Dana 18 oil change?

Nov 14, 2004 8 Replies

Hi



I have been installing a handbrake to my M38A1, and in the process the Dana



18 transfer has been empty for oil. Where should i put new oil in, and how to figure out when there is enough?

I have spent the last hour searhing google, wothout any results.


Henrik


go to earlycj5.com they will help you. there is a cover on floor by passenger seat that unbolts. there is a plug on side of tcase that you can use with a small hose to fill. tcase & tranny share oil so drain tranny too. fill tranny first (there is also an inspection cover for it too) then fill tcase.

Thanks both of you, Bill for always having a explaining picture ready and Maxx for the very fine explanation. My jeep is rebuild with an BorgWarner T65 automatic so there must be some kind of sealing between t-case and tranny, since the Dana 18 properly don't like automatic fluid?

Henrik

I don't know why folks think the t-cases that are hooked to the transmissions share the oil.

They don't.

Same for the t-case has a high water vent. Jeep transmissions do 'not' have a high water vent so can and do get filled with water easy.

Mike

86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

Henrik wrote:

Bill, I looked real close at the diagrams and see you are right for those two combinations.

Most of the others are all separate and do not share oil.

Does the T14 or 90 still have a stupid button vent? If so, the 'both' the tranny and T-case can easily get filled with water....

Mike

"L.W.(ßill) Hughes III" wrote:

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