I just bought this 89 cherokee a couple of weeks ago. In the last week I have been doing maintenace on it.. oil change, trans service, diff service...etc. Yesterday I got to the trans case (231 J)....the fluid was low and it was pretty dark. So I drain it. (yes it was on level ground) I look in the manual and it says 2 quarts of dexron III. I could only get about a 1 1/4 in it before it would start coming out of the fill hole. Will all of the fluid drain out or should I have used a suction gun to pull the fluid.


Thanks for any help.

 

if on level ground all fluid will drain out. fill till fluid starts to come out fill hole install plug and ur good to go!!

 

Thats about all I could get in mine too, I 0 fluid in it after reassembly.
I wouldn't sweat the manual being wrong here.
Good Luck with the XJ.

 

Thanks...