recall and an airbag recall showed up when I went to register it. Hopefully I get a free hitch installed from the local Jeep dealer.

Welcome! Ok so when you are in 2H it reads part time, correct? So one of 2 things has happened. The range selector sensor is no good (my nieces cars says the same thing) or the bushing for the selector cable has hardened/worn out, popped off and its actually in 4H which is a problem for dry pavement.

It doesn't hurt to double check, but I would suggest crawling under look at the transfer case(t-case selector cable is on the driver side)and make sure the selector is actually in 2H. You can use a screw driver and pry the lever towards the front of the car. If it doesn't move its the shift sensor on the top back driver side of the transfer case. In the case of my niece she doesn't care, and understands how to use the 4x4 shifter.

Let us know how it goes. Also if it needs a new bushing they are less than 20$ CAD