Hi all new to the forum here and new to cherokees.

I bought a 97 cherokee with 6 inches of lift and 35'

I have replaced the 35's with 33's and fixed a couple other little things and took to out for a test drive and it was all over the road but thats a hole other problem that i will get to later, but once i got home the trans started slipping and then it wouldent go into gear at all, so i checked the trans fluid and its milky.

From the research ive done its the tranny cooler, is this correct?

And like ive said before im new to cherokees so i dont know much about how they work in that area.

I am experienced in mechanics and im not afraid of doing the work.


So how would i fix this problem?

 

sounds like its mixing water and oil... did you go under water recently if not probably you got a bad oil cooler hapenned recently to a friend. in the xj the cooler and radiator are one piece. we went to pepboys and got an external cooler installed in front of the radiator and problem solved

 

Once you get coolant inside an automatic transmission it's done for. The chemicals in antifreeze attacks the adhesive that holds the clutch friction material to the backing steel on the disc. The seals inside the tranny may swell too and cause issues.

 

I havent hit any water sence ive had it, and how do i know if its coolant? And there is what looks like a cooler infront of the raid.

 

I cant tell if there is coolant in the raid or just water because what ever is in it is all brown and nasty

 

Have the transmission flushed by a shop. Not just drained and filled. This will get most everything out.

What do you mean "won't go into gear" specifics please.

 

water and tranny oil looks like cofee and milk like a cream color.... coolant and tranny oil has a peptobismol pink color

 

What i mean by wont go into gear is that when i put it into drive or reverse nothing happens, and the fluid is pink like a strawberry milkshake

 

I would completely flush the system and try it. Its worth a shot. If not you will have to tear it apart. Which actually is not that bad. You can rebuild it for under 200 bucks yourself normally.

 

If it has stock gearing. I wouldn't flush it. I would just pull the tranny. With 35's and stock gearing those clutches are probably toast if they off roaded it much at all.


Also the radiator should be replaced.

Yea I know a lot of sucky solutions! LOL You can try just replacing the radiator(they are not much) and completely flushing the system. But there still could be problems on down the road.

 

sounds like the tranny cooler in the rad is leaking internally and mixing with coolant. flush that ***** IMMEDIATELY and replace the rad. pray your tranny isnt toast.

 

Can i remove the return line from the trans and start the jeep and let the trans flush itself as i keep filling with fluid?

 

Anyone?

 

Yes

 

I bet you get less than a 1000 miles out of that transmission even after flushing it. It's toast, sorry.