Driving home from work today I was thinking about posting a picture of my odometer when I finally hit 200k (I'm at 197k). I actually would have hit it a while ago, but the rear wheel sensor has gone out twice, so I've put close to 10k miles without recording. I was thinking of what I would say when I posted with pride - original owner, original engine, trans, turbo, valves, lifters, head gasket, GDE engine and trans tune most of the way - oh and the original TORQUE CONVERTER. There was my mistake.
Within 30 seconds of that thought, I pulled out into traffic with a little bit of accelleration, huge double jerk into 2nd gear, huge double jerk into 3rd gear. Huge double jerk into 4th gear, then a smooth 5th gear. I pass into 57 MPH and no T/C lockup. It revs and revs and it won't lock up.
I think I blew the T/C clutch. It doesn't make any noises or smell funny on the outside, but it's shifting very sluggishly, and the fluid smells a little burned. Filters were replaced a few years ago when I had my trans cooler / condenser coil replaced. I let it cool down, and drove the rest of the way home. It wouldn't lock up in 4th, but I did get it to lock once in 5th, but the whole Jeep felt like I was dragging a blue whale down the road with the trans constantly searching for gears and reving higher than usual. It also ran cooler than usual by two ticks on the temp gauge, so I'm wondering if the lines leading to the trans cooler are clogged with clutch thereby preventing the heat transfer to the regular radiator.
I don't see myself getting rid of this tractor, but I'm not sure when I'll have the time to put it back together with a new trans.
The moral of the story is don't think about your Jeep while driving your Jeep.
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