Transaxle/transfer fill

[IDave]

This is about my wife's RAV4 "truck" . '99 4 cylinder 5 speed with a manual transaxle and a transfer case.

I was just changing fluids and drained the transaxle and the transfer. There are drain plugs for both the manual transaxle and the transfer case, but I can only find a fill plug for the transaxle. Can't for the life of me find one for the transfer case. I know from the Chilton and Haynes TP shop manuals that the AUTOmatic transaxle and transfer cases have separate fills, but they don't actually say about the transfer on the manual setup.

My assumption is that the transaxle fill plug is for both, but I thought I'd ask to see if someone knows for sure before I button things up!

 

[IDave]

pour oil in till it starts coming out the transfer drain
that oughta answer yor ?

i hope

That makes cents. Tanks, marn.

 

[WristPin]

my sister had one of these damn things.
i remember there being a dipstick for either the t case or trasfer, (i cant remeber, which) behind the right whee, down in there, as you turn the wheels to left, you can see it. get a flash lite cuz its problt covered in road goo.

 

[IDave]

I'll look for it, but I think that's for the automatic transaxle version.

 

[IDave]

Well, yeah. That worked. No dipstick. The transaxle filled the transfer. Thanks, fellas


And, I fixed the damn seat belt light that's been flashing for 16 months.