The transmission always had a slight slip and took forever to fully engage when cold. It seemed the bands need adjustment and the pressure was low. A line began to leak and we patched it with some fuel line, solved that. It began to leak a lot, I tightened the bolts on the pan, as a few were very lose, and filled it up to about half a quart over full on the dipstick. Trans worked great, didn't need to warm up, shifted great, all wonderful. Then is starts going back to the way it was, and I could swear it leaked a little. I tightened a couple bolts a little more, and made sure the clamps on the fuel line repair were tight. It helped, but it's not like it was when I first tightened the pan. I'm planning on doing a fluid and filter change and retorquing the bands.
That's one thing, the jeep always thunks when put in forward or reverse once the trans is warm. I don't know if it's the u joints or the something in the trans.
Then there's the brakes, When I got the jeep the brakes were excellent. Recently the brakes were losing some power and getting a little softer. I was driving and the brake light came on when I stepped on the brakes firmly, and then turned off. I checked the fluid and it was low, so I filled it and tested it again. The original brakeing power seems to be restored, but the brake light still comes on when I press the pedal all the way down, plus the fluid in the resevoirs looked brown. I didn't see any sign of a leak, I guess I'll pull the wheels and check it in the daytime.
Then the front end whines like crazy at 50mph and higher, I think it's the wheel bearings so I'm going to replace them.
Finally, the jeep still takes a long time to warm up, I think there are still vacum lines missing. If I step on the gas hard in the first five minutes or so of running, the engine will stumble and may stall. It's not really good until it's run for ten minutes or so.
I think that's it for the critical things I can't figure out, sorry for the really long post
[ May 16, 2005, 04:29 PM: Message edited by: DanHS ]
That's one thing, the jeep always thunks when put in forward or reverse once the trans is warm. I don't know if it's the u joints or the something in the trans.
Then there's the brakes, When I got the jeep the brakes were excellent. Recently the brakes were losing some power and getting a little softer. I was driving and the brake light came on when I stepped on the brakes firmly, and then turned off. I checked the fluid and it was low, so I filled it and tested it again. The original brakeing power seems to be restored, but the brake light still comes on when I press the pedal all the way down, plus the fluid in the resevoirs looked brown. I didn't see any sign of a leak, I guess I'll pull the wheels and check it in the daytime.
Then the front end whines like crazy at 50mph and higher, I think it's the wheel bearings so I'm going to replace them.
Finally, the jeep still takes a long time to warm up, I think there are still vacum lines missing. If I step on the gas hard in the first five minutes or so of running, the engine will stumble and may stall. It's not really good until it's run for ten minutes or so.
I think that's it for the critical things I can't figure out, sorry for the really long post
[ May 16, 2005, 04:29 PM: Message edited by: DanHS ]
Comment