[Icarus]

Thanks for the welcome.
I'm in Canada and selections seem to be very slim up here. I've called Napa and CarQuest etc and they said nothing is the same they carry. I'm sure part of it is lousy store employees too. Amazon is priced higher then the dealer for some of the fluids I've found. Shipping stuff from the USA is a pita to get fluids over the border and shipping rates are insane...

 

[Icarus]

I've been reading with the clutches in the autoAWD that regular ATF+4 may not be good enough?

 

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Anyone use Amsoil Signature Series Multi-Vehicle Synthetic Automatic Transmission Fluid (ATFPK) in a 44-40 transfer case??
Supposedly it meets 68049954AA specs...

 

[Icarus]

Just checking to see if anyone has run anything else in a 44-40 at all? I've got lots of AFT+4 but worried about the clutches in it. OEM stuff is just to pricey up here

 

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ttt...

 

[Icarus]

Yah thats the idea I'm getting from lack of responses on different forums

Only thing I've seen others use so far is Amsoil SS MV fluid and the Ravenol you mentioned too.
I was really hoping the ATF+4 might work too as I have lots of it, but don't want to risk the clutches etc inside if no one has any experience with it. Thanks

 

[Icarus]

Borg Warner specs dexron 3 for the 44-40 and 44-44. Someone on a Ram forum a while back posted that he knows a BW or Chysler drivetrain engineer that was told by BW that it's just dexron 3. That's also what the older transfer cases like the nv231, nv242, etc originally specced as well.

Yah, I've heard a bit of "a guy that knows a guy that knows an engineers brother". Do those transmissions have the clutches in them like the 44-40 though?

Thanks all for the replies so far

 

[Icarus]

Thanks for the info.
I may get some Amsoil SS MV and try it as I'm not convinced the ATF+4 will work...

 

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I did have a concern with the amsoil being that it claims both atf+4 and dexron 3 compatability. My understanding is that there are some viscosity differences between the 2 as well as some other things that it would seem make the two not really possible to both be fully met. This was the reason I went with redline last since they have a fluid that is dexron 3 (d4) and one that is atf+4 (c4) and don't just have one that's both. Which the amsoil fluid is closer to, but seems like it can't be both to me.

This is why I've not decided what to get, lol... I don't know what to believe :/

 

[Icarus]

Yah I read through that, still just as much unknown... still dunno, lol...