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Locker and ESP mod

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Old Apr 1, 2010 | 10:05 AM
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A few questions here....

When you override the factory locker switch to permit turn on of either locker in any t-case postion, is there a way to have your locker light(s) stay on instead of blinking?

Secondly, is it possibly to run ONE remote switch that when turned on tricks the Jeep into thinking it's engaged in 4lo...then proceed to use the factory switch.

Can you run a devoted ESP kill switch instead of doing the steering wheel trick. Also when killing the esp can it be activatged again without turning the vehicle off. What happens to ABS when the ESP is off.

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Old Apr 1, 2010 | 02:19 PM
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I would like to tackle this mod possibly this weekend. So I bumped this.
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Old Apr 1, 2010 | 04:37 PM
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Originally Posted by JKAY
Secondly, is it possibly to run ONE remote switch that when turned on tricks the Jeep into thinking it's engaged in 4lo...then proceed to use the factory switch.

Can you run a devoted ESP kill switch instead of doing the steering wheel trick. Also when killing the esp can it be activatged again without turning the vehicle off. What happens to ABS when the ESP is off.

Thanks and
You can run a switch to trick the computer into thinking it's in 4x, but I haven't explored it the full way yet. If you disconnect the two wires running into the sensor switch in the back of the transfer case, put two 33ohm (65 ohm is the official reading, but 66 ohm is close enough) resistors and a toggle into the circuit, it'll fool the computer into thinking it's in 4x. I'm not sure it thinks it's in 4lo though. I have heard that 12.5 ohms fools it into 4lo. 12.5 is practically nothing and I'm not sure if there's even a resistor that low available. Possibly a simple complete circuit will give it the 4lo reading. I haven't had a chance to experiment with it all the way yet.

You can pull the console and put a toggle in the ESP ABS wire (there's a couple of writeups on here somewhere) and turn off the ESP. When the ESP goes off so does the ABS. You do have to turn off the ignition to make it come back on again.
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