Tommy4949
NAXJA Forum User
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- Ogdensburg, NY 13669
Sorry for the long story...
OK. My battery crapped out on me yesterday during my break from work. It wouldn't hold a charge at all. I replaced the battery with a 1000 CA battery and it started up fine. I ran it for a while, then went to the gas station as I was almost empty.
When I tried to start it at the pump, it started to turn over and then just made a wierd noise. I tried again. It would just click once and nothing else.
I have been having to beat on the starter ever so often for a few months to get it to start, so I assumed the starter finally quit on me. What luck, the battery and then the starter within a couple hours.
I got it towed home and swapped out the starter with my used spare from my 88 XJ. It worked fine in my 88 when I parked it, but that was 2 1/2 years ago.
When I tried to start it, it sounded worse than the old one did, like it was sparking. I had someone else try it while I layed under and watched for the sparks or anything abnormal. Thick smoke started rising from the top of the starter near where it attaches to the bellhousing. The starter wasn't even making any noise like it was trying to turn.
Now after the story come the questions.
1) Could the higher amp battery be causing a less than perfect ground to become evident?
2) Do I just need a new starter?
3) Is there anything else that could be causing this problem?
I just hate to go buy a $90 starter just to burn it up and be out that $90. I would really like to get this figured out ASAP. I just got my Jeep back on the road after being out of commission for 3 weeks while I was working on the front axle.
TIA
OK. My battery crapped out on me yesterday during my break from work. It wouldn't hold a charge at all. I replaced the battery with a 1000 CA battery and it started up fine. I ran it for a while, then went to the gas station as I was almost empty.
When I tried to start it at the pump, it started to turn over and then just made a wierd noise. I tried again. It would just click once and nothing else.
I have been having to beat on the starter ever so often for a few months to get it to start, so I assumed the starter finally quit on me. What luck, the battery and then the starter within a couple hours.
I got it towed home and swapped out the starter with my used spare from my 88 XJ. It worked fine in my 88 when I parked it, but that was 2 1/2 years ago.
When I tried to start it, it sounded worse than the old one did, like it was sparking. I had someone else try it while I layed under and watched for the sparks or anything abnormal. Thick smoke started rising from the top of the starter near where it attaches to the bellhousing. The starter wasn't even making any noise like it was trying to turn.
Now after the story come the questions.
1) Could the higher amp battery be causing a less than perfect ground to become evident?
2) Do I just need a new starter?
3) Is there anything else that could be causing this problem?
I just hate to go buy a $90 starter just to burn it up and be out that $90. I would really like to get this figured out ASAP. I just got my Jeep back on the road after being out of commission for 3 weeks while I was working on the front axle.
TIA