jeep wont start

hi, my the other day i went to the store. 5 minutes later came out and jeep
wouldnt start. turn the key and no crank at all. after calling to get it
towed. me and the driver pushed it towrd the truck, gave it one last shot and
it started. i ended up driving it home (20 miles). at home. cleaned the
battery teminals to look like new. started it again afterwards with no
problem. next day. started it went to the store came home no problem. decided
to just try to start it one more time from my driveway and nothing again and
thats where is stand now. any suggestions???? you help would be most
apprciated. its an 1989 jeep yj. 6 cyl
thanks

Well, here's the skinny, sounds like a situation I had with a old toyota
corolla. service shops couldn't find a damn thing wrong anywhere........
anyway, a long story short. It seems the ignition switch was the faulty
problem. It would only do it after driving for awhile, and stopping. If you
let it sit for awhile, it'd restart. Just a thought. Could also be the
linkage adjustment on the ignition. Not that there is much, but its a rod
going down to the switch mounted on the steering column down towards the
pedals.
I'll put $20.00 on the switch......
But......with all the emissions crap and the ecm, who knows......
make sure your block ground wire is good.......
and all wiring connections in the engine compartment are good, especially
around the starter.
have your battery tested......as well.....as the alternator.




dan g wrote:
>hi, my the other day i went to the store. 5 minutes later came out and jeep
>wouldnt start. turn the key and no crank at all. after calling to get it
>towed. me and the driver pushed it towrd the truck, gave it one last shot and
>it started. i ended up driving it home (20 miles). at home. cleaned the
>battery teminals to look like new. started it again afterwards with no
>problem. next day. started it went to the store came home no problem. decided
>to just try to start it one more time from my driveway and nothing again and
>thats where is stand now. any suggestions???? you help would be most
>apprciated. its an 1989 jeep yj. 6 cyl
>thanks


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Automatic? Wiggle it in park, or shift to neutral.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
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"dan g via CarKB.com" wrote:
>
> hi, my the other day i went to the store. 5 minutes later came out and jeep
> wouldnt start. turn the key and no crank at all. after calling to get it
> towed. me and the driver pushed it towrd the truck, gave it one last shot and
> it started. i ended up driving it home (20 miles). at home. cleaned the
> battery teminals to look like new. started it again afterwards with no
> problem. next day. started it went to the store came home no problem. decided
> to just try to start it one more time from my driveway and nothing again and
> thats where is stand now. any suggestions???? you help would be most
> apprciated. its an 1989 jeep yj. 6 cyl
> thanks

there ya go, I had manual tranny on my mind.......

L.W.(ßill) Hughes III wrote:
> Automatic? Wiggle it in park, or shift to neutral.
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
http://www.billhughes.com/
>
>> hi, my the other day i went to the store. 5 minutes later came out and jeep
>> wouldnt start. turn the key and no crank at all. after calling to get it
>[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
>> apprciated. its an 1989 jeep yj. 6 cyl
>> thanks


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it is a manual transmission. 5 speed. 6 cylinder


Robb S wrote:
>there ya go, I had manual tranny on my mind.......
>
>> Automatic? Wiggle it in park, or shift to neutral.
>> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
>[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
>>> apprciated. its an 1989 jeep yj. 6 cyl
>>> thanks

is it stone cold dead? No accessory power?


"dan g via CarKB.com" > wrote in message
...
> hi, my the other day i went to the store. 5 minutes later came out and
> jeep
> wouldnt start. turn the key and no crank at all. after calling to get it
> towed. me and the driver pushed it towrd the truck, gave it one last shot
> and
> it started. i ended up driving it home (20 miles). at home. cleaned the
> battery teminals to look like new. started it again afterwards with no
> problem. next day. started it went to the store came home no problem.
> decided
> to just try to start it one more time from my driveway and nothing again
> and
> thats where is stand now. any suggestions???? you help would be most
> apprciated. its an 1989 jeep yj. 6 cyl
> thanks

"dan g via CarKB.com" > wrote in message =
...
> it is a manual transmission. 5 speed. 6 cylinder

Basic 'no grind' troubleshooting... when you turn
the switch, does it click? Is there a small click,
or a big clack?

No click =3D no excitation to relay/solenoid
Neutral switch? Clutch pedal switch?
Bad switch/relay/wire?
small click =3D relay being excited, no joy to
big solenoid... bad relay or connection?
big clack =3D big solenoid moving, but no
current through it (clean connection/
rebuild solenoid/replace starter)

If you can get it to fail at home, then this
would be an easy fix for someone with
a voltmeter.
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Steve
good luck!
..

My '96 is as we speak having a "new" starter installed. This will be the 2nd
one replaced under warranty. All I can get for the '96 is rebuilts. Lemme
see, this one lasted about 4 months, it's predecessor about 10 months. Went
out this morning to go pick up some parts for the boat ... I got one "click"
out it, then nothing. The previous one did the click click click ... whack
it with a hammer might start thing. My mechanic who is 2 blocks away,
actually came over, crawled under, and checked it out. My money's on you
need a new starter.


"dan g via CarKB.com" > wrote in message
...
> hi, my the other day i went to the store. 5 minutes later came out and
jeep
> wouldnt start. turn the key and no crank at all. after calling to get it
> towed. me and the driver pushed it towrd the truck, gave it one last shot
and
> it started. i ended up driving it home (20 miles). at home. cleaned the
> battery teminals to look like new. started it again afterwards with no
> problem. next day. started it went to the store came home no problem.
decided
> to just try to start it one more time from my driveway and nothing again
and
> thats where is stand now. any suggestions???? you help would be most
> apprciated. its an 1989 jeep yj. 6 cyl
> thanks

Jeep's back :-)
..
"Bowgus" > wrote in message
...
> My '96 is as we speak having a "new" starter installed. This will be the
2nd
> one replaced under warranty. All I can get for the '96 is rebuilts. Lemme
> see, this one lasted about 4 months, it's predecessor about 10 months.
Went
> out this morning to go pick up some parts for the boat ... I got one
"click"
> out it, then nothing. The previous one did the click click click ... whack
> it with a hammer might start thing. My mechanic who is 2 blocks away,
> actually came over, crawled under, and checked it out. My money's on you
> need a new starter.

I know it isn't a jeep but I had a 4 cyl s10 that had it's started very
close to the exhaust pipe... the starter solenoid would get hot and it
wouldn't work until it cooled off for about 30 minutes on a cool day. Went
through 2 starters until I crawled under someone else's s10 and saw there
was a heat shield that I didn't have. crappy huh.

Troy