Yeah,I was leaning toward at least doing that and
using the ATF+4. Thanks. Steve P.
--- Tony Cellana <acellan1@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
>
> Doing a fluid/filter change would be a good start.
> If there are issues,
> there will be piles of debris in the pan to aid
> diagnosis.
>
> Hope its a cheap and easy fix.
>
> TonyC
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: steve preston <steves287dak@yahoo.com>
> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
> Date: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 10:26 PM
> Subject: DML: Who knows about 42RE transmissions?
>
>
> >
> >Hey there! Question:
> >
> >We have a 2000 Grand Cherokee 4.0/42RE with 40,000
> >miles that is doing some wrong stuff all of a
> sudden.
> >The other day,I did a U-turn in a parking lot,and
> lost
> >drive for about three seconds. Then,it banged into
> >gear at about 1500 rpm,and took off. Then the next
> >day,it lost drive for about a second as I pulled
> off
> >of my road onto the highway. Both times,the Jeep
> had
> >only been running long enough to get fully warm. I
> >checked the fluid level,and it was right in between
> >the add/full marks. I added about 1/2-3/4 of a
> quart
> >of fluid to make it exactly full,and have been
> driving
> >it for about a week now. It has not "slipped" out
> >anymore,but as I`m cruising down the road I *think*
> I
> >can feel something,like it is wanting to slip or
> >downshift,just ever so slightly. What should I do?
> My
> >prior Dak had this transmission,and a mechanic told
> me
> >(when it was brand new) I should not fail to have
> the
> >transmission flushed out and serviced at 20,000
> miles.
> >Well,that Dak didn`t last long enough to reach that
> >mileage,before I traded for my 2001 Dak. But
> >ANYWAY,short story long,with the Jeep,the thought
> of
> >having a transmission flushed out scares me,because
> I
> >have heard horror stories about it being done
> wrong,or
> >the tranny not living much longer afterward. Like I
> >said,this is a 2000 model,so I don`t even know if
> it
> >is filled with Chrysler`s latest fluid. Should I
> have
> >it flushed out and the filter replaced,or what?
> >
> >Many thanks! Steve P.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >__________________________________
> >Do you Yahoo!?
> >Yahoo! Tax Center - File online by April 15th
> >http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html
> >
>
__________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
Yahoo! Tax Center - File online by April 15th
http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Sat May 01 2004 - 12:00:17 EDT