jeep dies in R
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jeep dies in R
I've got a 1991 4.0 HO with a 5speed. If I put it in any other gear it runs just fine, if I try to back up the jeep just dies an shuts down
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Electrically everything should be fused. I'd think something that's dropping enough amps to ground to kill the electrical system would blow a fuse (though I suppose the PO could have bypassed the fuse).
Do the dome lights/headlights flash or dim down when you put it in R?
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One of my employees has a 97' grand cherokee and his is an automatic, but his started doing the same thing since its turned colder and his was a bad battery. But it would be slow on starting, but would start, and when he put it in reverse it would die. Sounds weird I know, but a new battery fixed it.
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There was a guy on another forum that had that problem and it turned out his bell housing to engine bolts were loose.
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