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Mar 19, 2019 | 06:13 PM

Thomas Rajeh

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From: New york

Year: 1996

Model: Cherokee (XJ)

Engine: 4.0

I need transmission help....

so I recently purchased a 96 Jeep xj sport the 2 door one. It’s been lifted has a bunch of nice little add on stuff. That’s all great but after buying I find out that during the summer the transmission gets a little “funny”. So my initial thought is drop a transmission cooler in it call it a day. While driving today twice after first gear moves the second it’s gets into a real high RPM and takes a lot longer to shift. I wasn’t laying on the gas by any means. Any ideas on what this could mean? Also I haven’t installed the trans cooler yet because I want to kind of diagnose the issue before dumping anymore money into something that might just be dead.

Mar 19, 2019 | 06:20 PM

Cummins93

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From: Northern CT

Year: 1995

Model: Cherokee

Engine: Turbo 4.0

Hows the TV cable, how is the fluid?

Mar 19, 2019 | 06:39 PM

Thomas Rajeh

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I’m honestly unsure what you mean by TV cable and the fluid is okay, at a safe level but in my opinion more burnt then I’d like

Mar 19, 2019 | 07:03 PM

Cummins93

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Year: 1995

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On the throttle body you will have possibly 3 cables. One is your throttle, one is the cruise control cable if equipped and one is the TV cable.

Change you fluid if it is degraded. Full credit to blueridgemark.

https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f2/tra...2/#post3203079

Mar 19, 2019 | 09:00 PM

Thomas Rajeh

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Year: 1996

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I’m not sure if this is like a old wife’s tale or not, but I was always told once the fluid is burned you never change it you only add more when your low. Is that a real thing? Or is that something I should throw out and just flush it?

Mar 19, 2019 | 09:24 PM

awg

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Year: 96

Model: Cherokee (XJ)

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Originally Posted by Thomas Rajeh

the easy way is to change out fluid ~4lites per time, each time will dilute the old fluid ~50%

not ever changing trans fluid is plain ridculous

if it is hot where you are, an external air-cooler is needed or trans temp will exceed recommended

the instructions for adjusting the throttle cable is on this forum, to be found via search function

if I read your initial problem right, when it revs high, try back right off the throttle and see if it upshifts