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Title: Calif folks If you saw this jeep
Post by: grumpygy on June 18, 2013, 04:22:23 PM
Its my sons, caught fire, bunch of oil in the engine bay.  Has an Automatic and that had just quit working.

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Title: Re: Calif folks If you saw this jeep
Post by: chardrc on June 18, 2013, 04:57:14 PM
that sucks. hope he is ok and the fire didn't do too much damage.
Title: Re: Calif folks If you saw this jeep
Post by: grumpygy on June 18, 2013, 06:16:25 PM
that sucks. hope he is ok and the fire didn't do too much damage.

Well he should have had a Fire Ext.  Since he was on his way to work at the fire Department.
Title: Re: Calif folks If you saw this jeep
Post by: Jeffy on June 18, 2013, 08:54:52 PM
Where's that?
Title: Re: Calif folks If you saw this jeep
Post by: grumpygy on June 18, 2013, 10:28:50 PM
Bakersfield area.
Title: Re: Calif folks If you saw this jeep
Post by: Jeffy on June 19, 2013, 12:24:37 AM
So that's like 58 between Barstow and Bakersfield.
Title: Re: Calif folks If you saw this jeep
Post by: grumpygy on June 19, 2013, 10:52:03 AM
Could be 99, 58 or Rosedale Hwy.  But could be 58  going into Bakersfield from Keene.
Title: Re: Calif folks If you saw this jeep
Post by: Jeffy on June 19, 2013, 03:37:43 PM
Could be 99, 58 or Rosedale Hwy.  But could be 58  going into Bakersfield from Keene.
99's usually 4 lanes and doesn't get that close to the mountains. Rosedale Hwy is a strip of 58 that's all in the city.  Looks a lot like 58 outside of Tehachapi

So did he figure out what happened?  Transmission overheat and puke onto the engine?
Title: Re: Calif folks If you saw this jeep
Post by: grumpygy on June 19, 2013, 04:11:01 PM
99's usually 4 lanes and doesn't get that close to the mountains. Rosedale Hwy is a strip of 58 that's all in the city.  Looks a lot like 58 outside of Tehachapi

So did he figure out what happened?  Transmission overheat and puke onto the engine?

Haven't heard yet.
Title: Re: Calif folks If you saw this jeep
Post by: grumpygy on June 19, 2013, 10:18:17 PM
Well he has traced it down to a breather or the trans dipstick tube.  Both in the same area.
Title: Re: Calif folks If you saw this jeep
Post by: Jeffy on June 20, 2013, 02:16:13 PM
Well he has traced it down to a breather or the trans dipstick tube.  Both in the same area.
What's the fluid level of the transmission?  The breather on the firewall next to the battery is for the transfer case.  It would be 1000x more likely the transmission overheated then the transfer case.
Title: Re: Calif folks If you saw this jeep
Post by: grumpygy on June 28, 2013, 10:00:45 PM
It was the trans and its toast.  Is there a good automatic that would be a good replacement for what he has.
Title: Re: Calif folks If you saw this jeep
Post by: Jeffy on June 29, 2013, 12:41:02 PM
It was the trans and its toast.  Is there a good automatic that would be a good replacement for what he has.
Yes, the TF904 aka; 30RH which happens to be the stock transmission.
Title: Re: Calif folks If you saw this jeep
Post by: grumpygy on June 30, 2013, 08:43:15 AM
Yes, the TF904 aka; 30RH which happens to be the stock transmission.

His is a newer jeep I believe it has the 4 speed automatic.
Title: Re: Calif folks If you saw this jeep
Post by: aw12345 on June 30, 2013, 11:32:03 AM
The stock 4 speed auto in the later TJ's isn't very suitable for it. If he is good at wrenching a AW4 out of an XJ is a much better choice.
The 4 speed auto has caused a lot of vehicle fires in JK's
Title: Re: Calif folks If you saw this jeep
Post by: Jeffy on June 30, 2013, 01:41:11 PM
His is a newer jeep I believe it has the 4 speed automatic.
Well, if he wants to get it back on the road fast and cheap he should stick with what it has.  Otherwise, swap away.  A 32RH/TF999 would be pretty bullitproof but he's lose OD.  AW4 is an option as well.  If he wants to do adapters then a TH700R4 or a 4L60E would be a good choice.  They're super common unlike the AW4 but adapters aren't cheap.
Title: Re: Calif folks If you saw this jeep
Post by: grumpygy on July 21, 2013, 03:57:20 PM
He says she is naked right now so this is the only photo he will send.  Fixing not only the trans but getting a 3" lift too.

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Title: Re: Calif folks If you saw this jeep
Post by: grumpygy on July 21, 2013, 04:52:36 PM
What he3 says he is doing to it.

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Drive line new trans, bigger trans cooler, then hopefully new exhaust winch 3 more inches of lift and 35's. I'm gonna go through rear ends and transfer case while I've got it stripped down also.