Bert is in my driveway...won't start...

[Johnny O]

Dang kids never listen. I told them Bert (2007 KJ 3.7L) was old and tired and deserved to be taken care of and only used around town.

Instead of having me troubleshoot a starting issue, they just threw a new starter in on their own. Good for them...

Then they drove it down to Lincoln, NE an hour a way and lo and behold, Bert wouldn't start.

So the venerable beast got towed to my place and now I gotta troubleshoot.
Has power, but nada action on the starter. Not even a click. Fairly certain what the issue is.(Will follow up on future posts.)

So I'll be posting the process on here as I used to do.
I'm sure I'll have questions and hopefully provide some answers for others.

Fin fun fun. Wrenching on the Original Sciencemobile!

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[Johnny O]

Hmmm.
Electrical is good. Suspect is wrong starter or is improperly torqued. Tough to troubleshoot when you don't know what all happened.

 

[seafish]

Suspect is wrong starter

Or simply "bad" out of the box if it was bought as a reman from a "name your favorite" discount auto parts store.

Did the kiddos save the reciept??

 

[Hec In Omaha]

Just a thought. Try starting it with the gear selector in Neutral. If it starts then there may be a safety switch at the shifter that needs adjustment. The key should only crank over the starter if the shifter is in Park or Neutral. Worth a try.

Hec

 

[Jeremy-WI]

Might be as simple as the solenoid wire isn't connected anymore. I got a bargain on a starter from rockauto that was a Delco reman that they discontinued, got it for $60 after core return and somehow they are still selling the same one for $30 more plus the same core charge

 

[jeepop]

Check for a voltage drop coming off the battery connectors. You might need to cut out some wire and out in a new connector.

 

[Johnny O]

Just a thought. Try starting it with the gear selector in Neutral. If it starts then there may be a safety switch at the shifter that needs adjustment. The key should only crank over the starter if the shifter is in Park or Neutral. Worth a try.

Hec

Yeah, no love there.

 

[Johnny O]

Check for a voltage drop coming off the battery connectors. You might need to cut out some wire and out in a new connector.

All rings out good.

 

[Johnny O]

Might be as simple as the solenoid wire isn't connected anymore. I got a bargain on a starter from rockauto that was a Delco reman that they discontinued, got it for $60 after core return and somehow they are still selling the same one for $30 more plus the same core charge

Truth, but thus far all rings out good.

 

[lfhoward]

Check for a broken ignition cylinder pin.

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[Johnny O]

Check for a broken ignition cylinder pin.

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I think they seized up the engine. More to follow.

 

[KJowner]

That's going to be expensive:-(