so I bought a 1987 grand wagoneer about 2 weeks ago, it's been running great, just have had a few small things like the automatic choke doesn't wanna work when the engine is really cold, so the first start of the day I have had to use started fluid to get it started.
Well last night I was going to take a trip to get some tires for it, I was driving my wagon, well when I got on the highway my engine started smoking, so I pulled off the highway and started looking and it was leaking oil, well I was only a few miles away from home so I started heading there, when I was about a mile from home it just stopped moving, it was something with my transmission, I'm not sure what happened, than i put it in 4 wheel drive and it started going again. But only until i got to my driveway than it would not go all the way up it, so I was wondering what I could look at for now, going to try and drop the transmission this weekend
You lost all your engine oil? Filter still on? Drain plug still in? Check the oil pan to see if its leaking. I fear that if you drove it with no oil you may have permanently damaged your motor.
I didn't have a chance to check any fluids other than my oil, I put oil in my car when I saw it was leaking, I didn't run the engine without oil, I know that much not to do that, my issue is what my car won't move when it is in gear, it rolls backwards in drive but won't go forward, I think it's something with my transfer casor transmission, for the fact that it moved in 4 wheel drive. But it stopped moving after so far. My engine wasn't knocking or anything like that so I didn't kill my engine. Tomorrow morning I'm going out to work on it I will give a more detailed update, but one big question. Would me leaking oil have anything to do with my transmission giving out on me ?
Its strange that it moved in 4x4 when it quit moving in drive. Don't add up.if the transfer case goes it may move in drive but it probably wouldn't pull the front and leave the rear rendered inoperable.
if it's all still stock, the T-case should be a 229, and transmission sohould be a 727.
Are you sure that it was engine oil that you were leaking? Did you check the level befor adding more?
The transmission cooler lines run very near the edges of the oil pan, and if the fluid is old, it can look like motor oil from a distance.
Were there any strange noises when you put in in 4wd? did you move the flag shifter on the floor at all?
Couple of questions:
With truck in 2wd,
Does it move under its own power in drive?
Does it move backward in reverse?
In 4wd:
Does it move under its on power in drive?
Does it move backward under reverse?
The tag on my 82 Cherokee chief's Tcase says 208, does that sound right? How hard would it be to replace my AMC 20 rear axel with a Dana 44 off a waggy?
Easy, but it'd be too narrow and look stupid. You'd need one from another chief or a j-truck. Your front axle is same width as a wagoneer, but your rear is wider.
Easy, but it'd be too narrow and look stupid. You'd need one from another chief or a j-truck. Your front axle is same width as a wagoneer, but your rear is wider.
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