Comes with a free cherokee?

 

Do you think he left a note with a return address or something?


Frosty, I feel for you, man. Good luck with the whole process.

 

well, at least we still have Frosty around, wont be long for he's back in the saddle-

 

 

I've had a CPS failure that was NOT throwing a code, it was in one of my XJ's.

That one would just randomly stall.


In my case there are several, seemingly, non-related issues.

1) Sluggish cranking / no start

Battery is new about 6 months and FULLY CHARGED. Sluggish cranking would point to the starter.

2) Loss of heat

Now in the ZJ's with the Automatic Temperature Control the system is 100% electronic according to the FSM. There are no manual levers or vacuum operated mechanisms.

3) Idle Issues
Several powered components come into play here including the fuel pump, injectors and IACV

Now I had none of these problems 4 days ago, and all three problems manifested themselves at the same time. Even though they are unrelated systems operationally, they are related in that they all run off the same power source.

Now onto more info that points to battery cables/connections.....

I did things in this order .....

1) The ZJ was sitting, cranking was sluggish.
2) Used some material so that I could tighten up the clamps tighter over the cables.
3) Key in ignition and cranking was much much better and the ZJ started. Idle was a bit flaky, so I did several start/run/restart cycles.
4) Drove the ZJ from Bel Air to BWI Airport and back. Parked and shut down. Waited 5 minutes to do a restart and it was fine.
5) One hour later I did another restart and it is fine.


It makes sense when you consider the several 'unrelated' issues that popped u[ at the same time.

I didn't come to this conclusion on my own, I talked to a friend who owns a service center and he kept saying 'electrical'. He said to remove the cables from the starter and clean them, the starter terminals and reinstall the cables.

I took what he said to heart but recalled the other issues and looked harder at the aftermarket terminals the PO installed. When the PO installed them he cut the cables shortening them probably by 1" to 1 1/2" and this caused stress at the terminals because they are a tad too short. To confirm this I set my other 98 ZJ side by side to the problem one and compared the cables.

Hopefully tomorrow I will have better cables installed, if not then I will have to add " snug the terminals on top of the battery " as a daily check.

 

At least it happened before I put all the new goodies on it

 

And as of right now my phone is still in it so if you need to reach me you can do so at 410-739-1468

 

Would have blown

 

Damn brudha sorry to see that..

 

Damn man I just glad your ok

 

Damn dude sad to see that nice jeep in that shape. Sorry man hope you feel better

 

Caught my attention!

 

Darn that looks totaled. Everyone involved alright?

 

Sorry to hear about what happen frosty glad you are ok.

 

I lied, just tried Newcastle Winter IPA, me likey