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last night, in the middle of a shift at my second job (pizza delivery), i go to crank my jeep, the starter starts to turn, and then everything dies. this has happened once since i cleaned and changed the terminals to my battery, so i remove the (not as clean as i'd like) negative wire ends that seemed to be related to the problem, and crank the terminal down again (i do this several times, breaking the terminal wire holddown in the process-wires are mow just connected to the holes where the clamp used to be)-anyway, long story short, every time i give the negative wire giong down to the starter area a yank, power comes back, but every time i try to start it, the starter starts to turn and then all power dies again.
tried pulling the block fuse while the wires were connected but it was "dead", and the key buzz came on.
this all leads me to believe that i have an intermittent engine ground issue, one that i can get back in line by pulling things about, but as soon as the starter wiggles that engine, it dies again.
what do you guys think?
corroded/bad engine-to firewall strap? (was doing a search and this was mentioned-under the #5 plug?)
any suggestions might be helpful. if it is just a bit corroded, i figure i can yank and clean and perhaps oxgard it (another question-who carried oxgard regularly? i can't remember where i got it last time, and that tube is not around anymore) and fix the problem before i have to drive this afternoon.
quiick help would REALLY be appreciated here. thanks in advance.
tried pulling the block fuse while the wires were connected but it was "dead", and the key buzz came on.
this all leads me to believe that i have an intermittent engine ground issue, one that i can get back in line by pulling things about, but as soon as the starter wiggles that engine, it dies again.
what do you guys think?
corroded/bad engine-to firewall strap? (was doing a search and this was mentioned-under the #5 plug?)
any suggestions might be helpful. if it is just a bit corroded, i figure i can yank and clean and perhaps oxgard it (another question-who carried oxgard regularly? i can't remember where i got it last time, and that tube is not around anymore) and fix the problem before i have to drive this afternoon.
quiick help would REALLY be appreciated here. thanks in advance.