encoder motor

noom14921992 · 02-02-2009, 11:05 PM

ok my blazers with the 3 button dash switch encoder motor does not work. so a friend can give me a free one out of a 4 button one and i want to know if they are interchangeable.

thanks a lot.

Deeze49686 · 02-02-2009, 11:08 PM

nope. the 4 button has an extra position.

noom14921992 · 02-02-2009, 11:16 PM

so not at all. well ok. thanks. what about if i had all the parts to change over to 4 button. is that easy?

but you are sure about the motor? do you know if the encoder motor i have is fixable?

thanks again

beedle4 · 02-02-2009, 11:22 PM

No it a diff transfer case all together. You dont want it! If your going to swap it get an older manual shift 231.

noom14921992 · 02-02-2009, 11:37 PM

well ok. i think i will just see what i can do with the encoder i do have. and does any one knw if there is a way to get a manual 4wd with a bad electrical problem in stead or vacuum problem? thanks

P.S. does any one know if the transfer cases in the blazer give out as much as other things? like that is usual the last thing to go out right?

thanks

PimpingA1997Jimmy · 02-02-2009, 11:54 PM

i never heard of a 4 button switch what trucks had 4 buttosn ?

noom14921992 · 02-03-2009, 12:15 AM

the LT trims had the 4 button. it just means it has auto 4wd , 2wd, 4hi, and 4lo. but it also has the neutral position also.

MikeInCtown · 02-03-2009, 09:21 AM

Lots of non LT trucks also have the 4 button.

Check out car-part.com and look up the encoder motor for your vehicle. I found one for an 01 I was working on for a grand total of $50. I think I was quoted something like $400 from the dealer and they are $200 on eBay.

Goran · 02-03-2009, 10:44 AM

is it not switching over? my envoy would flash 4HI and then after a while it would go back to 2WD

ended up being a vacum leak... i popped the hood, and listened and found the problem...

fixed that and it worked fine after...

might want to check that out first...

noom14921992 · 02-03-2009, 11:15 AM

yea. i really dont think there is a vacuum leak, but i dont really know. but i do just for the heck of it replace all my rubber tubes that are dry rotten. is there a vacuum line right up any where. because most of my lines are dry rotten. and there are a few lines i dont know what they go to and i dont know it they go to important stuff or just a vent

thanks

beedle4 · 02-03-2009, 11:20 PM

Only blazers got autotrac(4-button) no trucks!

noom14921992 · 02-04-2009, 12:48 AM

hey . would an encoder motor off of a 1997 GMC jimmy with 3 buttons work on my 1998 blazer 3 button? i think it would but i can get that for free also.

thanks. i am hopeful about the one out of the 97
tell me what you think

***orangesonoma*** · 02-04-2009, 12:52 AM

as long as it is out of a np233c tehn it should...but getting used parts like this is not a good idea...they break ... and if they are old then that is less life they have left..

pay the money and get a new one

02-02-2009, 11:05 PM	#1
noom14921992 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 96 Location: User is: OffLine	encoder motor ok my blazers with the 3 button dash switch encoder motor does not work. so a friend can give me a free one out of a 4 button one and i want to know if they are interchangeable. thanks a lot.
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02-02-2009, 11:08 PM	#2
Deeze49686 I'm slap happy, bitches! Age: 36 Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 2,174 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: encoder motor nope. the 4 button has an extra position.
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02-02-2009, 11:16 PM	#3
noom14921992 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 96 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: encoder motor so not at all. well ok. thanks. what about if i had all the parts to change over to 4 button. is that easy? but you are sure about the motor? do you know if the encoder motor i have is fixable? thanks again
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02-02-2009, 11:22 PM	#4
beedle4 Registered User Age: 22 Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1,153 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: encoder motor No it a diff transfer case all together. You dont want it! If your going to swap it get an older manual shift 231.
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02-02-2009, 11:37 PM	#5
noom14921992 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 96 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: encoder motor well ok. i think i will just see what i can do with the encoder i do have. and does any one knw if there is a way to get a manual 4wd with a bad electrical problem in stead or vacuum problem? thanks P.S. does any one know if the transfer cases in the blazer give out as much as other things? like that is usual the last thing to go out right? thanks
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02-02-2009, 11:54 PM	#6
PimpingA1997Jimmy Registered User Age: 29 Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 783 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: encoder motor i never heard of a 4 button switch what trucks had 4 buttosn ?
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02-03-2009, 12:15 AM	#7
noom14921992 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 96 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: encoder motor the LT trims had the 4 button. it just means it has auto 4wd , 2wd, 4hi, and 4lo. but it also has the neutral position also.
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02-03-2009, 09:21 AM	#8
MikeInCtown Registered User Age: 35 Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 927 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: encoder motor Lots of non LT trucks also have the 4 button. Check out car-part.com and look up the encoder motor for your vehicle. I found one for an 01 I was working on for a grand total of $50. I think I was quoted something like $400 from the dealer and they are $200 on eBay.
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02-03-2009, 10:44 AM	#9
Goran Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 191 Location: Ontario User is: OffLine	Re: encoder motor is it not switching over? my envoy would flash 4HI and then after a while it would go back to 2WD ended up being a vacum leak... i popped the hood, and listened and found the problem... fixed that and it worked fine after... might want to check that out first...
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02-03-2009, 11:15 AM	#10
noom14921992 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 96 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: encoder motor yea. i really dont think there is a vacuum leak, but i dont really know. but i do just for the heck of it replace all my rubber tubes that are dry rotten. is there a vacuum line right up any where. because most of my lines are dry rotten. and there are a few lines i dont know what they go to and i dont know it they go to important stuff or just a vent thanks
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02-03-2009, 11:20 PM	#11
beedle4 Registered User Age: 22 Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1,153 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: encoder motor Only blazers got autotrac(4-button) no trucks!
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02-04-2009, 12:48 AM	#12
noom14921992 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 96 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: encoder motor hey . would an encoder motor off of a 1997 GMC jimmy with 3 buttons work on my 1998 blazer 3 button? i think it would but i can get that for free also. thanks. i am hopeful about the one out of the 97 tell me what you think
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02-04-2009, 12:52 AM	#13
*orangesonoma* forum idiot Age: 31 Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 46,860 Location: Indian Trail, NC User is: OffLine	Re: encoder motor as long as it is out of a np233c tehn it should...but getting used parts like this is not a good idea...they break ... and if they are old then that is less life they have left.. pay the money and get a new one
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