Flooded KJ round 2...tow truck, engine codes, sad Jeep

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Wed Jun 15, 2011 8:33 pm

iMTB wrote:

tommudd wrote:

Repair it, what else can you do?
then buy a stick so next time you'll get out and measure the hole of water before blindly driving in! :wink:

I'm going to repair it but I don't know what the next step is. Going to have a mechanic look at it and see what they think.

Full rebuild or buy/install a remaned 42RLE.Both not cheap but alot cheaper then another car payment.

blackwidowkj06 · **Posted:** Wed Jun 15, 2011 10:13 pm

i don't know how it would work out...but you could have turned it into the insurance company...had the jeep totaled, keep the cash. then go out and buy you a new/used jeep. that seemed easier to me than going through all this. like i said i don't know how that stuff works out.

STINGN · **Posted:** Wed Jun 15, 2011 10:38 pm

blackwidowkj06 wrote:

i don't know how it would work out...but you could have turned it into the insurance company...had the jeep totaled, keep the cash. then go out and buy you a new/used jeep. that seemed easier to me than going through all this. like i said i don't know how that stuff works out.

good luck with that...

blackwidowkj06 · **Posted:** Wed Jun 15, 2011 10:46 pm

STINGN wrote:

good luck with that...

Yeah....i know.

it was just a thought...

hopefully he can get the Jeep straightened out soon :JEEPIN:

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Wed Jun 15, 2011 10:55 pm

Yeah most insurance company's will not cover damage done while "offroad".Glad all trails here are "forest service roads" so I'm covered.

blackwidowkj06 · **Posted:** Wed Jun 15, 2011 11:14 pm

tjkj2002 wrote:

Yeah most insurance company's will not cover damage done while "offroad".Glad all trails here are "forest service roads" so I'm covered.

That's awesome (I guess)... :lol:

It sure is beautiful out there in CO.

iMTB · **Joined:** Mon Jan 24, 2011 4:27 pm **Posts:** 273

Tow truck just picked it up to drive it 100 miles to my parents mechanic. Theres no one in Tampa I know to work on my Jeep.

HoosierJeeper · **Joined:** Sun Feb 15, 2009 8:23 am **Posts:** 1218

Par automotive on Florida, just south of Bearss. He's done lots of work for me, great guy, very reasonable and honest.

Straight6Jeff · **Posted:** Thu Jun 16, 2011 12:11 pm

your tranny may not be completey toast.

Bring it to a reputable trans shop for a thougrough cleaning and flushing. How much did you add after the pan was dropped? Did you start up the vehicle and have it in N to check the level, then add more fluid until it was warm and full? Also, did you cycle the selector from R - N- D N R a few times?

If you had that much water in the pan, you will have to have ALL of the fluid drained/flushed, and that cannot be accomplished by draining the pan. It may take a few cycles of flushing and draining to remove all of the water.

Once you get to a baseline of clean fluid, then you can begin troubleshooting.

iMTB · **Joined:** Mon Jan 24, 2011 4:27 pm **Posts:** 273

Ahhhh I just had to get a whole new body control module. Tranny is fixed. There was water in both diffs and the tranny, but none in the transfercase. Total repair cost is approaching $1500. :dizzy:

blackwidowkj06 · **Posted:** Fri Jun 17, 2011 4:15 pm

iMTB wrote:

Ahhhh I just had to get a whole new body control module. Tranny is fixed. There was water in both diffs and the tranny, but none in the transfercase. Total repair cost is approaching $1500. :dizzy:

Better than having to replace tranny and t-case :wink:

and everything else imaginable!

It's a Jeep thing...(we all understand)

Flooded KJ round 2...tow truck, engine codes, sad Jeep

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