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My jeep wont start, it will crank but wont catch. I think it has to do with the fuel regulator but I'm not sure. Is there anything else it could be?
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Refresh all connections on the battery, grounds, and make sure your battery is fully charged.

I wish I had a link to cruiser54's tips. They come in handy. Perhaps he will chime in here soon. But for now make sure all connections are legit
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So what year is your wrangler that you're having trouble with
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So what year is your wrangler that you're having trouble with
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Originally Posted by ajcallea
My jeep wont start, it will crank but wont catch. I think it has to do with the fuel regulator but I'm not sure. Is there anything else it could be?
Before anyone can really help you, you have to let us know what kind of vehicle, what year, engine. Also what have you done to fix the problem so far. You need to give some details if you want some help.
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Originally Posted by RTorrez1
Before anyone can really help you, you have to let us know what kind of vehicle, what year, engine. Also what have you done to fix the problem so far. You need to give some details if you want some help.
^^^^^this.

Hence why i asked about your wrangler. You never said what you drove
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Yep, we're all ready to tackle yet another " jeep won't start" thread here!
It's the CPS...
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It's a 1989 jeep cherokee with a 6l 4.o engine, I haven't done alot; checked to make sure the spark plugs were good, checked the connections to the battery.
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The engine isnt firing, it is not my fuel filter, fuel pump, or fuel regulator it has to do with my power distributor center not sending power to give my spark lugs a sprk.any idea's of how I can fix this problem??
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Look up cruiser renix tips. Clean you battery terminals and clamps with a brass brush. Chances are it cps related but renix is a different beast and **** goes wrong with it electrically. There's also the grounds by the dipstick to check
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It's a Renix, so I'd be more than happy for the Renix guru's to chime into this one.
However (untill that time), how did you verify those things taking care of fuel delivery? And did you verify you have " no spark" ?
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My neighbor and I did some tests, we put some fuel in the throttle body to see if it was a fuel problem and it did the same thing its been doing and the we took the distributor cap off and checked everything there and then he did a few other things to check and we narrowed it down to the distributor center is what is giving me the problem.
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Criminy, don't you guys have this stuff bookmarked? What if I went on vacation?


https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f51/cr...x-tips-153657/
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Criminy, don't you guys have this stuff bookmarked? What if I went on vacation?

https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f51/cr...x-tips-153657/
Nah, we like you to make your presence, duh
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