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Old Dec 17, 2008 | 08:13 PM
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I'll start with the easy ones first...... What is the standard winch mounting bolt pattern, center to center on the holes? And the fairlead mounts? How wide is your winch mount plate?

Onto the tough one. 99 cherokee 4.0. Intermittent starting issues. When cold outside, jeep will crank but not fire, but when I whack the distribution box under the hood it'll start. Thought it was the fuel pump relay, replaced it, but it has done it since. Your thoughts?
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Old Dec 17, 2008 | 08:17 PM
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I'll start with the easy ones first...... What is the standard winch mounting bolt pattern, center to center on the holes? And the fairlead mounts? How wide is your winch mount plate?

Onto the tough one. 99 cherokee 4.0. Intermittent starting issues. When cold outside, jeep will crank but not fire, but when I whack the distribution box under the hood it'll start. Thought it was the fuel pump relay, replaced it, but it has done it since. Your thoughts?
You say you "whack" the distribution box?? Are you speaking of the common rail that resides over the spark plugs or what??
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Old Dec 18, 2008 | 05:36 PM
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Not the common rail, it's the black box that contains the fuses and relays on the far left side of the engine compartment.
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Old Dec 18, 2008 | 05:38 PM
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a bad ground or a unwanted ground maybe.
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Old Dec 18, 2008 | 05:42 PM
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Checked the main ground, unbolted cleaned and retightened, also pulled the box apart, looking for corrosion, etc... none found. That's why I'm puzzled, thought it was the relay, and it helped for a few days, then it got really cold again and the issue reappeared.
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