Filling Transmission & Transfer Case

[Nathyne]

Hi i seem to have made a mistake here

I just finished draining my fluids out of my transmission and transfer case. I put the plugs back in (left the rear top one open thought this was for the transfer case to fill). Then i started pouring in my oil through the shifter hole once i hit the 4.1L i noticed that lots of oil seems to have gone out the top rear fill hole and onto the floor. What could i have done wrong here?

Any dummy tips for filling transfer case and transmission?

Thanks

Nathyne

[Duncan]

indeed you have made a mistake the shifter goes into the transfer case not the gearbox.

so....drain the gear oil from the xfer case, and fill it with auto trans fluid instead. Then fill the gearbox thru the gearbox filler (forward on the gearbox from the xfer case filler you mentioned)

no harm done apart from the expensive oil on the ground

[Nathyne]

thanks i ended up draining it and flushing it with the proper fluid then filling it again. sucks to pour 50-60$ of oil onto the ground... ohh well