- Location
- San Diego, CA
1988 4.0 AW4 195K
So, I think I drove my about 250 miles or so with little or no oil in the transfer case which is a np242. I didn't notice it making any noise, but that was probably because I was missing a muffler at the time.
I noticed the noise tooling around the neighborhood a couple of days later. Checked the oil, nothing in there. Refilled. Rear seal was leaking, so replaced that and refilled. It still leaks out of the rear seal, and it still growls a little bit. It also won't shift out of 2wd.
Should I rebuild it? Or get a 231? I'd have to pay a shop to rebuild it because I just don't have the space for it, and the timing is pretty bad. I'm leaning to swapping in a 21 spline 231 if I can find one priced right.
So, I think I drove my about 250 miles or so with little or no oil in the transfer case which is a np242. I didn't notice it making any noise, but that was probably because I was missing a muffler at the time.
I noticed the noise tooling around the neighborhood a couple of days later. Checked the oil, nothing in there. Refilled. Rear seal was leaking, so replaced that and refilled. It still leaks out of the rear seal, and it still growls a little bit. It also won't shift out of 2wd.
Should I rebuild it? Or get a 231? I'd have to pay a shop to rebuild it because I just don't have the space for it, and the timing is pretty bad. I'm leaning to swapping in a 21 spline 231 if I can find one priced right.