I got it from my garage and it was free 🤣 I have so many parts for these trucks that I could just about build one out of the parts I have collected over the years.
Dark horse I'm about to drop my transmission and put a new one in my 2003 F350 7.3.l ... My question is can I drop my transfer case first without tampering with my transmission? And should I drain my transfer case fluid before taking it out?.. please reply back thank you sir..
Yeah you can take the transfer case out separately from the transmission, then drop the trans by itself. I usually remove and reinstall them as an assembly though. You don't have to drain the fluid out of either one before removal, although draining will make them a little bit lighter and possibly less messy if you happen to tip one too far over, less to leak out of the vents.
@@darkhorseautoanddiesel thank you sir I really appreciate you getting back with me. You were a big help! 👍.. now I can get back to work !!.. thanks again!..
99' Triton v10. Transmission goes into gears but vehicle won't move. Grinds when I shift it from in gear back into park. Forums tell me it is likely the transfer case. Does this sound correct? If so, where did you pick up your replacement? Thanks!
The forums are likely correct. You'll know for sure once you get it out of the truck by spinning the input and output shafts. I had mine laying around the shop from one of the many parts trucks I've had over the years. They can be had at salvage yards pretty affordably, especially if you have a self service one near you like an LKQ or something.
Nope. I don't use any additives in any oils or fluids. All oils have certain additive packages already in them, and unless you've done analysis to know exactly how much of what is in both the oil and the bottle of snake oil you're dumping in it and how the chemistry will react, I would stay away from them. You might do more harm than good. There is only 2 exceptions I make to that rule. 1 is Hot Shot Secret Stiction Eliminator for 6.0 power strokes for sticking injectors. The other is Lucas Oil Stabilizer, and ONLY if the engine is already about to come apart internally from something like a rod knocking, and that I need it to hold together long enough to get it home so, I'd dump that heavy base oil with no additives at all in it, (the stuff literally dilutes the engine oil's additive package) just to thicken the oil enough to quiet things down.
If it's just the red part you broke, you'll be fine, it's just a redundant securement thing to ensure that it doesn't come loose. Even though the odds of it coming loose without it are like next to none.
@@darkhorseautoanddiesel ok that’s my wondering, I the last time I did that and had no issues, I also don’t wanna take it out. Gasket seems easy enough to do though.
I'm hearing a ticking/grinding sound from my transfer case on my 99 f250 SD I also had a loose bolt which was leaking fluid but not the drain or fill plug it was one of the bolts holding the transfer case on. All my gears work and truck drives do you think I just need to add more fluid to the case? Or just bang it out and put a used one in?
Since one of the bolts holding the case halves together was loose and fluid was leaking that means the seal around the case halves is compromised. At the very least you need to pull the transfer case, split the halves apart, clean them up, and reseal it. While you have it apart you can inspect everything in there and make sure it's all good, replacing whatever is causing the noise. If everything else looks good and there isn't a bunch of shavings in the oil I would just fix the leak and hopefully fix the noise and send it. You will probably save money doing it that way. Or you can save time and buy another one that's already out of the truck and just swap them out. Then when you get bored someday you can open up your old one and try to fix it and possibly have a spare if it's needed in the future.
@Dark Horse Auto and Diesel alright alright thanks. I fuckin tried tightening up the bolt and the inside threads are stripped I really don't want to rely on any type of thread locker/sealant so I might just change out that whole case damn this truck is a money magnet forsure never fails but I love the truck hahaha. Thanks again if I have any other questions I'll comment. Thanks for the video
No and no. I was just hitting alligator alley and I just heard /felt it looked in the rear view And so I'll spray of oil going everywhere from I guess.Hydraulic fluid or transfer case fluid all over the cars.You're hiring me and I just was able to get over within a quarter.Oil rented a expedition max.Put it on a flat bed and wrote a wheel with the max all the way home two hours north
Sorry I was trying to be fast and voice text that. I was going into the Everglades when it happened.I was just about to get there 2 hours away had to go to enterprise rent a expedition max.Luckily it had to hook up for hitch. Went Home and got my flatbed trailer and put it on that.My F350 long bed was making the Expedition ride a wheelie all the way Home 2 hours North. Every time I try to put it up the ramps.My front end hit the top of the ramps.The top the front end of the expedition was up in the airport 2 or 3 ft swaying back and forth
@@infostar5220 oh, thought you was either drunk or one of those swamp dog reds that talks too fast to get an idea out !!! sorry brotha, but not in 4wd huh, bad stuff then, i got a 03 ford f250 4x4 and it can happen i guess. sorry again brotha but at least you had the balls to get it back home any damn way you could !!!
It doesn’t really hold fluid in between it’s mostly just for dirt and dust protection since there is a bearing on the output shaft of transmission. If you want to seal it without completely removing it you could probably just back the bolts off about a 1/4 inch and run a bead of rtv around the outside edge of the flange just to have something there to keep any fluid that gets in there from leaking and keep dirt out. I would recommend if you decide to make sure it’s sealed off to use the paper gasket. It’s cheaper than a tube of rtv just a little more work to install
Oh? That's news to me. I've never heard that. I still wouldn't though. For a while they said that merc V was ok to use in transfer cases, and we see how well that worked out.
My 2003 ford f250 5.4 4x4 xl, NP-271-F needs shift shaft seal, ever done one ? wondering if its hard, requires tool, or easy ?
Where did you get the replacement transfer case from? And how much did it cost you around? I think i need to replace mine.
I got it from my garage and it was free 🤣 I have so many parts for these trucks that I could just about build one out of the parts I have collected over the years.
So - What was the problem with your old transfer case? what failed and How much is a person looking at to change out with another used unit??
Dark horse I'm about to drop my transmission and put a new one in my 2003 F350 7.3.l ... My question is can I drop my transfer case first without tampering with my transmission? And should I drain my transfer case fluid before taking it out?.. please reply back thank you sir..
Yeah you can take the transfer case out separately from the transmission, then drop the trans by itself. I usually remove and reinstall them as an assembly though. You don't have to drain the fluid out of either one before removal, although draining will make them a little bit lighter and possibly less messy if you happen to tip one too far over, less to leak out of the vents.
@@darkhorseautoanddiesel thank you sir I really appreciate you getting back with me. You were a big help! 👍.. now I can get back to work !!.. thanks again!..
99' Triton v10. Transmission goes into gears but vehicle won't move. Grinds when I shift it from in gear back into park. Forums tell me it is likely the transfer case. Does this sound correct? If so, where did you pick up your replacement? Thanks!
The forums are likely correct. You'll know for sure once you get it out of the truck by spinning the input and output shafts. I had mine laying around the shop from one of the many parts trucks I've had over the years. They can be had at salvage yards pretty affordably, especially if you have a self service one near you like an LKQ or something.
Have you ever used an additive with your fluid?
Nope. I don't use any additives in any oils or fluids. All oils have certain additive packages already in them, and unless you've done analysis to know exactly how much of what is in both the oil and the bottle of snake oil you're dumping in it and how the chemistry will react, I would stay away from them. You might do more harm than good.
There is only 2 exceptions I make to that rule. 1 is Hot Shot Secret Stiction Eliminator for 6.0 power strokes for sticking injectors. The other is Lucas Oil Stabilizer, and ONLY if the engine is already about to come apart internally from something like a rod knocking, and that I need it to hold together long enough to get it home so, I'd dump that heavy base oil with no additives at all in it, (the stuff literally dilutes the engine oil's additive package) just to thicken the oil enough to quiet things down.
@@darkhorseautoanddiesel understood, thank you and thank you for your video
I broke the conntecter with the red tab you push down. Is it OK to run with out it?
If it's just the red part you broke, you'll be fine, it's just a redundant securement thing to ensure that it doesn't come loose. Even though the odds of it coming loose without it are like next to none.
Do you have a good supplier with good quality T case repair parts ?
Not really. I've never had to repair one.
Great vid
did you replace the output shaft seal along with the gasket? If so where did you get them?
I did not. I threw 'er in there and sent it. Still sending it actually.
@@darkhorseautoanddiesel ok that’s my wondering, I the last time I did that and had no issues, I also don’t wanna take it out. Gasket seems easy enough to do though.
@@darkhorseautoanddieselany issues on that paper gasket?
do you know what size bolts hold the t-case to the transmission?
Did you ever figure out what size they were
13mm
M10x 1.5 about 40mm long I believe
I'm hearing a ticking/grinding sound from my transfer case on my 99 f250 SD I also had a loose bolt which was leaking fluid but not the drain or fill plug it was one of the bolts holding the transfer case on. All my gears work and truck drives do you think I just need to add more fluid to the case? Or just bang it out and put a used one in?
Since one of the bolts holding the case halves together was loose and fluid was leaking that means the seal around the case halves is compromised. At the very least you need to pull the transfer case, split the halves apart, clean them up, and reseal it. While you have it apart you can inspect everything in there and make sure it's all good, replacing whatever is causing the noise. If everything else looks good and there isn't a bunch of shavings in the oil I would just fix the leak and hopefully fix the noise and send it. You will probably save money doing it that way.
Or you can save time and buy another one that's already out of the truck and just swap them out. Then when you get bored someday you can open up your old one and try to fix it and possibly have a spare if it's needed in the future.
@Dark Horse Auto and Diesel alright alright thanks. I fuckin tried tightening up the bolt and the inside threads are stripped I really don't want to rely on any type of thread locker/sealant so I might just change out that whole case damn this truck is a money magnet forsure never fails but I love the truck hahaha. Thanks again if I have any other questions I'll comment. Thanks for the video
You could try a helicoil.
Mine exploded. Same circumstances and same sound. I thought the same thing. Like a shotgun. I was doin about 75 on the interstate. 3 hours from home
Ouch. Did the car behind you run over a chunk and instantly get a flat tire? That's what happened with my buddy lol.
was it in 4wd ?
No and no. I was just hitting alligator alley and I just heard /felt it looked in the rear view And so I'll spray of oil going everywhere from I guess.Hydraulic fluid or transfer case fluid all over the cars.You're hiring me and I just was able to get over within a quarter.Oil rented a expedition max.Put it on a flat bed and wrote a wheel with the max all the way home two hours north
Sorry I was trying to be fast and voice text that. I was going into the Everglades when it happened.I was just about to get there 2 hours away had to go to enterprise rent a expedition max.Luckily it had to hook up for hitch. Went Home and got my flatbed trailer and put it on that.My F350 long bed was making the Expedition ride a wheelie all the way Home 2 hours North.
Every time I try to put it up the ramps.My front end hit the top of the ramps.The top the front end of the expedition was up in the airport 2 or 3 ft swaying back and forth
@@infostar5220 oh, thought you was either drunk or one of those swamp dog reds that talks too fast to get an idea out !!! sorry brotha, but not in 4wd huh, bad stuff then, i got a 03 ford f250 4x4 and it can happen i guess. sorry again brotha but at least you had the balls to get it back home any damn way you could !!!
Oh no there's a gasket there 🤦🏻♂️
I just did mine
No gasket was there when I took it off and I installed it the same
It doesn’t really hold fluid in between it’s mostly just for dirt and dust protection since there is a bearing on the output shaft of transmission. If you want to seal it without completely removing it you could probably just back the bolts off about a 1/4 inch and run a bead of rtv around the outside edge of the flange just to have something there to keep any fluid that gets in there from leaking and keep dirt out. I would recommend if you decide to make sure it’s sealed off to use the paper gasket. It’s cheaper than a tube of rtv just a little more work to install
What about merc lv
Don't do it. Either dex/merc or the over priced "transfer case fluid" from Ford that is just dex/merc in a fancy bottle. Nothing else.
@Dark Horse Auto and Diesel the lv says for transfers and is the new recommended fluid?
Oh? That's news to me. I've never heard that. I still wouldn't though. For a while they said that merc V was ok to use in transfer cases, and we see how well that worked out.
poor spider .....
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