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Back in February coming back home from work, my front driveshaft CV joint blew up and destroyed my 233 transfer case. I wasn't able to get it repaired right away until just this week after I went to salvage yard to pick up a used transfer case and front driveshaft.
Well, the dealership I had it at was not able to get my 4WD working with the 244 transfer case because the TCCM connectors are different between the 233 and 244 connectors. I was under the assumption that the harness connectors were the same between the transfer cases and TCCM's, I had no idea that the TCCM module connectors are different.
I will be getting the truck back anyways and making the trip back to the salvage yard that I pulled the transfer case out of to grab the dash harness unless someone has any insight into why the dealership wasn't able to make this work.

 

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I was mistaken on the connectors. The connectors are NOT different, the wires and pin placement are the same between factory ordered 233 and factory ordered 244. I haven't had a chance to drive it today to determine if I still have the Service 4X4 light as I just finished putting it back together around dinner time. I will be heading out before work tomorrow afternoon and will get back on the results of tearing the dash out and installing the FT transfer case TCCM and selector switch after determining the junkyard Durango dash harness had been damaged from a possible grand theft auto and was wrote off by the insurance company, which is why the Durango looked to be in too good of condition to be sent to the junkyard for a bad engine or transmission.

 

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Going to give an update, because this needs to be clarified now.
Earlier this month, I lost the NV244 I had put in my 03 Dakota 4x4 after I lost my original NV233 and something must have gone wrong internally, because the way the front driveshaft caused the failure this time, the splines on the end let go first, but I am not sure at this time until I tear apart the NV244 to scrap it at a later date.
The NV244 and NV233 is physically the same in the way they both bolt up to the transmissions and then to the driveshafts both front and rear. But there is a difference in the connectors on both the shift motor and the other connector. The part time and full time transfer cases use different connectors, which doesn't make sense when the TCCM connectors are the same as well.
As a short term option, YES, you can run the NV244 in a NV233 equipped truck for a short period of time. BUT, you will have a constant Service 4x4 light and you will have not have any transfer case shifter lights. And you will only have the AWD all the time, but I don't know if this is good for a long term option as mine only lasted a little over a year. However, I had no idea what the mileage was on the NV244, so it may have been worn out. Last winter, my area got close to a foot of snow one day and then I was struggling to get up my driveway, the transfer case stopped working in the mechanical AWD disengaged, so I may have caused the coupling to wear out then, because the way the front driveshaft caused the most recent failure had me thinking that the transfer case was turning slower than the wheels were turning. And when this transfer case went, the tow truck driver I had called said he almost lost my truck because it would still roll in park! So be aware of this for the NV244 and prevent this type of failure by checking the front driveshaft CV joint boot after the last rebuild, check the U-joint on the differential and then the U-joints on the rear driveshaft each year as well and add grease to the U-joints each year to prevent wearing out the U-joints. This will prevent this failure that caused me to lose my factory original TC that had over 150K miles on it. The grease gun and the needle attachment are less than $50 with the grease you can get for it and can save you $200 to $2000 depending on if you get the transfer case from a salvage yard to a refurbished TC from the parts store to the dealer😱.