stephenspann27
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- College Station, Tx
'87XJ 267k miles. I don't know if my tranny has ever been rebuilt. I've have the jeep for 2 years and the tranny has been fine. I've changed the fluid one time, but I didn't remove the pan, just drained it. The fluid was nice and red and smelled fine.
Three days ago I hopped in my jeep started it up and put it in reverse, as I backed out of my parking spot I thought I felt the tranny slip. I thought "That's strange.. maybe my imagination" When I put it into drive, I blipped the throttle to see if I could make it slip, and the engine just stalled. It cranked right back up and I went on my way.
Later that same day, at around 45mph the tranny started shuttering real, bad, I couldn't tell if the TC as locking and unlocking rapidly or if it was actually slipping. I shifted it into 3rd manually then back into drive and it stopped shuttering.
Well tonight it stalled on me twice once when backing out of a parking spot, and putting it in drive, the next time I pulled into a parking lot and applied the brakes and it stalled.
Every time this has occurred my Jeep has been warm, and recently driven.
I do have a part jeep I can source a TC, complete transmission, or TCU from if need be.. Just need to narrow the problem down. Right now I'm thinking the torque converter is giving up? Its slipping sometimes, and other times not unlocking properly and causing the engine to stall..
I'm looking for someone to confirm that I'm on the right track..
Three days ago I hopped in my jeep started it up and put it in reverse, as I backed out of my parking spot I thought I felt the tranny slip. I thought "That's strange.. maybe my imagination" When I put it into drive, I blipped the throttle to see if I could make it slip, and the engine just stalled. It cranked right back up and I went on my way.
Later that same day, at around 45mph the tranny started shuttering real, bad, I couldn't tell if the TC as locking and unlocking rapidly or if it was actually slipping. I shifted it into 3rd manually then back into drive and it stopped shuttering.
Well tonight it stalled on me twice once when backing out of a parking spot, and putting it in drive, the next time I pulled into a parking lot and applied the brakes and it stalled.
Every time this has occurred my Jeep has been warm, and recently driven.
I do have a part jeep I can source a TC, complete transmission, or TCU from if need be.. Just need to narrow the problem down. Right now I'm thinking the torque converter is giving up? Its slipping sometimes, and other times not unlocking properly and causing the engine to stall..
I'm looking for someone to confirm that I'm on the right track..