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CF Veteran
Joined: Nov 2010
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From: some small town oregon
Year: 1989
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
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Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 17
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From: Carrollton, GA
Year: 1987
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 I6
I cannot get my jeep to start so I took off the starter and tried to get it to spin with a direct connection to the battery. It worked. After that I was not sure what to do so I asked this guy who helped me get it home. He said check the relay by jumping the G terminal on the starter relay. What in the world might he be talking about?
CF Veteran
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 15,581
Likes: 8
From: some small town oregon
Year: 1989
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
I cannot get my jeep to start so I took off the starter and tried to get it to spin with a direct connection to the battery. It worked. After that I was not sure what to do so I asked this guy who helped me get it home. He said check the relay by jumping the G terminal on the starter relay. What in the world might he be talking about?
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Joined: May 2008
Posts: 15,016
Likes: 11
From: +34° 25' 35.67", -81° 21' 12.04"
Year: 1993
Engine: 4.0
What exactly is it doing? When you turn the key on are you getting power to the lights and radio? Is it trying to start at all or you get absolutely nothing when you turn the key? Does the radio go out as soon as you move to the start position and come back on when you let go?
Your friend was suggesting you bypass everything to see if it'll start.
If you're not comfortable doing this then don't... I don't want you to get run over.
Turn the key to the run position.
PUT THE JEEP IN PARK and set the parking brake.
Climb under the Jeep with a screw driver and short the small post to the big post with the positive wire that's headed to the battery.
Short the two posts that the orange lines point to in this picture.
If it starts then your NSS, starter relay or fuse is bad. Basically that narrows it down to one circuit instead of the entire ignition system and other issues. I'd bet on the NSS.
PLEASE DON'T RUN YOURSELF OVER
You can also hold the key in the start position and jiggle the shifter and neutral.
Your friend was suggesting you bypass everything to see if it'll start.
If you're not comfortable doing this then don't... I don't want you to get run over.
Turn the key to the run position.
PUT THE JEEP IN PARK and set the parking brake.
Climb under the Jeep with a screw driver and short the small post to the big post with the positive wire that's headed to the battery.
Short the two posts that the orange lines point to in this picture.
If it starts then your NSS, starter relay or fuse is bad. Basically that narrows it down to one circuit instead of the entire ignition system and other issues. I'd bet on the NSS.
PLEASE DON'T RUN YOURSELF OVER
You can also hold the key in the start position and jiggle the shifter and neutral.
Last edited by Lowrange2; May 14, 2013 at 09:00 PM.
Seasoned Member
Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 358
Likes: 0
From: Stevensville, Maryland
Year: 1994
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L
Blank Dash Panels
What have you all done with the blank dash panels, to the right of the dash, they one that normally has a clock in it? Just want to see what I can do with them.
Junior Member
Joined: May 2008
Posts: 15,016
Likes: 11
From: +34° 25' 35.67", -81° 21' 12.04"
Year: 1993
Engine: 4.0
CF Veteran
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 12,692
Likes: 6
From: Mercer County, NJ
Year: 2001
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L I6 HO
What exactly is it doing? When you turn the key on are you getting power to the lights and radio? Is it trying to start at all or you get absolutely nothing when you turn the key? Does the radio go out as soon as you move to the start position and come back on when you let go?
Your friend was suggesting you bypass everything to see if it'll start.
If you're not comfortable doing this then don't... I don't want you to get run over.
Turn the key to the run position.
PUT THE JEEP IN PARK and set the parking brake.
Climb under the Jeep with a screw driver and short the small post to the big post with the positive wire that's headed to the battery.
Short the two posts that the orange lines point to in this picture.
If it starts then your NSS, starter relay or fuse is bad. Basically that narrows it down to one circuit instead of the entire ignition system and other issues. I'd bet on the NSS.
PLEASE DON'T RUN YOURSELF OVER
You can also hold the key in the start position and jiggle the shifter and neutral.
Seasoned Member
Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 358
Likes: 0
From: Stevensville, Maryland
Year: 1994
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L