hello guys and gals im new here. great to meet you all. here is my situation: i purchased a 2001 GC a month ago with a blown transmission. the jeep has 201K on it and the transmission i installed to replace the old one has 130K on it.
the mechanic installed the tranny with 130K and drove it to my home which is 30 miles from his shop and the tranny did great. the jeep sit for 3 weeks until i could get it registered which was this past friday and when i go to drive it after registration the jeep will not shift out of first. after driving around the back streets in town at a very slow speed for 15 -20 minutes it begins shifting fine and i drive it another 20- 25 miles.
the next day i go out thinking everything is going to be fine now that it did so well at the end of the drive the day before but no it is the same as it was the previous morning. so now i have been trying and trying to get it to shift again like it did that day by driving it until it is really warm im guessing but its not working but i have figured one thing out. it will change into the next gear if you run the rpms up to 3500 or 4000 rpms but thats not good and should not have to be done to accomplish gear change. i forgot to mention the mechanic did a filter and fluid change on it after he installed it.
i have replaced the output speed sensor and checked the throttle kick-down cable. checked all the connections on the tranny underneath the jeep and everything looks fine. the fluid is correct. if anyone has experienced this or has any idea what could be going on your help would be greatly appreciated. thank you advance
the mechanic installed the tranny with 130K and drove it to my home which is 30 miles from his shop and the tranny did great. the jeep sit for 3 weeks until i could get it registered which was this past friday and when i go to drive it after registration the jeep will not shift out of first. after driving around the back streets in town at a very slow speed for 15 -20 minutes it begins shifting fine and i drive it another 20- 25 miles.
the next day i go out thinking everything is going to be fine now that it did so well at the end of the drive the day before but no it is the same as it was the previous morning. so now i have been trying and trying to get it to shift again like it did that day by driving it until it is really warm im guessing but its not working but i have figured one thing out. it will change into the next gear if you run the rpms up to 3500 or 4000 rpms but thats not good and should not have to be done to accomplish gear change. i forgot to mention the mechanic did a filter and fluid change on it after he installed it.
i have replaced the output speed sensor and checked the throttle kick-down cable. checked all the connections on the tranny underneath the jeep and everything looks fine. the fluid is correct. if anyone has experienced this or has any idea what could be going on your help would be greatly appreciated. thank you advance