No Transfer Case Or Transmission Fluid!!!

[fasthumpman]

I have a 1980 k5 with the transfer case out and due to insufficent funds its been sittin in my garage for about 2 months. Im sure this is a dumb question but i need to be told im an idiot anyways. i was wondering if i could start up my engine for no more than a couple of minuites just so it dosnt go months upon months without starting. i appreciate any info

Thanks,
Aaron

 

[muddybuddy]

i definitely wouldnt try it. i would think it would be like starting the engine w/o oil.

since u dont have the money as it is, wht risk it? if u do blow them up, thats that much more money u need to spend to get the thing running

 

[steve_kibbe]

I'd do it, just be careful.

A friend of mine had the tail housing off his(2wd) and nothing came out.

If it starts to leak, shut it off.

 

[gzzgfw]

ok, here it goes, you're an idiot

But really, when I was 16 I replace my tranny and the book said 5 pints of flluid for service, so that's what I did. Well needless to say, it burnt up in about a minute, it had to be rebuilt all over again.

 

[Roz]

2 mo isnt long enough to be worried about it. the batt is about the only thing that might suffer. make shure it is unhooked. putt a batt tender on it or hook it up to a running car for about 15 min the leave it unhooked while in a non-running vehicle

 

[Leper]

squirt some oil down the spark plug holes and put the plugs back in.

 

[pauly383]

Perhaps if you pulled the converter bolts , and pushed the converter in just a bit so the flexplate didn't hit , you could start it without moving any fluid

I never thought any damage occurred when the tranny is in park though , worse I think is you sling fluid out the back of the tranny .