cherokee starter dragging
12-30-2005, 06:36 PM
#2
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Re: cherokee starter dragging
Sounds like you may need some 'starter shims'. Check at the local auto parts
store. Also, pull your starter off and have it tested while you're at it.
It's not too bad in an XJ.
Carl
"whell" <whell@aol.com> wrote in message
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> My '96 cherokee sport, 4.0L 6. Starter "drags" when starting. It has a new
> battery, newly cleaned terminals, and a new starter. Can any one tell me
> what else might cause this problem? Thank you.
>
store. Also, pull your starter off and have it tested while you're at it.
It's not too bad in an XJ.
Carl
"whell" <whell@aol.com> wrote in message
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> My '96 cherokee sport, 4.0L 6. Starter "drags" when starting. It has a new
> battery, newly cleaned terminals, and a new starter. Can any one tell me
> what else might cause this problem? Thank you.
>
12-30-2005, 06:36 PM
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Re: cherokee starter dragging
Sounds like you may need some 'starter shims'. Check at the local auto parts
store. Also, pull your starter off and have it tested while you're at it.
It's not too bad in an XJ.
Carl
"whell" <whell@aol.com> wrote in message
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> My '96 cherokee sport, 4.0L 6. Starter "drags" when starting. It has a new
> battery, newly cleaned terminals, and a new starter. Can any one tell me
> what else might cause this problem? Thank you.
>
store. Also, pull your starter off and have it tested while you're at it.
It's not too bad in an XJ.
Carl
"whell" <whell@aol.com> wrote in message
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> My '96 cherokee sport, 4.0L 6. Starter "drags" when starting. It has a new
> battery, newly cleaned terminals, and a new starter. Can any one tell me
> what else might cause this problem? Thank you.
>
12-30-2005, 06:36 PM
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Re: cherokee starter dragging
Sounds like you may need some 'starter shims'. Check at the local auto parts
store. Also, pull your starter off and have it tested while you're at it.
It's not too bad in an XJ.
Carl
"whell" <whell@aol.com> wrote in message
news:4fe078ecbb455c4bfaecb5003952f1fa@localhost.ta lkaboutautos.com...
> My '96 cherokee sport, 4.0L 6. Starter "drags" when starting. It has a new
> battery, newly cleaned terminals, and a new starter. Can any one tell me
> what else might cause this problem? Thank you.
>
store. Also, pull your starter off and have it tested while you're at it.
It's not too bad in an XJ.
Carl
"whell" <whell@aol.com> wrote in message
news:4fe078ecbb455c4bfaecb5003952f1fa@localhost.ta lkaboutautos.com...
> My '96 cherokee sport, 4.0L 6. Starter "drags" when starting. It has a new
> battery, newly cleaned terminals, and a new starter. Can any one tell me
> what else might cause this problem? Thank you.
>
01-01-2006, 01:04 PM
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Re: cherokee starter dragging
whell proclaimed:
> My '96 cherokee sport, 4.0L 6. Starter "drags" when starting. It has a new
> battery, newly cleaned terminals, and a new starter. Can any one tell me
> what else might cause this problem? Thank you.
>
Define "drags". Does it turn too slowly? If so, get a cheap digital
voltmeter and put one terminal at the battery positive post and one at
the other end of that cable at the solenoid post. You should see no
more than 0.2 volts when cranking. Be sure to put the meter terminals
on the posts rather than on the cable connector, as it could be the
connectors. You really should never see anywhere near 2 tenths of a
volt even when cranking, I had reason to measure mine recently and it
was much more like 2 hundredths of a volt. Then measure from the case
of the starter to the negative post on your battery when cranking.
Again, two tenths of a volt is way too much. On your model I'd expect
more problems along the ground path than along the positive path.
> My '96 cherokee sport, 4.0L 6. Starter "drags" when starting. It has a new
> battery, newly cleaned terminals, and a new starter. Can any one tell me
> what else might cause this problem? Thank you.
>
Define "drags". Does it turn too slowly? If so, get a cheap digital
voltmeter and put one terminal at the battery positive post and one at
the other end of that cable at the solenoid post. You should see no
more than 0.2 volts when cranking. Be sure to put the meter terminals
on the posts rather than on the cable connector, as it could be the
connectors. You really should never see anywhere near 2 tenths of a
volt even when cranking, I had reason to measure mine recently and it
was much more like 2 hundredths of a volt. Then measure from the case
of the starter to the negative post on your battery when cranking.
Again, two tenths of a volt is way too much. On your model I'd expect
more problems along the ground path than along the positive path.
01-01-2006, 01:04 PM
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Re: cherokee starter dragging
whell proclaimed:
> My '96 cherokee sport, 4.0L 6. Starter "drags" when starting. It has a new
> battery, newly cleaned terminals, and a new starter. Can any one tell me
> what else might cause this problem? Thank you.
>
Define "drags". Does it turn too slowly? If so, get a cheap digital
voltmeter and put one terminal at the battery positive post and one at
the other end of that cable at the solenoid post. You should see no
more than 0.2 volts when cranking. Be sure to put the meter terminals
on the posts rather than on the cable connector, as it could be the
connectors. You really should never see anywhere near 2 tenths of a
volt even when cranking, I had reason to measure mine recently and it
was much more like 2 hundredths of a volt. Then measure from the case
of the starter to the negative post on your battery when cranking.
Again, two tenths of a volt is way too much. On your model I'd expect
more problems along the ground path than along the positive path.
> My '96 cherokee sport, 4.0L 6. Starter "drags" when starting. It has a new
> battery, newly cleaned terminals, and a new starter. Can any one tell me
> what else might cause this problem? Thank you.
>
Define "drags". Does it turn too slowly? If so, get a cheap digital
voltmeter and put one terminal at the battery positive post and one at
the other end of that cable at the solenoid post. You should see no
more than 0.2 volts when cranking. Be sure to put the meter terminals
on the posts rather than on the cable connector, as it could be the
connectors. You really should never see anywhere near 2 tenths of a
volt even when cranking, I had reason to measure mine recently and it
was much more like 2 hundredths of a volt. Then measure from the case
of the starter to the negative post on your battery when cranking.
Again, two tenths of a volt is way too much. On your model I'd expect
more problems along the ground path than along the positive path.
01-01-2006, 01:04 PM
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Re: cherokee starter dragging
whell proclaimed:
> My '96 cherokee sport, 4.0L 6. Starter "drags" when starting. It has a new
> battery, newly cleaned terminals, and a new starter. Can any one tell me
> what else might cause this problem? Thank you.
>
Define "drags". Does it turn too slowly? If so, get a cheap digital
voltmeter and put one terminal at the battery positive post and one at
the other end of that cable at the solenoid post. You should see no
more than 0.2 volts when cranking. Be sure to put the meter terminals
on the posts rather than on the cable connector, as it could be the
connectors. You really should never see anywhere near 2 tenths of a
volt even when cranking, I had reason to measure mine recently and it
was much more like 2 hundredths of a volt. Then measure from the case
of the starter to the negative post on your battery when cranking.
Again, two tenths of a volt is way too much. On your model I'd expect
more problems along the ground path than along the positive path.
> My '96 cherokee sport, 4.0L 6. Starter "drags" when starting. It has a new
> battery, newly cleaned terminals, and a new starter. Can any one tell me
> what else might cause this problem? Thank you.
>
Define "drags". Does it turn too slowly? If so, get a cheap digital
voltmeter and put one terminal at the battery positive post and one at
the other end of that cable at the solenoid post. You should see no
more than 0.2 volts when cranking. Be sure to put the meter terminals
on the posts rather than on the cable connector, as it could be the
connectors. You really should never see anywhere near 2 tenths of a
volt even when cranking, I had reason to measure mine recently and it
was much more like 2 hundredths of a volt. Then measure from the case
of the starter to the negative post on your battery when cranking.
Again, two tenths of a volt is way too much. On your model I'd expect
more problems along the ground path than along the positive path.
01-02-2006, 01:16 PM
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Re: cherokee starter dragging
Lon wrote:
> whell proclaimed:
>
>> My '96 cherokee sport, 4.0L 6. Starter "drags" when starting. It has a
>> new
>> battery, newly cleaned terminals, and a new starter. Can any one tell me
>> what else might cause this problem? Thank you.
>>
>
> Define "drags". Does it turn too slowly? If so, get a cheap digital
> voltmeter and put one terminal at the battery positive post and one at
> the other end of that cable at the solenoid post. You should see no
> more than 0.2 volts when cranking. Be sure to put the meter terminals
> on the posts rather than on the cable connector, as it could be the
> connectors. You really should never see anywhere near 2 tenths of a
> volt even when cranking, I had reason to measure mine recently and it
> was much more like 2 hundredths of a volt. Then measure from the case
> of the starter to the negative post on your battery when cranking.
> Again, two tenths of a volt is way too much. On your model I'd expect
> more problems along the ground path than along the positive path.
I'm stumped, Lon. What are you measuring with this test? Is it that
resistance in the connections allows voltage leakage through the meter
(as an alternate, lower resistance path)?
> whell proclaimed:
>
>> My '96 cherokee sport, 4.0L 6. Starter "drags" when starting. It has a
>> new
>> battery, newly cleaned terminals, and a new starter. Can any one tell me
>> what else might cause this problem? Thank you.
>>
>
> Define "drags". Does it turn too slowly? If so, get a cheap digital
> voltmeter and put one terminal at the battery positive post and one at
> the other end of that cable at the solenoid post. You should see no
> more than 0.2 volts when cranking. Be sure to put the meter terminals
> on the posts rather than on the cable connector, as it could be the
> connectors. You really should never see anywhere near 2 tenths of a
> volt even when cranking, I had reason to measure mine recently and it
> was much more like 2 hundredths of a volt. Then measure from the case
> of the starter to the negative post on your battery when cranking.
> Again, two tenths of a volt is way too much. On your model I'd expect
> more problems along the ground path than along the positive path.
I'm stumped, Lon. What are you measuring with this test? Is it that
resistance in the connections allows voltage leakage through the meter
(as an alternate, lower resistance path)?
01-02-2006, 01:16 PM
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Re: cherokee starter dragging
Lon wrote:
> whell proclaimed:
>
>> My '96 cherokee sport, 4.0L 6. Starter "drags" when starting. It has a
>> new
>> battery, newly cleaned terminals, and a new starter. Can any one tell me
>> what else might cause this problem? Thank you.
>>
>
> Define "drags". Does it turn too slowly? If so, get a cheap digital
> voltmeter and put one terminal at the battery positive post and one at
> the other end of that cable at the solenoid post. You should see no
> more than 0.2 volts when cranking. Be sure to put the meter terminals
> on the posts rather than on the cable connector, as it could be the
> connectors. You really should never see anywhere near 2 tenths of a
> volt even when cranking, I had reason to measure mine recently and it
> was much more like 2 hundredths of a volt. Then measure from the case
> of the starter to the negative post on your battery when cranking.
> Again, two tenths of a volt is way too much. On your model I'd expect
> more problems along the ground path than along the positive path.
I'm stumped, Lon. What are you measuring with this test? Is it that
resistance in the connections allows voltage leakage through the meter
(as an alternate, lower resistance path)?
> whell proclaimed:
>
>> My '96 cherokee sport, 4.0L 6. Starter "drags" when starting. It has a
>> new
>> battery, newly cleaned terminals, and a new starter. Can any one tell me
>> what else might cause this problem? Thank you.
>>
>
> Define "drags". Does it turn too slowly? If so, get a cheap digital
> voltmeter and put one terminal at the battery positive post and one at
> the other end of that cable at the solenoid post. You should see no
> more than 0.2 volts when cranking. Be sure to put the meter terminals
> on the posts rather than on the cable connector, as it could be the
> connectors. You really should never see anywhere near 2 tenths of a
> volt even when cranking, I had reason to measure mine recently and it
> was much more like 2 hundredths of a volt. Then measure from the case
> of the starter to the negative post on your battery when cranking.
> Again, two tenths of a volt is way too much. On your model I'd expect
> more problems along the ground path than along the positive path.
I'm stumped, Lon. What are you measuring with this test? Is it that
resistance in the connections allows voltage leakage through the meter
(as an alternate, lower resistance path)?
01-02-2006, 01:16 PM
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Re: cherokee starter dragging
Lon wrote:
> whell proclaimed:
>
>> My '96 cherokee sport, 4.0L 6. Starter "drags" when starting. It has a
>> new
>> battery, newly cleaned terminals, and a new starter. Can any one tell me
>> what else might cause this problem? Thank you.
>>
>
> Define "drags". Does it turn too slowly? If so, get a cheap digital
> voltmeter and put one terminal at the battery positive post and one at
> the other end of that cable at the solenoid post. You should see no
> more than 0.2 volts when cranking. Be sure to put the meter terminals
> on the posts rather than on the cable connector, as it could be the
> connectors. You really should never see anywhere near 2 tenths of a
> volt even when cranking, I had reason to measure mine recently and it
> was much more like 2 hundredths of a volt. Then measure from the case
> of the starter to the negative post on your battery when cranking.
> Again, two tenths of a volt is way too much. On your model I'd expect
> more problems along the ground path than along the positive path.
I'm stumped, Lon. What are you measuring with this test? Is it that
resistance in the connections allows voltage leakage through the meter
(as an alternate, lower resistance path)?
> whell proclaimed:
>
>> My '96 cherokee sport, 4.0L 6. Starter "drags" when starting. It has a
>> new
>> battery, newly cleaned terminals, and a new starter. Can any one tell me
>> what else might cause this problem? Thank you.
>>
>
> Define "drags". Does it turn too slowly? If so, get a cheap digital
> voltmeter and put one terminal at the battery positive post and one at
> the other end of that cable at the solenoid post. You should see no
> more than 0.2 volts when cranking. Be sure to put the meter terminals
> on the posts rather than on the cable connector, as it could be the
> connectors. You really should never see anywhere near 2 tenths of a
> volt even when cranking, I had reason to measure mine recently and it
> was much more like 2 hundredths of a volt. Then measure from the case
> of the starter to the negative post on your battery when cranking.
> Again, two tenths of a volt is way too much. On your model I'd expect
> more problems along the ground path than along the positive path.
I'm stumped, Lon. What are you measuring with this test? Is it that
resistance in the connections allows voltage leakage through the meter
(as an alternate, lower resistance path)?