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Offline grumpygy

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Calif folks If you saw this jeep
« 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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Re: Calif folks If you saw this jeep
« Reply #1 on: June 18, 2013, 04:57:14 PM »
that sucks. hope he is ok and the fire didn't do too much damage.
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Re: Calif folks If you saw this jeep
« Reply #2 on: June 18, 2013, 06:16:25 PM »
Quote from: chardrc on June 18, 2013, 04:57:14 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.
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Re: Calif folks If you saw this jeep
« Reply #3 on: June 18, 2013, 08:54:52 PM »
Where's that?
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Re: Calif folks If you saw this jeep
« Reply #4 on: June 18, 2013, 10:28:50 PM »
Bakersfield area.
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Re: Calif folks If you saw this jeep
« Reply #5 on: June 19, 2013, 12:24:37 AM »
So that's like 58 between Barstow and Bakersfield.
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Re: Calif folks If you saw this jeep
« Reply #6 on: June 19, 2013, 10:52:03 AM »
Could be 99, 58 or Rosedale Hwy.  But could be 58  going into Bakersfield from Keene.
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Re: Calif folks If you saw this jeep
« Reply #7 on: June 19, 2013, 03:37:43 PM »
Quote from: 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.
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?
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Re: Calif folks If you saw this jeep
« Reply #8 on: June 19, 2013, 04:11:01 PM »
Quote from: Jeffy on June 19, 2013, 03:37:43 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.
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Re: Calif folks If you saw this jeep
« Reply #9 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.
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Re: Calif folks If you saw this jeep
« Reply #10 on: June 20, 2013, 02:16:13 PM »
Quote from: 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.
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.
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Re: Calif folks If you saw this jeep
« Reply #11 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.
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Re: Calif folks If you saw this jeep
« Reply #12 on: June 29, 2013, 12:41:02 PM »
Quote from: 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.
Yes, the TF904 aka; 30RH which happens to be the stock transmission.
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Re: Calif folks If you saw this jeep
« Reply #13 on: June 30, 2013, 08:43:15 AM »
Quote from: Jeffy on June 29, 2013, 12:41:02 PM
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.
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Re: Calif folks If you saw this jeep
« Reply #14 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
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