Anyone have a spare top shift shifter?

[Jeremy9A]

Got the 4runner back together today. It drove around fine around the neighborhood by the shop, but when I got home I had a leak.

I have gear oil coming from the top of my shifter, where the retainer sits under the snap ring. I tried RTV around where the retainer seats, but then the oil just comes out on top of the ball swivel thing. I ran the vent hose inside the truck to keep an eye on it. No oil comes up the vent.


Maybe my shifter is just plain worn out. It used to be a front shifter, but I modified the mounting pattern to mount it on top. So I think either the front shifter isn't designed to have oil splashing at it, or it's just not sealing like it should.

Anyone got a spare top shifter collecting dust?

 

[slander]

I have one for a gear drive if you need it. Just fund my PYS or black hills trip and its yours..............


jk


Im pretty sure it was over filling it like i told ya, saying that you will always have gear oil puking a bit out of the shifter. Use good quality gear lube on it to reduce the foaming and synthetic because of the lack of cooling in there, it will get fairly hot on the highway and crawling all day. Make sure evrey hole is patched on the floor board around the shifters, if you drive with the window open it will suck air in through the holes and your crawl box will start to heat up due to lack of air flowing around it and cooling it.

 

[Jeremy9A]

The guy at marlin says to fill the box up to the fill plug and it should take 1.5-2qts. .5 qt is a big difference when talking about only a reduction housing (and the trans tail shaft area).

The oil puking on the way to work this morning was minimal, and I thought the box must have damn near nothing in it. So after talking to you, I drained out the gear driven case. About 1.75 quarts came out.

I put about 1.25 qts back in it. I just had a successful trip home with no leaks. (about 15 min of 40-60 mph).

Hopefully all is good. I'm gonna drive it to work tomorrow and check it out again.

So yeah, hopefully it was just overfilled.

 

[Jeremy9A]

Another successful ride to work this morning. Hopefully the 1.25 qts is enough.

John, is your front setup similar with the oil using the empty tail housing space? If so, how much does your front case hold?

 

[4rnr]

Another successful ride to work this morning. Hopefully the 1.25 qts is enough.

John, is your front setup similar with the oil using the empty tail housing space? If so, how much does your front case hold?

No idea, i just fill the rear case and that is supposed to fill em all.

 

[slander]

A dual setup with gear drive cases is diffrent than the mc09 you have. The mc09 and the taco tcase do not. The mini truck setups (johns and mine with the lefty) share fluid. John may also have an older inchworm setup where the tail housing is sealed off, not open and used as a "tank" like the marlin, and the new inchworm design. I think the mc09 setup where the cases do not share fluid is better, all your fluid can slosh to the rear case on the shared design on hill climbs, starving the front case. I have also read that acclerating or high throttle assaults will also cause the fluid to move to the rear case.

 

[4rnr]

A dual setup with gear drive cases is diffrent than the mc09 you have. The mc09 and the taco tcase do not. The mini truck setups (johns and mine with the lefty) share fluid. John may also have an older inchworm setup where the tail housing is sealed off, not open and used as a "tank" like the marlin, and the new inchworm design. I think the mc09 setup where the cases do not share fluid is better, all your fluid can slosh to the rear case on the shared design on hill climbs, starving the front case. I have also read that acclerating or high throttle assaults will also cause the fluid to move to the rear case.

Its gear oil...all you really need is a little residual.

 

[Gumby]

Its gear oil...all you really need is a little residual.

It's true. A little drip on your shirt and you'll smell it forever.

 

[slander]

It's true. A little drip on your shirt and you'll smell it forever.

I hate it when the residual drips on my shirt.

It sucks when gear lube drips on it as well.