FearTheFearless

I've got a 1996 Grand Cherokee 5.2L

What it does:

Sometimes it will start, no problem, warm up to running temperature and let me drive it all day with no issues what so ever.

Sometimes it will start, no problem, warm up to running temperature and stall.
(Often times if I wait about 10 minutes it will start up again and let me drive it all day no issues, other times it will not start back up *Thanks AAA!*)

Sometimes it will not start. At all. For any reason. (Including with the Cold air intake off, or even with starting fluid)

I've come to my wits end with this vehicle as I have been chasing electrical gremlins for several months at this point (The better part of a year)

Things I know I have replaced in relation to this issue; Free flow magnaflow cat, crank shaft position sensor, throttle position sensor, manifold absolute pressure sensor, mass airflow sensor, coolant temperature sensor, (I think I've replaced a temperature sensor) replaced the optima yellow top with a proper cold cranking dry cell...

I don't know what to do, I even took it to the "Jeep specialist" here in Colorado by the name of All American 4-wheel drive, and they seemed disinterested in my explanation of the work that I had done to solve the problem, and came up with the battery solution, worked for a while, but eventually stopped working. They said it wasn't holding enough charge with the OPTIMA YELLOWTOP.. The most expensive automotive battery known to man, so idk what that's all about, I do have a massive current draw from a stereo system, but nothing crazy, and I do have a brand new alternator.

Someone help!!! I want my baby back! I've been driving it for almost 80,000 miles, I'm the third owner, and I've had it for about six years.

Bustedback

It sounds like the cam sensor, aka the pick up coil, is going bad. It is located under the distributor cap and just pops out of there.