I am still in the process of troubleshooting, but it's looking like my starter motor is going out. Car was running fine then over the course of 3 days it had a harder and harder time starting. Finally it just quit trying.
Now, when I turn key to ON everything lights up. I turn to ignition and I hear a loud clunk and nothing else. Battery is fully charged and only about 6 months old, I've cleaned terminals and battery nodes twice, new sparkplugs, distributor and cap/wires. Car was firing up on first try for weeks, then in the course of 3 days goes south on me.
Dealer wants like $300 for a new starter motor (or 190 for reman), so I'm looking to pick up off RockAuto.
http://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/jeep,1999,cherokee,4.0l+l6,1431776,electrical,starter+motor,4152
Any recommendations on brand? Based on my research, a reman'ed ACDelco or Remy are the way to go.
The Remy unit shows a starter power of 1.6kW and the ACDelco unit shows 1.2kW but my FSM says my 4.0 should be 1.4kW - is this because they are different drive methods (direct vs gear-driven)? The Remy is a good $50 cheaper so I'm planning to go with the Remy unless I am missing something.
Any input on which to go for? Should I bite the bullet and get a Mopar unit?
Thanks!
Now, when I turn key to ON everything lights up. I turn to ignition and I hear a loud clunk and nothing else. Battery is fully charged and only about 6 months old, I've cleaned terminals and battery nodes twice, new sparkplugs, distributor and cap/wires. Car was firing up on first try for weeks, then in the course of 3 days goes south on me.
Dealer wants like $300 for a new starter motor (or 190 for reman), so I'm looking to pick up off RockAuto.
http://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/jeep,1999,cherokee,4.0l+l6,1431776,electrical,starter+motor,4152
Any recommendations on brand? Based on my research, a reman'ed ACDelco or Remy are the way to go.
The Remy unit shows a starter power of 1.6kW and the ACDelco unit shows 1.2kW but my FSM says my 4.0 should be 1.4kW - is this because they are different drive methods (direct vs gear-driven)? The Remy is a good $50 cheaper so I'm planning to go with the Remy unless I am missing something.
Any input on which to go for? Should I bite the bullet and get a Mopar unit?
Thanks!
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