ive got a 92 4x4 dodge dakota on ramps about to drop the transmission.. it wont go into gear and park doesnt work.. it keeps rolling when in gear the bell housing area makes a grinding noise ... and no movement could the vacuum line to the transfer case cause it not to move into gear at all or at least not let the driveshaft spin? 2 hoses one to the intake manifold and one coming from a canister in the back towards the front of the engine are disconnected i do not know where the canister leads at the front also
Update:OH! and the grinding sounded like a power steering pump but WAS coming from the bell housing area i cant say for sure it was the bell housing possibly the steering Mechanism? again sorry for the craziness
Update 3:sorry again.. its not as much a grind noise as a whine if that helps more ive been up all day and have had 2 red lines
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Well, it's pretty difficult to say what the deal with the vacuum lines is from your description. But I can't think of any way that one being disconnected would let your car roll while in Park, no matter what they're for. There's no engine vacuum with the engine off, so it wouldn't hold when in Park normally, if that were the case.
There should be one going from the intake manifold to the transmission, for your shift modulator. But that only affects the timing of your vehicle shifting into a higher gear. It wouldn't have anything to do with rolling in Park, or with not moving at all while in gear either.
Other than the vacuum line angle, the rest of your post makes me suspect that your torque converter flex plate has broken. This is the part that connects between your engine's crankshaft and the transmission torque converter.
That would keep you from moving while in gear, and would also explain the noises. Even if that's the case though, the parking pawl should keep the vehicle from rolling while in Park.
i would find a path for the vacuum lines before you pulled anything else off to pull the trans. from what i am seeing on line the transfer is vacuum controlled on that one and that could be your issue. tat was the last year for the vacuum controls, ironic you think?
specific. they are same on the exterior. you will might want to word the torque converter for the 360 because of the fact it has the engine stability weights on it. you will additionally might want to get an ECM for the '97.