No crank is making me cranky

Hi gang. Working in my 97xj rebuild project. Has aw4, AC, 4wd, etc. During my rebuild I was no longer able to get the starter to crank. Thinking bad battery I hooked up a load tester and sure enough I had a bad cell. I happily went and picked up a new one, installed it and still no crank.

I started poking around and I thinly my relays are okay unless I have a bunch of bad ones. I have 12v at the relay/fuse box terminal under the hood. I don't seem to have any voltage across the coil terminals even when the key is put in start position.

As I see it, my options are:
1. Neutral position switch
2. Cps
3. Bad coil

Any other suggestions? Anything else I may be missing?


Thanks

Bad Starter or bad connections.

I'd check that first or it could the NPS.

Update ---


It turns out the problem is a finicky NPS. I wiggled the shifter around and now she starts up. Now I need to repair/replace the NPS without breaking it.:shiver:

here, check this shit out

http://bc4x4.com/tech/2010/jeep-neutral-safety-switch-nss/