Stevekarlo

A couple of weeks ago, my 97 Cherokee Country CEL came on and when starting from a stop the engine rev'd had little power and slowly slipped into first. The OBD code read that there was a bad Tranny solenoid. Long story short --replaced all three solenoids and now the thing has trouble idling, and stalls out when I put it in drive and step on the gas. It feels like its trying to start in 3rd of 4th gear. did I get these things in wrong? The replacements had a slightly different design, but the packaging was correct for the parts and it said that these were a new design on the package. Is there a way of checking these w/o opening up the pan again? The CEL light is still on also.

Oh BTW new on this site!

Radi

Do you have a part number for the solenoids you put in? What code is set for the CEL?

Changing solenoids shouldn't affect idle, particularly in neutral or park.

CCKen

Stevekarlo,


There's a possibility that your Throttle Position Sensor (TPS) is defective.


There are tests you can do to determine the serviceability of the TPS, or you can just shotgun a new TPS. If you do, don't use a BWD TPS - they are no good.

Stevekarlo

I replaced the TPS before I did the solenoids thinking that could have been causing me the problem. It acted the same way after the new TPS was put in. I got the solenoids from Rock Auto the bag they came in had Number K97958R under that is A340E/H/F 2 Shift, 1 L/U with brackets 1985-2007. Made by ATP Automotive. It says Made in America. Just getting ready to pull down the pan again and see if perhaps I did not ground the units good or one of the wires is not connected. I don't have a OBD reader so cant see what code is with the CEL

Vince A.S

Without starting ur engine..turn the ingnition key on off on off on..then count ur highlighted CEL flashes.. and chck here for the codes.http://www.quadratec.com/jeep_knowle...article-24.htm

Stevekarlo

Well am I the dope. Perhaps I should have looked at the illustration that came with the replacement kit a little closer before I put in the solenoids. I had the L/U and 1st Gear solenoid positions wrong! Switched the solenoids and its working GREAT! Actually feels like it is driving better than it has in a while. Great shift points and off line starting!

cruiser54

I respect your taking the effort to reply back. Thanks.

Radi

Glad it's working right! (you aren't the first to skim directions and have it bite them later on, lol)