Hey y’all my name is Aaron from Sterling Ak. I got a problem with a 97 Dodge Ram 1500 4x4 5.9l that is a head scratcher & would appreciate any help possible.
A friend was driving the pickup truck in cruise control when it started surging. He then turned off the cruise control & a couple of minutes later it started to chatter, so he pulled over. He looked under the truck & it appeared to be losing fluid from the bell housing area. He then let it cool off & restarted it & the pickup wouldn’t move. It wasn’t slipping, but was bound up. When I went to pull it off the road it wouldn’t move unless I put the tranny & transfer case into neutral. When I got it home I drained & flushed the tranny & tranny cooler, torque converter etc & refilled it all with the recommended fluid & replaced the filter… cleaned everything. I then started the pickup & put it into drive & it acts like it is bound up & won’t move in any gear. So I had a friend pull it slowly down the street while running & shifted from neutral to drive & the tires locked up immediately…even with the transfer case in neutral. That sounds like the transfer case has to be locked up… correct? I can put the tranny in any gear & shift the t case in any gear (high low etc with no grinding at all. The tranny doesn’t seem to slip at all it just acts like it’s bound up.. Has anyone seen this before or have any suggestions as to what the issue may be?
Thanks in advance..
A friend was driving the pickup truck in cruise control when it started surging. He then turned off the cruise control & a couple of minutes later it started to chatter, so he pulled over. He looked under the truck & it appeared to be losing fluid from the bell housing area. He then let it cool off & restarted it & the pickup wouldn’t move. It wasn’t slipping, but was bound up. When I went to pull it off the road it wouldn’t move unless I put the tranny & transfer case into neutral. When I got it home I drained & flushed the tranny & tranny cooler, torque converter etc & refilled it all with the recommended fluid & replaced the filter… cleaned everything. I then started the pickup & put it into drive & it acts like it is bound up & won’t move in any gear. So I had a friend pull it slowly down the street while running & shifted from neutral to drive & the tires locked up immediately…even with the transfer case in neutral. That sounds like the transfer case has to be locked up… correct? I can put the tranny in any gear & shift the t case in any gear (high low etc with no grinding at all. The tranny doesn’t seem to slip at all it just acts like it’s bound up.. Has anyone seen this before or have any suggestions as to what the issue may be?
Thanks in advance..
