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Aw4 will not upshift intermittently

mtbxj87

NAXJA Forum User
Location
Bend, OR
1989 xj 4.0l w/ cruise
It will not upshift automatically or manually. Gets stuck in 1st. It happens about once a day for the last week regardless of the temperature. Fuses are good, TPS is functioning and adjusted correctly. It runs and starts fine with or without shift symptoms. fluid is clean and regularly changed.
Any help?
Also, there is a resistor near the tcm fuse, shares power. Is it for the C/c? symptoms still exsist with or without this resistor plugged in
thanks!
 
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