Feels like the four-wheel drive low is locked in

Tiny
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  • 2004 FORD EXPLORER SPORT TRAC
  • 4.6L
  • V8
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 171,542 MILES
Suv listed above is an Eddie Bowers Edition. Okay, someone borrowed that you when they returned it it feels like the four-wheel drive low is locked in. So I thought maybe the motor so I changed the motor that didn't seem to do nothing. Well, then I went to the switch a little button 3 button pusher on there which says 4lo 4hi and all-wheel drive and I thought okay maybe that could be the problem, but before I replace it I wanted to test the wiring harness make sure that one of the wires didn't get burnt or nothing. However, I cannot find the wiring harness information online anywhere and I do out of the six wires have two hots when the key is on and three grounds and one all-time hot now here's the thing here's the real kicker when I hit the for high the light comes on on the dash. Now when I hit the for low the light doesn't come on on the dash but the light on the button starts blinking about 20 times. So I'm not sure what the problem is. I don't know where to go is it the transfer case, is it a bad wire, is it the bad button, is it the computer. However I took a pair of pars and I tried to manually move the transfer case to see if it was locked in it does seem to move a little however according to the trigone there and according to what I think it actually says it's in 4 high. So is it possible that the button is making it going for high even though it doesn't tell it that it's for high, it's actually feeling like low. Not really sure it's very odd and I have no idea where to go next. So a wiring diagram would help or somebody actually has had this freaked up sideways problem that can help me out and tell me what they did to fix there's.
Thursday, February 11th, 2021 AT 12:17 PM

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Tiny
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This could be a number of things. I attached the complete wiring diagram below. However, when you are getting a flashing light, that normally means the control module/sensor doesn't know what position it is in so it can't shift it.

The wires that we need to test is the signal wire and return wire when you are changing the position with the switch. As you change the position, the module should be seeing different voltages to tell it what position you have selected. So let's check and make sure the switch is sending those different voltages.

Then we can check for codes as that will mean that the module has set a DTC to reflect this.

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/checking-a-service-engine-soon-or-check-engine-light-on-or-flashing

Let me know what questions you have and we can go from there. Thanks
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Friday, February 12th, 2021 AT 7:07 PM
Tiny
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I also have another question. It's not got nothing to do with this vehicle but where do you get your wiring diagrams because I'm trying to do my own electrical and do it as a company. But the problem is as a starting off business I don't have the money to pay millions of dollars to these companies that want it for wiring diagrams that I'm not even sure if they're even knowing what the heck they're talking about and too if you try to go on Google they give you stuff that is not even in the right category. Like you look up wiring harnesses for a Chevrolet and end up with ones for a dab of lawn mower. So I would like to know if you have any good ideas of where I can get them for cheap so I can actually make some money at this and be able to actually help out people. Thank you
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Monday, February 15th, 2021 AT 11:38 AM
Tiny
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I understand. There are many services out there that offer diagrams but you are correct they can be pricey. We subscribe to AllData and Mitchell. Alldata is what I typically use. I would suggest looking into them as they offer some starter subscriptions that are not too expensive.
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Monday, February 15th, 2021 AT 6:35 PM
Tiny
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Okay I'm sending a video because I have six wires and it looks like none of the diagrams match this vehicle.
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Tuesday, February 16th, 2021 AT 9:20 AM
Tiny
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Sorry. You noted this was a Sport Trac in the heading but if you have 6 wires then is this just a regular Explorer. Is that correct?

Here is the wiring diagram for this 4WD system and the switch with 6 wires.
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Tuesday, February 16th, 2021 AT 7:18 PM

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