1997 Jeep Wrangler Jeeps dies in drive.

1997 JEEP WRANGLER
112,000 MILES • 4 CYL • 4WD • MANUAL
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SRTREAT83
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Our jeep got wet. We went through water and the front end sort of dipped into the water due to a hill at the beginning. About three minutes later it died. We let it dry out for about 6 hours and since then it will start and idle for several munutes but dies when we put it in drive to take off. Then it will start a few minutes later. We have dried out the rotor and distributor cap with a blow dryer. It has been about 2 weeks since we went through the water. We unhooked the battery to see if resetting the computer would help. The only diagnostic code that is reading is #12- battery has been disconnected. Any ideas? Thank you.
Aug 22, 2009 at 1:58 PM
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MERLIN2021
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Remove negative battery cable, then unplug the connectors at the distributor, PCM and tranny, blow dry them, look for water intrusion at these connectors...
Aug 22, 2009 at 2:07 PM
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