Pondwater

My trans has been stalling between first and second gear for awhile now. I have high miles so I expected to be puting in a new trans. However I read around and found one thread that said to do this http://www.jeepsunlimited.com/forums....php?p=3895483

I check my fluid and its a qt low. What are your opinions, my zj is a 98 with 175k and only gets driven in bad weather or off-roading.

89cherokeeL

on my 93 there was a tranny issue, before you start big , do a tranny flush and change all the fluids , if it still does it thats bad news, i ended up losing all my forward gears and replacing the tranny , it sucked but it went somewhat smoothly in the end, the new tranny was awsome and worked like a charm , be weary of the torque converter make sure its set all the way and watch the "locking splines" on the edges

jyaughn

i also have this problem.

89cherokeeL

yea i hear its quite commen in zjs, there awsome trucks i loved mine, it was too big though

jyaughn

im gonna try replacing the filter and fluid and see if that helps out any then i will let yall know

89cherokeeL

make sure you clean off the magnet in the pan and clean the pan really well, theres going to be alot of metal flaking in the bottom

jyaughn

it shouldnt have metal flakes in the bottom right?

jyaughn

fill it up with fluid and see if that helps

89cherokeeL

yeah it will have small ones, from wear. its normal , when they get big thats when you have to worry , but when you do the drain theres a small round magnet in the bottom of the pan that collects the small shavings

Pondwater

thanks for the opinions and advice. I'm gonna pull the pan and do the Governor Pressure Solenoid and Sensor fix. While doing this I'm also gonna replace fluid and filter, so hopefully between all that I'll fix it....hopefully.

Any more advice is welcome!

outerlimit07

my 93 zj does the same thing but only when its cold i just put it in 1 and shift through and it doesnt pulsate but my brothers a mechanic and he said it was the 1st and 2nd shift solanoid the only reason i havent changed it was it was in the tranny and i dont know really anything about it and i dont have the money to take it the tranny shop but thats my input thanks

Pondwater

I think the solenoid your talking about is what their talking about in the link I put in the first post. That's what I'm gonna try doing. It looked overall pretty easy, knock on wood

Pondwater

Just a update. I just swapped out the solenoid and sensor mentioned in the link in the first post. It actually made it worse. I'm still a little low on fluid so I'm gonna pick up a bottle of lucas and pour it in with the new fluid tonight, but overall I think this is the end of Black Betty

huntingman2706217

i can ship ya a 42re from a 04 grand cherokee 4.0 if you need it... lol... ive got to sell this thing... although im not sure if all the sensors are the same back to 93... just know its the same tranny...

jarod93xj

did you check the tcu?