Eggering

So while glancing around under the hood, I noticed the cable that goes to the negative battery terminal is disconnected ( cable seperated) however, car starts up fine and absolutely no observed issues with battery life and/or general operation?? Thoughts?

stev-o

Your negative baterry terminal has a couple wires coming from it mine has the two wires I believe but like u said it is disconnected I don't know what it went to but mine is cut

Eggering

I have no wires going to the negative terminal....haha this one has me scratchin my head

salad

is your hood touching the post? That could ground it enough maybe (to start a fire lol)

KD4315

I would love to see a picture of this.

DFlintstone

Some batteries have both side and top ....posts. Of course It won't start if it's not connected to a battery.

stev-o

Has to be grounded somewhere to start

xj_maniac_newb

Sure you dont have another battery hidden somewhere? check the hatch

caged

do you have a winch hooked up to the side posts?

but your jeep will run with the negative unhooked, but probably only running off the battery power and may kill the battery.

Eggering

The negative terminal is grounded to the fender is that normal? Bought the jeep it was always like that

stev-o

Its not normal id say but that must be a solid enough ground to work

Eggering

Heres a pic of what it looks like lol

ptreaster

Yes the cable that is broken is the ground to the engine block, it needs to be re-conected

jeep19xj91

That little cable is also a ground and its completely normal and is susposed to be there, deffinately want to get that cable fixed though

Eggering

Copy that. I will replace it. Thanks for the help!