Ok about 3-4 months ago maybe 1,000 miles ago i got my transmission repaired because it was leaking fluid. Prior to that it was done a little over a year before that one. And guess what, Its leaking again. And more than every. Is it my tranny? Or does this guy just suck. I would do it myself except for the fact that i paid him in the first place to do it. And im not driving it hard. Hell the engine runs on 5 cylinders. Also when i went to start it today it turned over about half a rotation then went click. Then it did it again. Then it started. Does that sound like a starter, battery or alternator. Battery is a little over 2 years old and alternator is about 7 months old. Starter is Original. So could it just be a fluke? I havent had time to check the alt, bat, or starter. Gah. Im beginging to hate my jeep. Ive seen a nice Tj, but no lift and its out of my budget. But i can fix the CJ alot. Arghhh. Rants over... <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/sleeping.gif" alt="" />

starting problem may be a connection or bad wire. clean everything up before you start buying parts.

where's the tranny leaking from?

Its leaking from the Gaskets. All over... <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

if its leaking from front or rear seals on the tranny it might be a couple of things.

1. he damaged the seals on the install. if so its his fault and he should pay for it.

2. if you paid only for seeals and it need bushings as well, there might be enough run out to cause the seals to start leaking again quickly. if thats the case you need to replace the bushings and you get to buy the seals.

3. the bearings in the motor are so bad that they have enough run out to cause the tourq converter to have runout to make the seal leak. smae thing for the T-case. again its kinda your fault on that one and you get to pay.

if it is leaking from things like the band apply servo's or non driveline related seals, then he messed up and he should pay.


does the starter keep turning over when it clicks? or does it get a revolution then click?

if you think it may be your batery hook up a volt meter to it and dissable the ignition (pull the coil wire). you should be able to crank it for 30 seconds without the battery voltage dropping below 9.6 volts. don't crank it for more than 30 seconds at a time or you'll frag the starter for shure, give 30 to cool down.

Yeah clean all the connections real good. it happened to me and that's all it was.

I don't know much about the tranny leaking.

Well i crawled under it this morning to see where it was leaking. Its leaking from the front seal. Where it bolts to the bellhousing. Also as far as starting is concerned. I dont know the name of the part, or if its just a voltage regulator. It is on the right fender. It has a positive line from the battery and on the other side it has a negative line.


This part sparks sometimes when i tryed to start it. Is it the starter solinoid, or just a voltage regulator. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" />

if it is only leaking from the front its more than likely yur problem.

the soliniod is the starter soliniod.

What lovely photos of a solonoid! The quick easy test is to turn on the head lights and then try to crank her. If the headlights go off and all she will do is click then look to the battery connections and the battery itself. If you get her running then turn on the headlights and see if the headlights stay bright.. If so it indicates the alternator is good. For six bucks or so you could purchase a voltmeter at ratshack every grownup with a jeep should own at least ONE of them.
Also most local parts houses will bring their machine into the parking lot and test your system for you--gratis--.
I'd like to see some good photos of the top of your battery. Those could tell us a lot too.
Big Jim <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" />

Well the battery was replaced about 2 years ago. And if i didnt state this earlier the transmission was leaking from the bellhousing to transmission. So it could be a seal or something. Thing is the guy checked my car out when he put it in and his words were "this should last forever" Well it lasted 4 months and i didnt take it to the trails or anything. So it could be my enigne. But i replace/switch out the bad plug about every 3 weeks so i runs on 6 cylinders one just burns oil and has bad compression so i dont see how that would make the seal leak. Im just not seeing it. And when i get home i will get more enigne images. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" />

you sure its ATF. might be oil.

when one cyl starts to go from age... ti kinda shows the conditions of the rest of the engine.

i finally got down to regrinding my crank last night... it had 2-3 thousandths of where.. if my imput shaft on my tranny wasn;t so sloppy to beginwith, that might be enough to make it leak.

so if your mototr has been as a bused as mine you might just have enough where to cause parts to be sloppy enough to make them leak.