tranny or transfer case?
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Asked by killerkyle87 Oct 18, 2014 at 01:00 PM about the 2003 Dodge RAM 1500

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

was driving my 03 ram a couple weeks ago on the highway about 110 km and herd a
noise then it was like someone put the truck into nuetral now the truck only moves when 4
low is engaged and makes a really nasty noise, so would that be the transmission or the
transfer case that blew?

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TransAm77 answered 10 years ago

That sounds like a transmission. Extremely common on a Dodge ram. The transfer case is only engaged when the 4x4 is on.

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killerkyle87 answered 10 years ago

OK so i was pissing around with it today and got it to move in 2high 4high and 4low but only when the tranny is cold it has a hard time grabbing gears when its been running for just over a miute

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TransAm77 answered 10 years ago

Is the fluid level low in the transmission and or the transfer case? If its not low the pump in the transmission is probably shot then.

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