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Fuse for Vacuum Locking System
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01 Dec 2013 20:52 #94206
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Just put some manual hubs on my '03, and can still hear the vacuum system trying to engage whenever I put it into 4x4. I know that the recommended way of doing things is to blank off the hoses, but was wondering it there is a fuse I can remove to disable the mechanism that creates the vacuum instead?
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01 Dec 2013 21:21 - 01 Dec 2013 21:30 #94215
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If it is the sound of air you can kill that by blanking off the inlet manifold inlet.
Here is a pic of mine temporarily blanked off using a screwbolt as a bung in a bit of tube. I now have some pukka blanking plugs.
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Venter wrote: Just put some manual hubs on my '03, and can still hear the vacuum system trying to engage whenever I put it into 4x4. I know that the recommended way of doing things is to blank off the hoses, but was wondering it there is a fuse I can remove to disable the mechanism that creates the vacuum instead?
If it is the sound of air you can kill that by blanking off the inlet manifold inlet.
Here is a pic of mine temporarily blanked off using a screwbolt as a bung in a bit of tube. I now have some pukka blanking plugs.
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01 Dec 2013 23:14 #94236
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Thanks for that.
What are the blanking plug dimensions, and where'd you get them? I'm just being lazy now, I could go outside and measure, but much easier asking on the internet
What are the blanking plug dimensions, and where'd you get them? I'm just being lazy now, I could go outside and measure, but much easier asking on the internet

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02 Dec 2013 07:33 #94252
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you could also just run a pipe from the point shown on the picture to the vacuum switch (one right at the bottom) that confirms the 'hubs are engaged' that way you won't have a flashing 4x4 light.. 
use the same size hose as all the rest of the vac pipes.. probably 3-4 mm ID. (screenwasher pipe
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use the same size hose as all the rest of the vac pipes.. probably 3-4 mm ID. (screenwasher pipe

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02 Dec 2013 11:15 #94272
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