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Old 01-26-2012, 02:40 PM
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Does the tranny fluid go in between the transfer case and trans? my tranny was 4 quarts low and i saw no leaks,is there a seal or any way fluid is leaking into transfer case 1992 Blazer K5
 
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Yes you could have trans fluid leaking into the transfer case, if the seal is leaking.
It takes the same fluid however it could be under pressure removing the filler nut on the case should let you know if the tranny is leaking into the case if fluid comes out the top then you know its leaking, or if you have to much fluid in the case. however the trans and Tcase do not share fluid between the two.
 
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Old 01-30-2012, 04:32 PM
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guess i will have to take the bolt out...
 
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make sure you remove the filler plug not the drain one

the filler plug is on top
 
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Old 01-31-2012, 05:45 AM
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Originally Posted by xgiovannix12
make sure you remove the filler plug not the drain one

the filler plug is on top
Lol thats a good one,I grew up in a car dealership....al
 
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Old 01-31-2012, 08:02 AM
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lol just making sure. I did not mean you did not know what you were doing

Im apologies if it was taking in the wrong way
 
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Mine does this exact same thing. It overfills the transfer case and the transmission starves for fluid. So it's probably a bad seal?
 
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Originally Posted by Matthew Hayes
Mine does this exact same thing. It overfills the transfer case and the transmission starves for fluid. So it's probably a bad seal?
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My Granddad bought a 2000 s-10 4x4 a few years back.It only had around 20,000 miles on it.When we stopped and started to pull up steep hill's it would just sit and the engine would race.
No smoke or spinning of the tires like you'd expect.Finally we put it in 4 wheel low.
Then it would go.
After several time of this happening and continuously checking the tranny fluid which was never low he had an idea.
He remembered the old power glide we had in our 64 chevy.
You had to keep power braking it lightly forward and back to get the true fluid level.
We did this with his truck and bingo it was about 2 and 1/2 quarts low.
I never would have thunk it but man that truck does great still.
Just a small story that may help in the future.
 
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