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Old Mar 8, 2016 | 08:53 PM
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Hello, new to the forum. I'm hoping someone can help me out. As the title says, my jeep won't start. I turn the key and nothing. For the first while after this started, the ASD relay would chatter like crazy when I turned the key to the ON position. Now it has stopped doing that but still no crank. So far I have replaced: battery, starter, ignition switch, and tried swapping relays. I can't find any corrosion or bad wires anywhere obvious. Please help! p.s. it is a 5-speed so no NSS
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Old Mar 11, 2016 | 11:31 PM
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neutral safety switch
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Old Mar 12, 2016 | 07:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Vanderbeen
I turn the key and nothing.
Do you have 12V @ the starter? Have you checked and cleaned all the grounds?
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Old Mar 13, 2016 | 06:43 PM
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Originally Posted by kclcpa
neutral safety switch
It's a manual transmission. But I did replace clutch safety switch and still nothing.
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Old Mar 13, 2016 | 06:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Turbo X_J
Do you have 12V @ the starter? Have you checked and cleaned all the grounds?
I've checked every wire I could find and everything looks good. I haven't checked voltage at the starter yet. In hindsight I should have done that before replacing the starter, but I just assumed the starter solenoid was toast. With the testing that I did do, apparently I have a short in the IOD circuit which doesn't really narrow things down according to what I've read.
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