Hi guys,
Quick background: I have a 2004 wrangler sport, 126,000 miles. We’ve had it for about 8,000 miles. And it worked perfectly until about 4 months ago. Clutch started getting hard to shift into first and second, but only after driving for a while or if it was really hot outside. Then it would be hard to shift into gear.
I changed the trans fluid before this started happening and put in MTL. Fluid levels seem right and it would drive perfectly for about 10 miles until the shifting started to get hard going into first and second. The further I drove, the worse the shifting got.
I checked this site a lot and saw mention of the clutch master/slave being a likely culprit. Tried bleeding the original, adding more fluid, etc. didn’t seem to fix the problem so I just bought a brand new Dorman prefilled system and installed it. Drove around a good amount (50 miles maybe) and it seemed like the problem was fixed until today.
Went for a ride in the mountains with my kids and about 45 minutes into the drive it became a bit harder to shift into 2nd, then 3rd, then even 4th gear. Got down into the flats and couldn’t put the jeep into 1st or second at all, tried to shift into third and boom! No more clutch pressure and a puddle of fluid under the slave. Had to get towed.
My question for the forum is: does this sound like a problem with the clutch internals or do you think I just got a faulty clutch master/slave unit? I’m just hoping not to buy another hydraulic unit to have it fail again if something is going wrong in the clutch. Kinda stumped as the jeep drives so perfectly for a while… until it doesn’t.
Any help you guys could offer would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Quick background: I have a 2004 wrangler sport, 126,000 miles. We’ve had it for about 8,000 miles. And it worked perfectly until about 4 months ago. Clutch started getting hard to shift into first and second, but only after driving for a while or if it was really hot outside. Then it would be hard to shift into gear.
I changed the trans fluid before this started happening and put in MTL. Fluid levels seem right and it would drive perfectly for about 10 miles until the shifting started to get hard going into first and second. The further I drove, the worse the shifting got.
I checked this site a lot and saw mention of the clutch master/slave being a likely culprit. Tried bleeding the original, adding more fluid, etc. didn’t seem to fix the problem so I just bought a brand new Dorman prefilled system and installed it. Drove around a good amount (50 miles maybe) and it seemed like the problem was fixed until today.
Went for a ride in the mountains with my kids and about 45 minutes into the drive it became a bit harder to shift into 2nd, then 3rd, then even 4th gear. Got down into the flats and couldn’t put the jeep into 1st or second at all, tried to shift into third and boom! No more clutch pressure and a puddle of fluid under the slave. Had to get towed.
My question for the forum is: does this sound like a problem with the clutch internals or do you think I just got a faulty clutch master/slave unit? I’m just hoping not to buy another hydraulic unit to have it fail again if something is going wrong in the clutch. Kinda stumped as the jeep drives so perfectly for a while… until it doesn’t.
Any help you guys could offer would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
