!!WARNING!! Not a firearm question. - The Firearms Forum

JLA · 01-06-2008, 09:13 PM

I just recently bought an old Dodge Ramcharger 4X4 and was just wondering why the transfer-case is full of ATF??? Just thought somebody might know. please reply.

stetson · 01-06-2008, 09:49 PM

I bet somebody put wrong stuff in .I have never heard of a 4x4 transfer case using
tranny fluid instead of gear grease.Any mechanics,please chime in here as I am no an expert.I've just owned a dozen or so 4x4 of various makes.

Bruce FLinch · 01-06-2008, 10:15 PM

Better the ATF than the FBI!

Crpdeth · 01-06-2008, 10:36 PM

JLA

No worries about being off topic in General Discussions...Thats what it's here for, to gab away about just about anything.

Fire at will!

Crpdeth

justdoug · 01-06-2008, 11:04 PM

That's what they call for. Owners manual will read Mopar +4 or ATF +4. Haynes manual reads Dexron III. Personally I'd stay witht the manufacturers recommendations although Royal purple synthetics are supposedly the "cats meow". Why they've switched to ATF for transfer cases, I odn't know but there's a reason I have no doubt. There's a post somehwere around here about engineers...

This link has some info on 1994+ Dodge Pickups:
http://dodgeram.org/tech/specs/tranfer_case.htm

Just be glad it ain't a quadra-trac.

JLA · 01-07-2008, 02:56 PM

thats why i was asking, i already have royal purple in everything but the transfer case, and i dont know if royal purple makes ATF. plus i still have a half a case of 75W140 left over from changing the tranny grease and the axles.

millwright · 01-07-2008, 04:53 PM

JLA,

Just my opinion, but I'll bet a lot the AFT is there more for gas mileage/efficiency/heat prevention than anti-wear...... FWIW you can substitute a good hydraulic oil. It has the same sort of anti-foam, anti-scuff properties with the advantage of more shear stability. The advent of really good synthetic oils has pretty much both solved and confused the issue, IMO.... >MW

JLA · 01-07-2008, 06:37 PM

dang right about that!

01-06-2008, 09:13 PM	#1
JLA TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Heart Of Texas Contributor Posts: 17,320	!!WARNING!! Not a firearm question. I just recently bought an old Dodge Ramcharger 4X4 and was just wondering why the transfer-case is full of ATF??? Just thought somebody might know. please reply. __________________ It takes 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 3 for proper trigger squeeze. The latest caliber or gear is no substitute for experience and skill. Rifles and cartridges don't make hits -- shooters do. Fact of life: After Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says WTF! -->

01-06-2008, 09:49 PM	#2
stetson V.I.P. Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 198	Re: !!WARNING!! Not a firearm question. I bet somebody put wrong stuff in .I have never heard of a 4x4 transfer case using tranny fluid instead of gear grease.Any mechanics,please chime in here as I am no an expert.I've just owned a dozen or so 4x4 of various makes.

01-06-2008, 10:15 PM	#3
Bruce FLinch Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Bay Point, Kali..aka Gun Point Posts: 5,016	Re: !!WARNING!! Not a firearm question. Better the ATF than the FBI! __________________ A bad day @ the Range, is better than a good day @ work.

01-06-2008, 10:36 PM	#4
Crpdeth Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Location: Location Contributor Posts: 8,247	Re: !!WARNING!! Not a firearm question. JLA No worries about being off topic in General Discussions...Thats what it's here for, to gab away about just about anything. Fire at will! Crpdeth __________________ Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us, but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there. ~Eric Hoffer

01-06-2008, 11:04 PM	#5
justdoug V.I.P. Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 410	Re: !!WARNING!! Not a firearm question. That's what they call for. Owners manual will read Mopar +4 or ATF +4. Haynes manual reads Dexron III. Personally I'd stay witht the manufacturers recommendations although Royal purple synthetics are supposedly the "cats meow". Why they've switched to ATF for transfer cases, I odn't know but there's a reason I have no doubt. There's a post somehwere around here about engineers... This link has some info on 1994+ Dodge Pickups: http://dodgeram.org/tech/specs/tranfer_case.htm Just be glad it ain't a quadra-trac. __________________ "It's faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, and more money." Tom T. Hall Last edited by justdoug; 01-06-2008 at 11:08 PM..

01-07-2008, 02:56 PM	#6
JLA TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Heart Of Texas Contributor Posts: 17,320	Re: !!WARNING!! Not a firearm question. thats why i was asking, i already have royal purple in everything but the transfer case, and i dont know if royal purple makes ATF. plus i still have a half a case of 75W140 left over from changing the tranny grease and the axles. __________________ It takes 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 3 for proper trigger squeeze. The latest caliber or gear is no substitute for experience and skill. Rifles and cartridges don't make hits -- shooters do. Fact of life: After Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says WTF!

01-07-2008, 04:53 PM	#7
millwright Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,440	Re: !!WARNING!! Not a firearm question. JLA, Just my opinion, but I'll bet a lot the AFT is there more for gas mileage/efficiency/heat prevention than anti-wear...... FWIW you can substitute a good hydraulic oil. It has the same sort of anti-foam, anti-scuff properties with the advantage of more shear stability. The advent of really good synthetic oils has pretty much both solved and confused the issue, IMO.... >MW

01-07-2008, 06:37 PM	#8
JLA TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Heart Of Texas Contributor Posts: 17,320	Re: !!WARNING!! Not a firearm question. dang right about that! __________________ It takes 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 3 for proper trigger squeeze. The latest caliber or gear is no substitute for experience and skill. Rifles and cartridges don't make hits -- shooters do. Fact of life: After Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says WTF!