Jeep no start, no crank - help!

Have 1993 Jeep Cherokee with 250000 mi. on it... just bought it.
Started fine yesterday... now this am it would not crank, grunt or
anything.. just the 'buzz' - battery is good, but put a charger on to make
sure... blower fan works, head;lights work.. Could this be an ignition
problem... any guidance or advice most appreciated. Weather tomorrow down
to 0 degrees and -12 Xmas morning.. Don't plan on working with it until
next Tuesday.. but all ideas welcome and thanks.
R. Griffith Ohio

Sounds like a bad starter to me. I would guess that the starter drive
isn't moving onto the flywheel and buzz you hear is the starter motor
turning.
Tom T

I'd start with the battery cables. If the lights work and the starter
just buzzes, you probably have a loose cable or bad connector. Have
someone hold the starter down for a few seconds, feel the ends of both
the red cable as well as the ground strap. Be careful, if there is a
high resitance connection it will get HOT. At 250k, be prepared to
replace BOTH hot and ground cables.

Ralf wrote:

> Have 1993 Jeep Cherokee with 250000 mi. on it... just bought it.
> Started fine yesterday... now this am it would not crank, grunt or
> anything.. just the 'buzz' - battery is good, but put a charger on to make
> sure... blower fan works, head;lights work.. Could this be an ignition
> problem... any guidance or advice most appreciated. Weather tomorrow down
> to 0 degrees and -12 Xmas morning.. Don't plan on working with it until
> next Tuesday.. but all ideas welcome and thanks.
> R. Griffith Ohio
>
>

Hi Ralf,
No one sells a car with a good battery. Take it down to your parts
store and have it load tested, and checked for internal shorts. Your
trickle charger ain't going to get it.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
http://www.billhughes.com/

Ralf wrote:
>
> Have 1993 Jeep Cherokee with 250000 mi. on it... just bought it.
> Started fine yesterday... now this am it would not crank, grunt or
> anything.. just the 'buzz' - battery is good, but put a charger on to make
> sure... blower fan works, head;lights work.. Could this be an ignition
> problem... any guidance or advice most appreciated. Weather tomorrow down
> to 0 degrees and -12 Xmas morning.. Don't plan on working with it until
> next Tuesday.. but all ideas welcome and thanks.
> R. Griffith Ohio

(Assuming you have an automatic) Just a thought, with your foot on the brake
(just in case) try wiggling the shiftter while trying to start it. I think
there might be a recall on the shift interlock mechanism.
"L.W. ("ßill") Hughes III" > wrote in message
...
> Hi Ralf,
> No one sells a car with a good battery. Take it down to your parts
> store and have it load tested, and checked for internal shorts. Your
> trickle charger ain't going to get it.
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> http://www.billhughes.com/
>
> Ralf wrote:
>>
>> Have 1993 Jeep Cherokee with 250000 mi. on it... just bought it.
>> Started fine yesterday... now this am it would not crank, grunt or
>> anything.. just the 'buzz' - battery is good, but put a charger on to
>> make
>> sure... blower fan works, head;lights work.. Could this be an ignition
>> problem... any guidance or advice most appreciated. Weather tomorrow
>> down
>> to 0 degrees and -12 Xmas morning.. Don't plan on working with it until
>> next Tuesday.. but all ideas welcome and thanks.
>> R. Griffith Ohio

Thanks to all for replying -- I tried the 'wiggle' of the shifter while
cranking and she started right off... much obliged - this will make my
Christmas more merry... this is a super newsgroup and my prayers and wishes
for a happy and healthy Xmas and 2005 , go out to each of you.. R. Griffith
"mike92105" > wrote in message
news:VXVyd.1344$CH5.790@fed1read01...
| (Assuming you have an automatic) Just a thought, with your foot on the
brake
| (just in case) try wiggling the shiftter while trying to start it. I think
| there might be a recall on the shift interlock mechanism.
| "L.W. ("ßill") Hughes III" > wrote in message
| ...
| > Hi Ralf,
| > No one sells a car with a good battery. Take it down to your parts
| > store and have it load tested, and checked for internal shorts. Your
| > trickle charger ain't going to get it.
| > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
| > http://www.billhughes.com/
| >
| > Ralf wrote:
| >>
| >> Have 1993 Jeep Cherokee with 250000 mi. on it... just bought it.
| >> Started fine yesterday... now this am it would not crank, grunt or
| >> anything.. just the 'buzz' - battery is good, but put a charger on to
| >> make
| >> sure... blower fan works, head;lights work.. Could this be an ignition
| >> problem... any guidance or advice most appreciated. Weather tomorrow
| >> down
| >> to 0 degrees and -12 Xmas morning.. Don't plan on working with it
until
| >> next Tuesday.. but all ideas welcome and thanks.
| >> R. Griffith Ohio
|
|

If the starter 'buzzed" before, I suspect you will be left looking for
your problem again in the next few days!

Ralf wrote:
> Thanks to all for replying -- I tried the 'wiggle' of the shifter while
> cranking and she started right off... much obliged - this will make my
> Christmas more merry... this is a super newsgroup and my prayers and wishes
> for a happy and healthy Xmas and 2005 , go out to each of you.. R. Griffith
> "mike92105" > wrote in message
> news:VXVyd.1344$CH5.790@fed1read01...
> | (Assuming you have an automatic) Just a thought, with your foot on the
> brake
> | (just in case) try wiggling the shiftter while trying to start it. I think
> | there might be a recall on the shift interlock mechanism.
> | "L.W. ("ßill") Hughes III" > wrote in message
> | ...
> | > Hi Ralf,
> | > No one sells a car with a good battery. Take it down to your parts
> | > store and have it load tested, and checked for internal shorts. Your
> | > trickle charger ain't going to get it.
> | > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> | > http://www.billhughes.com/
> | >
> | > Ralf wrote:
> | >>
> | >> Have 1993 Jeep Cherokee with 250000 mi. on it... just bought it.
> | >> Started fine yesterday... now this am it would not crank, grunt or
> | >> anything.. just the 'buzz' - battery is good, but put a charger on to
> | >> make
> | >> sure... blower fan works, head;lights work.. Could this be an ignition
> | >> problem... any guidance or advice most appreciated. Weather tomorrow
> | >> down
> | >> to 0 degrees and -12 Xmas morning.. Don't plan on working with it
> until
> | >> next Tuesday.. but all ideas welcome and thanks.
> | >> R. Griffith Ohio
> |
> |
>
>

Thanks for telling us what your problem was.
Merry Christmas.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
http://www.billhughes.com/

Ralf wrote:
>
> Thanks to all for replying -- I tried the 'wiggle' of the shifter while
> cranking and she started right off... much obliged - this will make my
> Christmas more merry... this is a super newsgroup and my prayers and wishes
> for a happy and healthy Xmas and 2005 , go out to each of you.. R. Griffith