2000 F150 T-Case
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2000 F150 T-Case
I was checking the fluids on my 2000 f-150 today, and when I unscrewed the fill bolt on the transfer case, about a gallon of fluid came gushing out. I was finally able to get the plug threaded back in, but not all the fluid came out. I am not sure how it could be this full or maybe there is another plug higher up i missed, although i didn't see one. could it be possible that there was that much pressure backed up or something like that. I had shut the truck off about 10-15 minutes before i checked and it was sitting on level ground. I have not used by 4 wheel drive for about 5 days before this happend. any ideas on what the deal is. Thanks
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For a "gallon" of fluid to come out, you must of unscrewed the drain plug, because i dont see how somebody got that much fluid in there through the fill plug without it leaking back out when you tried to put the plug back in.
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That is what I can't figure out either. I pulled the plug that said fill by it and it was the top one the bottom one said drain, which i never removed. is it possible there is a third plug higher up for some crazy reason?
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I guess there could be, what color was the fluid. If the fluid was gray/White maybe the tansfer case was submerged under water sometime during its life? The color should be red, i believe they use tranny fluid.
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it should be 2 quarts, it should be red, and it sould be up to the level of the upper fil plug. i dont know what happened, but i would pull the upper plug and let it run out to that level. put the plug back in, run a month and see if it fills again. are you loosing transmission fluid? this should not happen.--- somehow i think someone overfilled it.
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well i talked to some mechanics and they said it was the input shaft seal between the tranny and the t case so tranny fluid is filling up the t case
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Yup, it sounds like that seal os going bad. Check your transmission fluid and see if it is low.
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I had this problem on my 96. There was a TSB out I believe. I pulled the case right in my garage and pulled the input shaft seal on the T-case, and put a new one in. No problem after that. I would also replace the T-case to adapter gasket while you have it apart.
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