I recently bought my first Jeep (08' JKU), and am
having an issue. For the most part it's in pretty good shape. It's a project that I'm already 3K into about a 12K list of things to be added or replaced. And I thought Harley's were expensive!!
Anyways, first of all, it's definitely NOT the starter, battery, or terminals. I can drive it every day for two or three weeks with no issue. Then out of the blue, I'll turn the key to start it and when it hits the first position, I have power, but when I go ahead and continue turning to start, everything goes dead. No noise, no click, nothing. Most of the time I can pop the hood, and use the back of my pocketknife, wrench, coke can, lighter, etc and tap the negative or sometimes positive terminal, and power is restored allowing me to start it, no problem. A few times I have had to repeat this process 5 or 6 times before it worked.
I've tried disconnecting the battery and even though the terminals were clean, I cleaned them and hooked it back up. Putting it in neutral didn't work. This used to only happen once or twice in a blue moon but it has been an every day occurrence here the past week. Sometimes once or twice a day, others it's every time I go to start it.
If anyone might could share their two cents worth on this, I would greatly appreciate it!
having an issue. For the most part it's in pretty good shape. It's a project that I'm already 3K into about a 12K list of things to be added or replaced. And I thought Harley's were expensive!!
Anyways, first of all, it's definitely NOT the starter, battery, or terminals. I can drive it every day for two or three weeks with no issue. Then out of the blue, I'll turn the key to start it and when it hits the first position, I have power, but when I go ahead and continue turning to start, everything goes dead. No noise, no click, nothing. Most of the time I can pop the hood, and use the back of my pocketknife, wrench, coke can, lighter, etc and tap the negative or sometimes positive terminal, and power is restored allowing me to start it, no problem. A few times I have had to repeat this process 5 or 6 times before it worked.
I've tried disconnecting the battery and even though the terminals were clean, I cleaned them and hooked it back up. Putting it in neutral didn't work. This used to only happen once or twice in a blue moon but it has been an every day occurrence here the past week. Sometimes once or twice a day, others it's every time I go to start it.
If anyone might could share their two cents worth on this, I would greatly appreciate it!