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Old Jul 2, 2014 | 11:41 AM
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One thing has been bothering me lately. It seems to have starting issues.

Once in a while it would crank but no spark. In other events, it wouldn't crank at all, no lights on dash, nothing.

One guy happened to stand near me when I was attempting to start it the other day and he came up to me and (it was cranking and no spark) and he said to me, "it sound like something is hitting the flywheel or something inside".

I'm gonna have to take off the inspection plate off and inspect the four flexplate bolts.

Could this indicate the Crankshaft Position Sensor is being on its way out? Or it has something to do with the starter?

All battery cables are cleaned and tightened.
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Old Jul 2, 2014 | 08:05 PM
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Originally Posted by XJwonders
One thing has been bothering me lately. It seems to have starting issues.

Once in a while it would crank but no spark. In other events, it wouldn't crank at all, no lights on dash, nothing.

One guy happened to stand near me when I was attempting to start it the other day and he came up to me and (it was cranking and no spark) and he said to me, "it sound like something is hitting the flywheel or something inside".

I'm gonna have to take off the inspection plate off and inspect the four flexplate bolts.

Could this indicate the Crankshaft Position Sensor is being on its way out? Or it has something to do with the starter?

All battery cables are cleaned and tightened.
When my cps started failing about 4 months ago it stalled when driving and wouldnt start up for about 20 mins. It seemed like it was fuel loss not spark.After buying a mopar piece i took the old one off and probably would of still worked if i cleaned all the mud and oil off of it.you might want to try cleaning it. Its really not that hard to remove with a swival extention.
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Old Jul 2, 2014 | 08:12 PM
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Yeah I have done quite a few CPS replacements. It never stalled though
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Old Jul 8, 2014 | 06:14 AM
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One small update. Replaced the passenger mirror housing with a junkyard one.. The PO put in aftermarket glass on it, and it ain't even right. The mirror showed everything way up too close.

Passenger hinge check latch started making real loud noise and was harder to close, felt it was gonna break.

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Sprayed it on all check latches on three jeeps and the door is much easier to open and close, yay.
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Old Aug 31, 2014 | 07:37 AM
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Sold the xj to a local guy and next couple of days, he told me he put on a RE 4.5 lift.
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Old Aug 31, 2014 | 10:08 AM
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Nice thread, good job keeping another XJ on the road!
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Old Aug 31, 2014 | 10:47 AM
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Originally Posted by sikkev
Nice thread, good job keeping another XJ on the road!
thats what I do. I'm currently looking for another xj (5speed) to restore/ fix up.
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Old Aug 31, 2014 | 01:10 PM
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Take a look over at my build, don't have any qualms with parting with it. For right now though it is my baby lol.
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Old Aug 31, 2014 | 01:36 PM
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Originally Posted by FFdino
Take a look over at my build, don't have any qualms with parting with it. For right now though it is my baby lol.
got a link to the build?
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Old Jan 13, 2015 | 07:13 PM
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Went and met up with the buyer of the jeep today and he did a good job building it...




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Old Jan 13, 2015 | 07:37 PM
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Originally Posted by XJwonders
Went and met up with the buyer of the jeep today and he did a good job building it...
ummmmmmmmm what is that
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Old Jan 13, 2015 | 07:49 PM
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Originally Posted by FreddyD'Apice
ummmmmmmmm what is that
what is what?
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