Recently started hearing this clunking noise when shifting my 42rle into drive or reverse. I can’t tell if i’m being paranoid (236k miles stock tranny) or if I need to do something about it. I can sometimes feel the clunk and it jolts the jeep a little bit. It didn’t ever do this before atleast that I can remember. I have had the jeep for about 4-5 years and haven’t done a transmission fluid change because I was told not to so I’m not sure the condition of the fluid though it looks pretty red on the dipstick.
I checked the transmission fluid but I wasn’t sure if I was supposed to wipe the dipstick and reinsert like you do with the engine oil so here are pictures of both.
This is before re inserting^
this is after^