Thank you.dodgerammit wrote:Not exactly the same, but could be possibly made to work.
Oljeep has the wire colors as different. May not be a big deal, but you'd have to watch what goes where to make dang sure nothing got crossed or left out.
The big iffy part is the firewall connection and if terminal locations changed between the years.
There is some cut and exposed wires going to the alternator. My Jeep suddenly won’t start. I replaced the solenoid, the starter, new battery cables, new battery terminals. Still won’t start. I tried starting it in neutral and nothing. The power windows, lights etc still work though.tgreese wrote:OP - What do you have now? What do you need?
I didn’t cut any wires or add anything. It’s only cut to the alternator. I just fixed them. The Jeep is not cranking at all.tgreese wrote:Did you cut the wires? Did you change anything? From you pictures, the wiring looks in excellent condition to me. IMO you are wasting your time and effort to change parts that may or may not be the same, when you have not diagnosed the problem.
When you say won't start, do you mean it won't crank or it cranks and doesn't start? The TSM has flow charts for diagnosing this problem.
I charged my battery overnight and tried jumping from the positive side of the battery to the starter and nothing. I’ve had the starter tested and came up good. The batter has 12.6 volts. So far, I’ve changed out all my battery cables, new solenoid, new starter, new ignition switch. I cleaned up exposed wires and replaced the alternator pig tail. I have a new neutral safety switch that I haven’t installed yet. I haven’t replaced the key lock cylinder yet. I get a feeling it’s something simple, but have yet to figure it out.tgreese wrote:Do you have a multimeter or a test light? Could be coincidental. I would measure that the small "S" terminal on the top of the solenoid is getting power when you turn the key to start. If it is, you can jump between the battery and big starter terminal on the solenoid with a jumper cable and see if it cranks. If not, I would put the battery on an overnight charge, and try it again.
I just installed a new battery and no luck.letank wrote:a small booster pack works wonder, the little ones no bigger than 2 packs of cigarettes. I used mine on neighbour's Mercedes, same case, battery read 12.6v, but upon trying to crank , battery dropped to oblivion and the solenoid never clicked.
Otherwise jumper cables from a good battery.
I don’t have a grounding wire on the solenoid. I will add one tomorrow and see how that works out. Thank you.letank wrote:do you have a ground wire at the underside of the solenoid? it should be facing down.
you can crank directly, battery plus to S pole on the solenoid -ignition on, the engine should start- I use this for years when the ignition switch was finicky
Here is the 85, it is mounted stock which is reverse than yours, view from battery, and the light blue is the cranking signal, the red and white power the coil directly, there is some embossing on the solenoid with I and S