Spike_akers
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- goochland virginia
yesterday at work i was running a track hoe to dig out red clay to build a pad for a shop on my bosses farm. at the end of the day my boss rolls up and bets me $50 my little xj cant make it to the top of the trail where the track hoe was (it had been raining hard and it turned it into a huge soupy red clay mess) and having all the confidence in the world in my xj, i accepted. i hit the hill hard and made it half way up before losing momentum so i backed down and tried again, only this time it felt very sluggish. it was revving to 2000rpm and wouldnt go any higher.. i backed down turned it off, and waited a minute or two, started it up, and it felt fine again.. hit the hill and made it to the top.. earning my $50.. but i was still worried with the way the trans had felt. its never done this before and i haven't really tried to make it do it again... its a stock 92 xj with the AW4 with 159,000 miles.. engine revved fine when in neutral.. i dont know if it will happen again.. but i figure i should see if anyone knew what the problem was since ill be lifting it in the next month or so... any help is appreciated.. i'd hate to spend all that money on my lift and other mods and then have the trany blow up the next day..