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I use a steel punch and go around little by little. Good luck, Sam

I agree with Imdew. This coolant may have caused a short in that spark plug circuit, this dropping that cylinder or producting a weak spark at best. Cheers Bennie

Most likely just went down the spark plug wire and into the plug hole.

Same as L series and BRAT. I hammer them out with a mallet and a piece of hard wood. Cheers Bennie

Thanks everybody. Figured it out from your combined suggestions. It turned out to be a rear drive axle popped loose from the differential. On visual inspection, it looks OK, so I pulled the rear differential, but nothing wrong there. Reassembled everything and it worked.... for about a half a block until the axle slid back out. The axlel is held in place with a C-clip inside the differential, so you have to make sure this is engaged when reassembling everything. I had to remove the spindle arms and give the hub a good kick. To sum it up for any other shade-tree mechanics out there. 1. If your clutch is slipping, especially as rpms increase, but you don't smell any toxic burning clutch stench, then it's probably not the clutch. 2. AWD subbies have a center differential and a viscous coupling clutch that transfers power from any spinning wheel to the other wheels. Any broken axle, CV joint or differential failure that allows a wheel to spin freely will act just like a slipping clutch. 3. The rear drive axles are held in place with C-clips on the spline shaft, inside the differential. Not sure how this would pop out, but it's difficult to see visually. Try putting the vehicle in gear, and jacking each wheel up, one at a time. If one spins freely, you have this type of failure.

I think the two problems with using an LED in this circuit are: 1 the LED forward current is only 50-60ma and the bulb is around 1amp used to excite the regulator to start charging until the Diode Trio takes over when charging. So I don't think the voltage would be high enough to start the regulator. 2 when charging there is a little over a volt difference (I measured 1.2v) between the battery and the light terminal so the LED may light even if the alternator is charging.

And sometimes the old grease pours out like water when you pull the boot.

I've had a few rear axles pop a 1/4" out of the rear diff. Feels like the clutch is slipping. With no movement in 1st with the clutch out and brake on, I'd think it would have to be the front CV.

When you put the break on and let the clutch out in 1st, have you looked at the half shaft inner joints? If one if failed it would just be spinning away.