Shavings in transmission
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Year: 1996
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Shavings in transmission
96 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4.0 4x4. It was shifting very poorly, jerking and hesitating etc, pulled the pan and found the shavings you’ll see in the pictures. My plan is to buy a rebuild kit, new torque converter and service manual for the 42re, it is my understanding that’s the transmission I have. My questions are, does anyone know where I could send the valve body to and have it rebuilt? Also, with the amount of metal seen here.. should I be concerned with having to source hard parts or anything that a rebuild kit would not come with?
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You might get 100,000 miles more out of that trans or 1 mile , but, shavings like that on the trans pan magnet are not uncommon . It might be worth your time to swap filter and fluid and drive it . But if it was slipping bad or missing gears etc I’d condemn it as well.
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You might get 100,000 miles more out of that trans or 1 mile , but, shavings like that on the trans pan magnet are not uncommon . It might be worth your time to swap filter and fluid and drive it . But if it was slipping bad or missing gears etc I’d condemn it as well.
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What fluid do most people use now? I’ve read conflicting things about using dexron 2 like my dipstick says and atf 4 I think is what I’ve seen others say. I’ll be filling it from empty so I want to do it right
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Clean that thing up change the fluid and filter, adjust the bands, then do it twice more in 6 month intervals. That thing will go another 100k.
Will never shift like a Cadillac, but it's a jeep.
Mine was worse than that when I got it , 6 yrs ago, didn't even have a filter (thanks to the free check the PO had done at AAMCO but they were nice enough to leave him the screws in the bottom of the pan.) Also wasn’t shifting at all so put in the solenoids from a junkyard (since changed out 2x),
Will never shift like a Cadillac, but it's a jeep.
Mine was worse than that when I got it , 6 yrs ago, didn't even have a filter (thanks to the free check the PO had done at AAMCO but they were nice enough to leave him the screws in the bottom of the pan.) Also wasn’t shifting at all so put in the solenoids from a junkyard (since changed out 2x),
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Clean that thing up change the fluid and filter, adjust the bands, then do it twice more in 6 month intervals. That thing will go another 100k.
Will never shift like a Cadillac, but it's a jeep.
Mine was worse than that when I got it , 6 yrs ago, didn't even have a filter (thanks to the free check the PO had done at AAMCO but they were nice enough to leave him the screws in the bottom of the pan.) Also wasn’t shifting at all so put in the solenoids from a junkyard (since changed out 2x),
Will never shift like a Cadillac, but it's a jeep.
Mine was worse than that when I got it , 6 yrs ago, didn't even have a filter (thanks to the free check the PO had done at AAMCO but they were nice enough to leave him the screws in the bottom of the pan.) Also wasn’t shifting at all so put in the solenoids from a junkyard (since changed out 2x),
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AW+4 . These are real fussy you must run exactly what they call for.
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ATF +4 is what I meant. Not sure but I don't think they ever used dextron, I do know if it's NOt supposed to have it do not take the chance.
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