2wd tranny in my 4x4?

spdcrazy · Jun 30, 2008

i got a 2.9 B2 4x4. since the 2wd's used a dummy transfer case, can i swap my fried tranny for a 2wd and use my transfer case on the 2wd?

i'm having a hell of a time finding a tk5 around. and worse of a time finding a m50d locally... i want this truck running by the weekend so i can get my car in the garage

spdcrazy · Jul 1, 2008

any thoughts? i'm needing to buy a tranny tomorrow if i wanna crawl this weekend!!!!

metalmacguyver · Jul 1, 2008

If you can find a tranny from a B2, it will be a 4x4 tranny. So yes, a tranny out of a 2wd B2 will work.

rboyer · Jul 1, 2008

There was a year or two when they used the 2wd M5OD though.

spdcrazy · Jul 1, 2008

the 2.9 ranger had the same tranny and in a 2wd correct? thats where i'm getting the 2wd idea from...

i'll let ya guys kno since i can't seem to get a straight answer from anybody.

the m50d would be sweet, but i can't even find my 2.9 tranny right now. so i'll give it a wack at least!

metalmacguyver · Jul 1, 2008

The dummy tcase serves no purpose other than to "convert" the output on the tranny from a splined shaft to a flanged output for the drive shaft. If it has a dummy tcase, its a 4x4 tranny.

spdcrazy · Jul 1, 2008

so like i said in the first post, i was needing the tranny only. thats why i was asking if i could use the tranny outta the 2wd and put my transfer case on it.

doesn't really matter now tho. i pulled my thought to be bad transmission. and now i think its my transfer case thats bad. tho i'm still not sure.

when it quit working, it wouldnt hardly move forward, and it was after long hours on the highway, 2wd of course. i thought i blew the tranny. but when i drained the fluid outta the transfer case tonite, it had alot of water in it, so with the transfer case and tranny out and seperated, how can i tell what is good or bad?

transfer case seems to turn correctly when in 4 hi or low. and in neutral i can spin the rear driveshaft flange and its free. and the same thing happens in 2hi. is this right?

2wd tranny in my 4x4?

spdcrazy

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spdcrazy

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metalmacguyver

Yeah, I built that.

rboyer

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spdcrazy

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metalmacguyver

Yeah, I built that.

spdcrazy

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