xeroo125
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- South africa
Hey all!
I recently took over my dad's 1998 Jeep XJ 4.0. This old lady has been in our family for a good 18 years!
We have recently started experiencing some transmissions issues. What would happen is you would put the car in DRIVE and it will essentially slip and not move. It would start to move slightly, but its clearly slipping and not gaining momentum. The same happens when in 3RD. When you put it into 1-2, its fine and pulls as per normal, shiting over to 3RD/DRIVE does still slightly slip, but it generally feels fine then.
What is more interesting is that this is totally erratic. The car would be fine for weeks and then it all of a sudden flares up. This is not related to engine/transmission temps at all as it happens irrespective of driving time, sometimes ice cold and sometimes after driving for hours. The last time this happened I switched off the car, and after starting it again it was fine for about 5 minutes then had issues again.
I did go through the diagnostics and in my mind, it sounds like an electrical issue, most likely shift solenoids. But my mechanic feels differently and thinks its potentially the gearbox clutches that need replacing. To me, if it were the clutches it would be a constant issue. I have not tested the resitance on the solenoids as I am not sure if they would be faulty while the car is driving fine.
Would you agree that this is most likely an elictrical issue, or should I trust my machie?
Thanks!
I recently took over my dad's 1998 Jeep XJ 4.0. This old lady has been in our family for a good 18 years!
We have recently started experiencing some transmissions issues. What would happen is you would put the car in DRIVE and it will essentially slip and not move. It would start to move slightly, but its clearly slipping and not gaining momentum. The same happens when in 3RD. When you put it into 1-2, its fine and pulls as per normal, shiting over to 3RD/DRIVE does still slightly slip, but it generally feels fine then.
What is more interesting is that this is totally erratic. The car would be fine for weeks and then it all of a sudden flares up. This is not related to engine/transmission temps at all as it happens irrespective of driving time, sometimes ice cold and sometimes after driving for hours. The last time this happened I switched off the car, and after starting it again it was fine for about 5 minutes then had issues again.
I did go through the diagnostics and in my mind, it sounds like an electrical issue, most likely shift solenoids. But my mechanic feels differently and thinks its potentially the gearbox clutches that need replacing. To me, if it were the clutches it would be a constant issue. I have not tested the resitance on the solenoids as I am not sure if they would be faulty while the car is driving fine.
Would you agree that this is most likely an elictrical issue, or should I trust my machie?
Thanks!