Recent content by Lost_Wrench

UPDATE: 6 months late sorry. My intermittent starting/no start issues ended up being old rotten cable connection at the negative terminal. After load testing the battery (it was good) and cleaning the heck out of the posts and terminals I was still having problems so I trimmed the cable back...

Interesting I did not know that! Getting load tested this afternoon.

This morning I tested the battery with my multimeter before attempting to start it and it read 13.15v. I turned the key on and heard the FP prime but it wouldn't crank at all and I just heard one click. I turned the key off and tried again, this time I got nothing not even the FP primed this...

Ok I'm going to take this seriously and get it load tested tomorrow.

UPDATE and new symptom On my way home from work today I stopped to get my mail so I shut off the Jeep while I walked into the post office. When I got back into the Jeep and turned the key it cranked a few times normally and on the 3rd crank it did the "slow motion" crank and then very suddenly...

Interesting, I hadn't considered rebuilding one myself. Thanks for the writeup link. I'll see if I can track down a Bosch. There's a remmaned Bosch on RA but I would prefer a brand new version to start. *Unrelated to the starter topic but I want to post some pictures to the forums, I saw...

I wish I could remember. Ordered from Rockauto and I know it was new and not remanned. Since its a good possibility I'll be buying another one soon are there manufacturers I should avoid? Conversely, what names do you recommend?

Ok thanks, load testing and wiring inspection is up next. The first time it did this (made the slow crank noise) was maybe a few weeks after I installed the new starter. It would then go weeks or maybe a month before I would hear it again. Now it happens about once out of every 5 startups and...

96 XJ 175k. I replaced my starter about a year ago and it has been driven approximately 8k miles since then but there is a weird sound that the starter makes that has become increasingly more common. When starting it cranks very normally but mid crank it will often "slow down" or "bog down"...

Ok thanks that will be my next step. I still need to diagnose this otherwise in 5k miles I'll have the same issues once the newly rotated tires wear down.

UPDATE: Just got around to addressing this front end shake/wobble issue. I rotated the tires (235's) which only have 6k on them and are only about a year old so this is their first rotation. I checked the psi of the front tires and one was 35 psi and the other was 42psi. Not sure if that...

The last 6 months or so I've developed a slight shake at 55-60mph, Inner Tire Wear on both front tires, and jeep is starting to pull pretty hard to the right. Pulling hard enough that I can't take hands off the steering wheel now and realized I need to address this asap. First I'm going to...

Thanks for this write-up and well done! I tried to replace mine last year as it has a slow leak which of course drips right down onto the starter. Just curiousity but does anyone know how bad that is for the starter? I mean I know it's not good, but does it significantly shorten the life span...

The only time I've experienced a high idle like that was when I had a major vacuum leak from the power brake booster. This was a long time ago but if I remember correctly I was not able to detect it by spraying starter fluid around in the engine bay and I remember it took me a long time to...

UPDATE: I finally got around to fixing my leaking fuel tank and once I dropped the tank it was very clear why it would leak from the top. The old vent seals were toast and the Previous owner had just globbed a bunch of RTV all around the two tank vent valves instead of fixing correctly. He used...