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I have a 97 Cherokee sport 4L with a strange electrical problem. My Volt-Meter reads normal 14V when I start the engine but jumps to 19V after 12 secs; it does not fluctuate, stays at 19V. However everything works fine (except for the check gauges on the dashboard turns on as soon as the volt...

I am currently putting my freshly painted Jeep back together. My goal is to install LED Lights through out the Jeep. When reinstalling lights, I noticed that my parking lights are staying on no matter where the headlight switch is located. Is there a chance that this is a Ground Wire problem...

I have not completely dug around the forum yet, but here is my issue: 99 Cherokee Sport 4.0 4WD Radio light was starting to fade in and out, getting some intermittent gage drop outs (I know the gage issue is the connection in the back of the gage panel which can be corrected by giving it a...

Okay So I've posted about this before but I have a new development. So about two weeks ago my jeep wouldn't start and I had it towed to firestone and they said it was the starter and it was replaced. However my jeep would start after it sat, but if I drove it a short distance and tried to...

At the base of the dipstick, there are three wires grounded to the block. Anybody know what three things these wires are grounding and how to tell which is which? One of them is in bad shape and I want to figure out if it's important haha

Both wires coming off my starter are positive correct? Since the body of the starter motor is grounded to the crank case right? I've now have 3 cables going to my positive terminal. 2 from the the solenoid and one from the fuse housing. Now what all needs to be grounded? I know the negative side...

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Hey all, I have been trying to fix a lighting problem with no luck for a while now. While I have been working on this a question popped into my head that I thought I'd throw out there... How many ground points are there within a Cherokee's electrical system (Chassis and otherwise)? Haynes...

Hey everybody, So I have searched and searched and...well you get my point... My '88 Xj is having an electrical hiccup that I hope someone has run in to before. I'm sure it's simple, but I've exhausted my knowledge of this and I can't seem to find anything on JF that is the same issue as...

I've been diagnosing why my Jeep isn't starting and I stumbled upon a dangling ground strap coming down to where the crank sensor is. Where would this strap run to or from? It's on the drivers side of the engine, close to the firewall. Dave aka Ghan