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My 4.0 1989 xj was turning over and stopped.

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Old 12-08-2017, 01:25 PM
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I was moving my jeep to work on it, it stalled and as it cranked it, it just stopped turning over. It won't turn over in neutral either. Any suggestions?
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I've experienced that in many different ways. Could be a bunch of things. What are you hearing and seeing? Battery's good?
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I can jump it at the starter and it turns over, but it slows down pretty quick and won't start. Might be the solenoid
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I'm a noob. You're probably not... Have you checked terminals, main grounds, battery cables, the relay?
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I didn't know there was a relay. Where is it? The solenoid isn't making noise, so it's either bad or not getting power
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It's a foot or so behind the battery heading towards the rear of the vehicle. There are 4 smaller black relay boxes close to it.

This is it: http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/attac...1&d=1408323220

I've just wiggled stuff before on my batt terminal and it would start right back up. Could be some corrosion and bad connections too. I have a secondary pos. connection wire off my main pos. bat terminal running to it, and it was barely loose and caused what you're experiencing. Check out the info by cruiser54. It's a must do. If you haven't already, you should add a ground from battery as well.
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I checked the elaectricals pretty thoroughly for a bad connection.
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The diagram really helps though. I can't find my book.
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I can find mine but don't speak that language. Hope you get it solved quickly.
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Thank you
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