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Old 11-17-2005, 08:55 PM
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Originally Posted by oab_au
Nick and all the other Northeners, excercise there valves regularly.
Harvey.
Boy do I.

Is this assembly easyto get to from underneath? I'd like to see what I can do to fix it before I enter the next winter rally and I am completely dumfounded as to the exact location of this thing, and what it looks like.

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Originally Posted by kuoh
I bought my SVX new and it exhibited no front wheel spin or 1-2 second delay when punching the gas in low traction or snow. In fact even after 13 years, mine still engages immediately. Though it did have the tranny replaced back in 94 or 95 and the transfer case rebuilt in 98. In any case as Earthworm put it, it may be common now, but definitely not normal.

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That's weird because I remember all the talk we had over the open [front] differential and how it is designed to "transfer power from the wheels that grip to the wheels that slip" as I put it.

As I experienced last winter, my SVX sitting stuck in the driveway (facing up a decline, no less), covered in a heap of snow, it does just that.

My front left wheel stay motionless as my front right spun wildly. The car rocked back and forth due to the rears engaging but they weren't recieving enough power.

I ended up using light pressure on the throttle and steering quickly back and forth to put some kind of friction on the wildly spinning front wheel to get out of there.

To this day my SVX has never been stuck in a situation it couldn't get out of using it's own power.

/digress

Anyway I just think that's weird, but my car was driven for nearly 4 years in Georgie before coming up here so it would be no surprise if the valve assembly were "stale".
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Old 11-22-2005, 07:21 AM
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Well, I made an appt. for next week to try and get my AWD back.
I'll grab some lube at the pharmacy when I get some meds later.
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