I think I smoked my transfer case

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asuddendeath

asuddendeath

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Long of short replaced the transmission and did a load of other work. Seems I forgot to refill the transfer case with gear oil. Drove around 30-40 miles, she started to make noise and before I stopped had a hard time moving forward.
She was hot as hell too.
I did put around 1.5C of gear oil in her. This is what she sounded like on the drive home.




Think she is smoked?
Thanks
 
Don't worry they are cheap. I just bought a spare one to install gears on. If you were closer to me I would give you a good deal on mine that I am about to pull out.
 
Just blows. So close to getting the truck ready for the summer and I forgot the oil!

Well have to find a good used t-case. Have the parts for a part time kit so that will be going in as well.

Mother ****er!
 
They are like 200 used.. I have one I tore down to put low range gears in but changed my mind and put them in a different one because it felt tight. I ordered the shims for the bearing but didn't want to wait so I built a different one.

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Thanks for the faith.
I was at the point of working out the kinks with the lift, the next big undertaking was putting on the turbo.....
A Colorado member here hit me up so I may have something in the works. Wanna get this truck on the road!
 
If you can find a way to mudship one from Atlanta to you I will have one coming out of my truck in a few weeks. It has 280,000 on it but I chance the oil every year in it and it is going strong.
 
There was a guy parting out an 80 on denver craigslist not too long ago and he did have a TC. I thought about picking it up, but got lazy.
 
It was still moving when I pulled it.
Here is the plug with maybe 20 miles on it with oil in it.
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And all is well. 4 1/2 hours kicked out the fried T-case and in with a local one with 200,000 miles. Drives nice, center lock works!
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Someone needs to pick it up or its going to scrap. Its free!
 
I'm honestly surprised you smoked it that fast. In my younger more ignorant years I drove my 40 around for 6 months with an empty case until I spun the output bearing. And even then after a refill of 90wt it worked fine after.
 
Its not trashed but making noise. Not taking the risk of it crapping out when I am in the middle of no where.
 
Kinda sounded cool — like a race car with straight cut gears. But you were wise to avoid a big failure out on the trail.
 
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