Transfer case issue
Hello everyone, I've got a issue with the transfer case. Let me tell you the journey of my two day trip. (GPS) 60.4 miles, 1 hr 24 mins. Figured abit longer since I'll only be doing 50-55 mph on open road and 25-35mph in towns I check all my fluids, lights, ect. ect, and started my journey stop at fuel station and filled tank. I drove over a steep mountain, through two towns and started to smell something getting warm about 5 mins later noticed a little smoke coming threw the transfer case stick hole, I pulled over and shut it down, I'm already about half way into the trip, the smell now I can tell is gear oil. I craw under and noticed a good stream out of the front driveshaft seal. I sit and let it cool off, pondering to venture on or turn around. I go on, truck has plenty of power, hit a hill she slows down like I'm towing a load, beds empty. Throttles up no problem I can feel resistance tho. All I am carrying is a cross bow and clothing. I pulled over two more times played with the transfer case sticks engaging the front axle in and out and also high and low, and neutral?? I disengage the front axle put it in high shift in reverse drive about 15 feet and then in 2nd and release the clutch fairly quick to see what wheels are engaged, only the passenger rear spins (disturbing the gravel). I continue on, going the speed limit at least what the truck says. I start looking threw the case stick hole and notice the front driveshaft spinning...???? I thought it isn't supposed to unless you engage the front axle?? I pull over a few more times to let people pass and cool down. I arrive at my destition 3 hrs later lol. So this morning I grab some gear oil. I downloaded a speedometor app to my phone and compaired it to a cars speedo and a garmin gps all three read about the same giving a mph or two. I check my transfer case and empty wet but empty, I put about a qt in a half in, and am on my way. We'll after I watched a mustang punch it too hard coming out of a curve on a wet road fish tailed three times and launched it off a bank into a stream down 10-15 feet below the road. Nobody was hurt. So on my way back I started back fireing and bucking like a horse, did it a dozen times, guessing the crack in the exhaust manifold and blown out exhaust flange gasket is to blame for that..??.. I pull over about 25 mins into my trip back, pull over at a tsc buy some wrenches and take out the front driveshaft, I immediately notice it moving easyer and not as strenuous feeling. So after some more bucking and afew stalls, and 3 n half hrs later I'm 30mins from home and she shuts down and doesn't start back, pull my distributor cap open the open the points apart and fire it back up. Made it about 400 yards and she dies again. Look at my points closer and there's holes in the center of the points. I call a friend and he grabs a set and brings them out. We get them changed back out and fire it up. She runs surpurb now not backfireing or anything, I beleave the points came lose from the bucking at first. Dispite the transfer case and points issue the truck seems ok, a few things I know I need to do shackle bushings, exhaust manifold crack and flange gasket, my only real consern is the transfer case staying locked in, Is it supposed to be? But I can distinctly feel it being engaged or disengaged or so I thought. On the trip down I ran 45-55 when able too by what my speedo said, on my way back my speedo is 15-25 off any giving time, com pairing the two I was only running about 40ish my way down, on my way back I ran from 38-50, 53 being the fastest and alil sketchy lol.
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Originally Posted by Kaiser68
