I've been having some issues with my starter, and so I got a new one and I'm still having the same issue. I've talked to a couple people and they say that I need to check the starter relay, but I don't know where it is. Could someone tell me or send me a link to a video or a schematic of where it is? In case you can't tell, I'm pretty new to the mechanical worldy. It is a 89 XJ with the 4.0L I6 non HO. My Chilton book isn't being helpful.

 

Whats the problem your having ?

 

Starter relay is just behind your battery. If you follow the smaller positive wire from your battery it will take you right to it.

 

Ive only heard of 1 ever needing replacement myself ...

 

In the 16 vehicles I've owned I've never had a bad relay.

 

...not a good reason the OP shouldn't test his...

No idea where that stuff lives in an '89.

 

Here's a pic.

 

My starter wasn't disengaging and my friend who is a mechanic for a living said I needed to check the relay otherwise I needed to rewire the starter. I found the relay and ordered a new one. Thank you guys for the help.

 

You should test it before replacing it. No need to waste hard warned money.

 

How do I test it?

 

I'll have to check my fsm. Cruiser54 might be quicker though, I'm at work.

 

I already ordered the new relay, so I'll just swap it out and if it keeps doing it I'll rewire it. I don't want to but I have to get it running right. It's my daily driver.

 

How to test the relay? Find a similar one in whatever the Renix relay bank is and swap 'em. On later years they're almost all the same type of relay.

 

Hate to be a party pooper but the starter relay is different than the rest of the plug-in relays. Look at the pics that cruiser posted.

 

AWwwh. So it is. I'll stop posting in the Renix thread now!