Welcome to Allpar. Try Googling Borg-Warner 44-40 fluid.
There are other marketers of this product. Make sure that the one you select conforms to Chrysler MS (material standards) for Mopar # 68049954AC.
Dealer prices will vary. Call for quotes.
You may also find it from Walmart, Amazon or on eBay, etc. at competing prices.
RAVENOL Transfer Fluid BW 44 | Ravenol

 

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...

 

It seems to be just plain old ATF of better quality...redline c+ seems to be popular and if that works so should atf+4 do it also.
- i would actually either use atf+4/ redline c+ or a good utto oil.( Utto= universial tractor transmission fluid. made for gears, clutches, hydraulics and wet brakes. Dirt cheap on large jugs..)
In a cold climate i would choose atf.

 

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

 

If +4 wont hold up theres nothing much more to do, its a very high quality oil designed for the high shear loads of the A-604.

 

The recommended OEM fluid is recommended for a good reason. The AWD is a special car with special requirements. Please maintain it by the book.

 

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

 

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

 

ttt...

 

The Mopar 68049954AC for the Borg Warner 44-40 is the ONLY fluid that Chrysler recommends for this transfer case. If other companies market an equivalent fluid, the price may not be much different.
I have no opinion on using anything else as a substitute.

 

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

 

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

 

Yeah, the 44-44 is basically a 44-40 with an added low range from the look of it. It would be nice to see something hard from BW for sure. The concensus poking around seems to be to run dex3, amsoil atf, or redline d4. I've personnally been running stuff other than the mopar fluid for the better part of 40k miles and haven't had any trouble related to the clutches in the transfer case (just the damn coupler between the trans and tcase). I put redline d4 in it this last time for what it's worth.

 

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

 

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 :/

 

https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/threads/ram-1500-bw44-44-transfer-case.318859/

 

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