NewGuy310 91XLT4x4 can i get some advice

[dc310XLT]

Sup peeps .ok so new to this but here it goes.

saw this 91 ford on criagslist for good price cause sapposed to have a bad T case,and tags, in my eyes was a perfect vehicle to learn with and too get my wrench ON

so i got it fired up was an upside down fuel revaltor.soo when it was running in park i hear a mild grinding sound coming from the undercarge. I put it in gear notting at all.soo i belived the guy i bought the truck from was right.

i took out the t case with my paps help,he tell's me to start it to see if the transmission will move,i try but wont start so we consider it was cause The Tcase is not installed soo .I inspect the Tcase and it looks strong i click the 2hd- into 4h-4l and they rotate and seem solid


so my question is Whats a good way to test Tcase cause i dont wana buy one if i dont have too ,they dont give refund at the pick-A-Parts place ,im attemping to fix it DIY style and i think its the trans but i dont think im up too a transmission job but would like to attemp it

 

[Rick]

Since it is a fully manual case, other than the shift motor, as long as there are no broken pieces, and all the ranges engage, and drive the output shaft it should work find on the vehicle.

If it is an electric shift case, it could be that the shift motor gave up, and that's why they said the transfercase was bad. The electrically shifted case can be shifted manually by turning the triangle shaped shaft with a pair of vice grips.