2003 XE- Trans issue - Page 2

Malarky3113 · #11 01-11-2013, 08:50 AM

Sounds good. Like I said above, I'm only replacing them if it is beyond saving. But I'll be sure to get both if I do. I'll know more after I work on it a little bit on Sunday.

Malarky3113 · #12 01-17-2013, 11:34 AM

Finally was about to work on this a little. Yesterday I did a drain and fill, and went out and got a new battery for it. The battery was beyond saving, and turns out, not the right size one for the truck anyway. After all this the truck started right up and idled nice.

Unfortunately, I was late for something so I didn't have time to test the transmission. I plan to let the truck get to temperature, then with out moving shift the gears back and forth making sure they all engage before I even attempt to drive it. Honestly, It was low on trans fluid and what did come out was UGLY. If I get it moving I'll be doing another drain and fill soon.

Malarky3113 · #13 01-21-2013, 11:20 AM

Well its gone. The drain and fill did help... me realize that the trans cooler was ruptured. When I first checked the coolant, it looked like it just needed to be changed. After the drain and fill, it was black. Figured that out Friday morning just before jumping in the Jeep to head up to Lake Placid for the weekend.

Half way up there, got a call that someone in the development called complaining about it just sitting there. They said I had the weekend to get rid of it. Made some calls and sold it on. They picked it up early this morning.

It sucks, I planned to just run an external cooler (~$40) and hope for the best, but thanks to people with nothing better to do, I had to punt it. At least I came out ahead.