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Hi,
I just got my 88 Comanche on september 1st. It is a 4.0/5 speed truck 4x4. Ok so it is great so far till I started noticing and it has slowly gotten worse.
Ok this only seems to happen when I just start to drive it after it has sat anytime over a couple of hours. So I will be driving along and it seems that something is messed up with either the engine or clutch.
Anyway it seems to pulse or cut out when you get towards middle to the top end of a gear in about 1st-4th gears. I mean I would think it is a miss but it doesn't totally feel like a missing engine. It seems to idle fine. After it has drove alittle it will be fine.
Also it seems harder to get into 2nd gear when it is cold. It shifts great and I have never had issues with take off from a dead stop with the clutch. The MJ in 5th gear will act like a semi with a big load is a good way to put it. It will be fine on flat areas but if there is even a slight incline I have to give it way more gas and the speed will still go down. That will happen at 80 mph on the interstate or a 60 on the highway.
So does anyone have an idea what this could be? This is only my 2nd vehical I have owned that has been a manual and the first I didn't own long enough to have any clutch issues so I don't know what I am looking for here.
Thanks!
I just got my 88 Comanche on september 1st. It is a 4.0/5 speed truck 4x4. Ok so it is great so far till I started noticing and it has slowly gotten worse.
Ok this only seems to happen when I just start to drive it after it has sat anytime over a couple of hours. So I will be driving along and it seems that something is messed up with either the engine or clutch.
Anyway it seems to pulse or cut out when you get towards middle to the top end of a gear in about 1st-4th gears. I mean I would think it is a miss but it doesn't totally feel like a missing engine. It seems to idle fine. After it has drove alittle it will be fine.
Also it seems harder to get into 2nd gear when it is cold. It shifts great and I have never had issues with take off from a dead stop with the clutch. The MJ in 5th gear will act like a semi with a big load is a good way to put it. It will be fine on flat areas but if there is even a slight incline I have to give it way more gas and the speed will still go down. That will happen at 80 mph on the interstate or a 60 on the highway.
So does anyone have an idea what this could be? This is only my 2nd vehical I have owned that has been a manual and the first I didn't own long enough to have any clutch issues so I don't know what I am looking for here.
Thanks!
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