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02-12-2013 | 04:02 PM

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jj1562

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From: long island

Year: 1996

Model: Cherokee

Engine: 4.0

Ok cool thx, thanks to all for the help and input

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02-13-2013 | 12:24 AM

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From: long island

Year: 1996

Model: Cherokee

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Ok so like I said earlier, I put a voltmeter on it and then my friend put his snap on meter on and did a battery check/voltage check and everything checked out, I did some poking around and hopefully found the problem, I leaning towards the body ground from the battery, it seems to be breaking at the connector, it has a shrink wrap around it but was able to see some of the broken cable, will replace that in the am, will post the results

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02-13-2013 | 12:35 AM

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From: long island

Year: 1996

Model: Cherokee

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Originally Posted by Nakedginger

Id also take a volt - ohm meter to your battery terminals and check to see if the voltage read there matches what the gauge in the cluster says. Mine as of right now still jumps down to 10-11 volts when I have my KC's on, head lights, and AC on. If you get a reading from the volt - ohm meter at the battery though it reads 14.2 volts. This is with a new alternator in there as well. So something is wrong with my gauge or gauge wiring. Just a thought to try before spending too much time looking other places.

Hell yeah! I bought the jeep for $2500, 2 days later had to do the torque converter so yeah, I'll do the cheapest stuff first lol and sometime ya need to sit back and look at the obvious, thx for the help/tips

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02-13-2013 | 01:01 AM

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Year: 1990

Model: Cherokee

Engine: Inline Six

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Originally Posted by jj1562

haha, no problem. We all have a love for our XJ's and are more then willing to help others when needed. I bought my two door for $2000. I talked the guy down $1000 since he had to sell it by a certain date. Your right about the sitting back and taking it all in. Its easy to get consumed by all the details of the problem at hand. Again, Ill let you know if any of those "solutions" work for me. The good news is that you have more volts then you thought!

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