96Cherokee

Ok guys so my jeep appears to be leakign tranny fluid. i havent pin pointed the leak yet but its dripping down into the torque converter inspection area..im going to take a closer look tomorrow as its dark out now but its bad because its leaking right onto my exhaust and making my jeep smoke like a bastard...any help would be great thanks

Caish

pull the tranny and replace the front seal.
Big job I know but thats where its coming from.

89whiteXJ

Try to find out if its trans fluid or oil. Could be rear main or the trans seal. Or is could be higher and you may not see it. Like it could come from the head gasket or valve cover gasket and be leaking down the backside.

89whiteXJ

Not 100% where its coming from. Like I said it could be the rear main

96Cherokee

ok so for pulling the transmission..whats your guys advice for this job..exspecially the top bolts on the tranny

96Cherokee

so is this the seal i need then? http://www.napaonline.com/Search/Det...+50038+2038004

96Cherokee

ill check tomorrow to make sure its red tranny fluid and not black engine oil

Caish

I find its easier to split the transfer case from the tranny. So its not so long to deal with.
Lower the crossmember and get it out of the way and use a long extension and a wobble/swivel socket to reach all the bolts. Don;t forget to unbolt the torque convertor and lines, and linkage too.
I just use a floor jack that I have welded an old flexplate/flywheel to the lift plate to set the tranny on so I can just roll it back.

dauber

My 96 started leaking tranny fluid from the rear engine/front trans area. Easiest way to tell if it's tranny fluid, soak some up with a paper towel, if its red its tranny, black/brown it's oil.

Mine (the first time) was brown/black. Figured rear seal. Took a real close look and could see fresh oil up above near the rear of the valve cover. Turned out it was the valve cover gasket, the 4.0 is known for that.

Then the red stuff... I took off the inspection plate, turned out that the torque converter bolts had come loose about 1 1/2 turns or so, letting the converter move back and forth. Took them out one by one, blue threadlock and back in, no more leak. Sure was glad of that, didn't want to be pulling a transmission if at all possible.