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Old 11-02-2011, 03:08 PM
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so I swaped engines the other day and im very sure I hooked everything up right. but now my jeep wont start. im thinking it may be somthing with the neutral safety switch. im getting power to my stereo and I arked the starter and it turned over bit wont make any noise when im trying to start it inside.
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retrace you ingintion wires... something got missed
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never even thought of that!!!
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i blame you... i read your post and not an hour later i blow the 217K Renix in my 90 to pieces. haha. looks like i'll be right behind ya on the replacement.
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i blame you... i read your post and not an hour later i blow the 217K Renix in my 90 to pieces. haha. looks like i'll be right behind ya on the replacement.
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oh crap dude thats crazy
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Moved to OEM not Advanced tech.
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make sure you hooked up your crank postion sensor on your bell housing, forgot mine one time and chased it for three days trying to find out why it would start.
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I made sure to get that.
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USe a test light on the stater relay on the fender well by the battery and make sure you get fire to it with the key in the start position.
If so, replace the relay, if not, go to checking neutral safty switch, clutch switch.
I bet its just a simple wire not replaced to the correct position imo.
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Turns out my battery was just dead lol im an idiot
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Originally Posted by Jeepguy73
Turns out my battery was just dead lol im an idiot
That should have been one of the first things checked.
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don't beat him while he's down. learning curve. hell the next time he runs out of gas he's gonna chaeck the battery just to be sure.
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Originally Posted by Agent_Oragnge
don't beat him while he's down. learning curve. hell the next time he runs out of gas he's gonna chaeck the battery just to be sure.
Shouldn't be down since the problem has been solved.
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Exactly yo. lol I know I should have checked that first but I just put a new engine in and was just checking the other wires lol
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