Re: '96 GC won't start...out of ideas
 

The automatic's switch is a $400.00 freaking part.

The switch can be adjusted and rebuilt usually, but then if he wiggled
the gear shift just out of the exact stop area, it would start.

here is a link on messing with one kind:
http://www.dirtdevils.org/XJNutralSwitch.htm

Mike
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The Reverend Natural Light wrote:
> My vote goes for the neutral safety switch. Pushing the Jeep couldn't
> have possibly done anything, but moving the shifter out of park might
> have caused the switch to function temporarily. I don't know what Lee
> Ayrton is smoking - it's a $15 part at Autozone.
>
> Of course, it could be something different so do some diagnostic work
> before throwing parts at it.
>
>
> -rev
>
>
>
>
> On May 31, 3:49 pm, maleemi <male...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Last week my '96 Grand Laredo 6 cyl. wouldn't start. When i turned the
>> key nothing happened. no starter motor...no chatter of the selinoid, no
>> noise at all except a whrrrr in the back that I assumed was the fuel
>> pump. The battery was charged, the head lights, stereo, etc worked fine
>> but the starter wouldn't even attempt to turn over. After a bit of head
>> scratching and for the heck of it I put the jeep in neutral, pushed it
>> forward a few feet and turned the key. Vroom...it started right up. I've
>> been driving for the last week and everything was fine. Problem
>> solved.....right?
>>
>> Wrong. Today I had the same problem again. The battery is charged but
>> the starter won't even attempt to turn over. I did the thing where I put
>> it in neutral and pushed it forward again but this time.....nothing. I
>> hooked up jumper cables to another running car without any luck. So now
>> I'm stuck.
>>
>> Does anyone have any suggestions of what may be the problem and how I
>> can get the beloved jeep back on the road?
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Marcel
>
>

Re: '96 GC won't start...out of ideas
 

On Jun 1, 5:13 pm, Mike Romain <roma...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> The automatic's switch is a $400.00 freaking part.
>
> The switch can be adjusted and rebuilt usually, but then if he wiggled
> the gear shift just out of the exact stop area, it would start.
>
> here is a link on messing with one kind:http://www.dirtdevils.org/XJNutralSwitch.htm
>

I checked Autozone.com, entered "96 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4x4 6cyl auto"
and clicked the Neutral Safety Switch in the electrical section. $15
in stock at my local store.

Is there another neutral safety switch? If there is and it's $400,
I'd bypass it and put in a toggle for the reverse lights.


-rev

Re: '96 GC won't start...out of ideas
 

On Jun 1, 5:13 pm, Mike Romain <roma...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> The automatic's switch is a $400.00 freaking part.
>
> The switch can be adjusted and rebuilt usually, but then if he wiggled
> the gear shift just out of the exact stop area, it would start.
>
> here is a link on messing with one kind:http://www.dirtdevils.org/XJNutralSwitch.htm
>

I checked Autozone.com, entered "96 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4x4 6cyl auto"
and clicked the Neutral Safety Switch in the electrical section. $15
in stock at my local store.

Is there another neutral safety switch? If there is and it's $400,
I'd bypass it and put in a toggle for the reverse lights.


-rev

Re: '96 GC won't start...out of ideas
 

On Jun 1, 5:13 pm, Mike Romain <roma...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> The automatic's switch is a $400.00 freaking part.
>
> The switch can be adjusted and rebuilt usually, but then if he wiggled
> the gear shift just out of the exact stop area, it would start.
>
> here is a link on messing with one kind:http://www.dirtdevils.org/XJNutralSwitch.htm
>

I checked Autozone.com, entered "96 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4x4 6cyl auto"
and clicked the Neutral Safety Switch in the electrical section. $15
in stock at my local store.

Is there another neutral safety switch? If there is and it's $400,
I'd bypass it and put in a toggle for the reverse lights.


-rev

Re: '96 GC won't start...out of ideas
 

On Jun 1, 5:13 pm, Mike Romain <roma...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> The automatic's switch is a $400.00 freaking part.
>
> The switch can be adjusted and rebuilt usually, but then if he wiggled
> the gear shift just out of the exact stop area, it would start.
>
> here is a link on messing with one kind:http://www.dirtdevils.org/XJNutralSwitch.htm
>

I checked Autozone.com, entered "96 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4x4 6cyl auto"
and clicked the Neutral Safety Switch in the electrical section. $15
in stock at my local store.

Is there another neutral safety switch? If there is and it's $400,
I'd bypass it and put in a toggle for the reverse lights.


-rev

Re: '96 GC won't start...out of ideas
 

The Reverend Natural Light wrote:
> On Jun 1, 5:13 pm, Mike Romain <roma...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>> The automatic's switch is a $400.00 freaking part.
>>
>> The switch can be adjusted and rebuilt usually, but then if he wiggled
>> the gear shift just out of the exact stop area, it would start.
>>
>> here is a link on messing with one kind:http://www.dirtdevils.org/XJNutralSwitch.htm
>>
>
> I checked Autozone.com, entered "96 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4x4 6cyl auto"
> and clicked the Neutral Safety Switch in the electrical section. $15
> in stock at my local store.
>
> Is there another neutral safety switch? If there is and it's $400,
> I'd bypass it and put in a toggle for the reverse lights.
>
>
> -rev
>
>

On the older ones it was integrated with the gear shift selector on the
tranny. This was an expensive part.

Good to see someone had some brains and changed it, unusual when they
can sucker folks for 400, but hey.

Mike

Re: '96 GC won't start...out of ideas
 

The Reverend Natural Light wrote:
> On Jun 1, 5:13 pm, Mike Romain <roma...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>> The automatic's switch is a $400.00 freaking part.
>>
>> The switch can be adjusted and rebuilt usually, but then if he wiggled
>> the gear shift just out of the exact stop area, it would start.
>>
>> here is a link on messing with one kind:http://www.dirtdevils.org/XJNutralSwitch.htm
>>
>
> I checked Autozone.com, entered "96 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4x4 6cyl auto"
> and clicked the Neutral Safety Switch in the electrical section. $15
> in stock at my local store.
>
> Is there another neutral safety switch? If there is and it's $400,
> I'd bypass it and put in a toggle for the reverse lights.
>
>
> -rev
>
>

On the older ones it was integrated with the gear shift selector on the
tranny. This was an expensive part.

Good to see someone had some brains and changed it, unusual when they
can sucker folks for 400, but hey.

Mike

Re: '96 GC won't start...out of ideas
 

The Reverend Natural Light wrote:
> On Jun 1, 5:13 pm, Mike Romain <roma...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>> The automatic's switch is a $400.00 freaking part.
>>
>> The switch can be adjusted and rebuilt usually, but then if he wiggled
>> the gear shift just out of the exact stop area, it would start.
>>
>> here is a link on messing with one kind:http://www.dirtdevils.org/XJNutralSwitch.htm
>>
>
> I checked Autozone.com, entered "96 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4x4 6cyl auto"
> and clicked the Neutral Safety Switch in the electrical section. $15
> in stock at my local store.
>
> Is there another neutral safety switch? If there is and it's $400,
> I'd bypass it and put in a toggle for the reverse lights.
>
>
> -rev
>
>

On the older ones it was integrated with the gear shift selector on the
tranny. This was an expensive part.

Good to see someone had some brains and changed it, unusual when they
can sucker folks for 400, but hey.

Mike

Re: '96 GC won't start...out of ideas
 

The Reverend Natural Light wrote:
> On Jun 1, 5:13 pm, Mike Romain <roma...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>> The automatic's switch is a $400.00 freaking part.
>>
>> The switch can be adjusted and rebuilt usually, but then if he wiggled
>> the gear shift just out of the exact stop area, it would start.
>>
>> here is a link on messing with one kind:http://www.dirtdevils.org/XJNutralSwitch.htm
>>
>
> I checked Autozone.com, entered "96 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4x4 6cyl auto"
> and clicked the Neutral Safety Switch in the electrical section. $15
> in stock at my local store.
>
> Is there another neutral safety switch? If there is and it's $400,
> I'd bypass it and put in a toggle for the reverse lights.
>
>
> -rev
>
>

On the older ones it was integrated with the gear shift selector on the
tranny. This was an expensive part.

Good to see someone had some brains and changed it, unusual when they
can sucker folks for 400, but hey.

Mike

Re: '96 GC won't start...out of ideas
 

check the groundas at the bolts were the coil bolts to the block

maleemi wrote:

> Last week my '96 Grand Laredo 6 cyl. wouldn't start. When i turned the
> key nothing happened. no starter motor...no chatter of the selinoid, no
> noise at all except a whrrrr in the back that I assumed was the fuel
> pump. The battery was charged, the head lights, stereo, etc worked fine
> but the starter wouldn't even attempt to turn over. After a bit of head
> scratching and for the heck of it I put the jeep in neutral, pushed it
> forward a few feet and turned the key. Vroom...it started right up. I've
> been driving for the last week and everything was fine. Problem
> solved.....right?
>
> Wrong. Today I had the same problem again. The battery is charged but
> the starter won't even attempt to turn over. I did the thing where I put
> it in neutral and pushed it forward again but this time.....nothing. I
> hooked up jumper cables to another running car without any luck. So now
> I'm stuck.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions of what may be the problem and how I
> can get the beloved jeep back on the road?
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Marcel