I agree with top teke, pull the drive shaft. It wont cost you a penny if you do it yourself and its only 8 bolts. Pull the bolts put them in a ziplock and tape the bag to the driveshaft itself for safe keeping then put the shaft in a safe place till you get where your going. Its an easy job
Other than looking in a service repair manual you might could find one on line with alot of searching. When i was considering an engine swap for my Jeep i read about a company which will build a harness for pretty much any motor/vehicle combo. You sent them the original harness and the harness...
Sounds like you learned a bit about your truck. One thing i learned over the years was the original plugs and plug wires last a heck of a lot longer than the ones i replaced them with. It didnt seem to matter if i bought $25 dollar plug wires or $90 plug wires. They would seldom last as long as...
If anyone is interested here is what i did.
I removed the transfer case shift motor in 1 piece by removing the 4 mounting bolts
I located the two wires which deliver power to the motor itself. they are orange and yellow.
I hooked up 2 wires to a spare battery, then hooked them into the orange...
I bought my son a 01 4x4 Ranger with a 4.0l in it. One day he drove it home in 4low without realizing it and i assume drove it as fast as he could get it to go. I wasnt in the truck at the time so i have no idea what all went on with it. Heres a list of whats going on with it now.
Wont shift out...