Karmageddon

Last night my G/F got out of work and went to start the Jeep to come home and it wouldn't start. Had power to everything including headlights. It would do absolutely nothing when the key was turned to start position. I took a look at it thinking it was connection at battery but they were all good. I tried crossing the starter with a screwdriver but couldn't get good access to it. (testing to make sure starter still worked) Ended up towing it home last night figuring it was starter solenoid. Bought new starter for it and was getting ready to install it and needed to move the jeep to better spot and turned key all the way to start and it turned over. So I started it up and moved it around shut it off and restarted a number of times.
My question is what would cause this to happen? Any info would be greatly appreciated.

juvius

the starter may be on it's way out. got stuck and finally came loose. too bad you didn't have a chance to see if it was getting the 12v while the key was turned while it still wasnt turning over..

Karmageddon

Just had an interesting thought... Possibly the NSS giving and issue?

94zjdriver

when my starter was going out it would start fine for a couple of days then leave me somewhere with no tools... took it off and napa said it was ok so spent the day chasing wires finally just decided to replace the starter any way and no start problems since... Word to the wise.. LOL

celicoupe

Sounds like dirty battery posts to me, especially if your lights dim significantly when you try to crank it.