Transfer case ?
02-27-2011, 02:15 AM
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Transfer case ?
Just climbed under my truck the other day and noticed my transfer case was leaking slightly. My question is what type of fluid/oil does the transfercase take I have a 04 f150 5.4 L 4X4 any help would be great thanks Nick
02-27-2011, 08:01 AM
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Do you have an owners manual ?? All fluid and qty's are listed.
02-27-2011, 11:04 AM
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Transfer case
I have a 2004 F-150 5.4 4x4 that also has a transfer case leak.
Here's what my manual says for the transfer case (mine is electric shift on the fly):
Fluid: Motorcraft MERCON ATF
Application: 4x4 vehicles
Capacity: 1.9L (2.0 quarts)
It goes on to say: "Service refill capacity is determined by filling the transfer case to the bottom of the filler hole with the vehicle on a level surface"
There's also a note about not using dual use fluids (MERCON and MERCON V) in an automatic transmission application requiring MERCON. I find the whole MERCON/MERCON V issue confusing so I just use MERCON when it says MERCON and MERCON V or dual use when it says MERCON V.
I changed my transfer case fluid (difficult to tell how often the manual recommends doing this... if you call it a transaxle it could be as often as every 30k)
A 3/8" socket wrench (with no socket on it) fits into the drain and fill plugs.
It's a pain getting fluid into the fill plug because there's not a lot of room. I cut a plastic funnel in half (sort of) and stuck that in the fill hole and poured into that. I still spilled some.
Let me know if you find where that leak is coming from!
Here's what my manual says for the transfer case (mine is electric shift on the fly):
Fluid: Motorcraft MERCON ATF
Application: 4x4 vehicles
Capacity: 1.9L (2.0 quarts)
It goes on to say: "Service refill capacity is determined by filling the transfer case to the bottom of the filler hole with the vehicle on a level surface"
There's also a note about not using dual use fluids (MERCON and MERCON V) in an automatic transmission application requiring MERCON. I find the whole MERCON/MERCON V issue confusing so I just use MERCON when it says MERCON and MERCON V or dual use when it says MERCON V.
I changed my transfer case fluid (difficult to tell how often the manual recommends doing this... if you call it a transaxle it could be as often as every 30k)
A 3/8" socket wrench (with no socket on it) fits into the drain and fill plugs.
It's a pain getting fluid into the fill plug because there's not a lot of room. I cut a plastic funnel in half (sort of) and stuck that in the fill hole and poured into that. I still spilled some.
Let me know if you find where that leak is coming from!
02-27-2011, 11:08 AM
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