You Don't See This Everyday! - Or Do You
#1
You Don't See This Everyday! - Or Do You
So the transfer case in my 2000 Dakota has been making funny sounds for a while. The u-joints in the front driveshaft were toast, so I took it to my mechanic last week for a fluid change and u-joint replacement, hoping that would make the tcase sound better.
He took it for a test drive and this is what happened. Wow. Dented frame, torn fuel and brake lines, dented floor boards, crushed clutch cylinder, blown up driveshaft.
Apparently the '00 uses a unique transfer case? Apparently rare here in BC, the only one the mechanic can find is from an automatic (my truck is manual). He *thinks it will work. Considering it's gotta be freighted from 14 hours away, is it worth pursuing the tcase from the auto. Or do we need to keep looking for a manual tcase?
Also, anything special about the fuel line? He says he can splice in a piece of high pressure hose with clamps. Is this gonna work or should I have the complete line replaced?
Any opinions on aftermarket clutch cylinders? Or is it worth the extra$$ for a mopar?
Such a bummer.
He took it for a test drive and this is what happened. Wow. Dented frame, torn fuel and brake lines, dented floor boards, crushed clutch cylinder, blown up driveshaft.
Apparently the '00 uses a unique transfer case? Apparently rare here in BC, the only one the mechanic can find is from an automatic (my truck is manual). He *thinks it will work. Considering it's gotta be freighted from 14 hours away, is it worth pursuing the tcase from the auto. Or do we need to keep looking for a manual tcase?
Also, anything special about the fuel line? He says he can splice in a piece of high pressure hose with clamps. Is this gonna work or should I have the complete line replaced?
Any opinions on aftermarket clutch cylinders? Or is it worth the extra$$ for a mopar?
Such a bummer.
#2
Happens more often than you think!
Guy must have been beating the **** out of it to get it to break, when you could have just dropped it out and done bearings and a new chain for a few hundred now you're looking at least a grand.
What engine do you have? 4.7/3.9 = NV231 which isn't too rare, and it is interchangeable through automatic/manual of that year if it's the electronically switching TC.
Guy must have been beating the **** out of it to get it to break, when you could have just dropped it out and done bearings and a new chain for a few hundred now you're looking at least a grand.
What engine do you have? 4.7/3.9 = NV231 which isn't too rare, and it is interchangeable through automatic/manual of that year if it's the electronically switching TC.
#6
Dang, that looks about what mine looked like when it blew apart going down the freeway at 75mph. Luckily for me it do a lot of damage under my truck. The front shaft was the cause of mine so I got it rebuilt at the same time. I would definitively make sure to get a case that has at least a year warranty on it.