Help! Electrical problem. '98 XJ dead in parking lot
02-04-2004, 07:41 PM
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Re: Help! Electrical problem. '98 XJ dead in parking lot
loose battery connections
Jjsegr wrote:
> I stopped at a shop on my way home from work. When I went to re-start the Jeep
> (4.0), the engine did not turn over and the car made a quiet buzzing noise
> (from within the dash?) which slowly died away - as if something was
> dis-charging. Then all power failed. I raised the hood, and wiggled all of
> the "fuses" in the power control box and the power returned - even the
> headlights would shine. But when I tried again to re-start the engine, it
> would not turn over, and everything electrical would immediately cut-out, until
> the process was repeated. Maybe it was just from leaving it to momentarily
> build power, again.
>
> The car was outside all weekend while we were camping, and the battery never
> faltered when I left the site, nor when I left from work this evening. We're
> supposed to get more snow, tonight, so I need to move it, soon.
>
> Suggestions, please?
>
> Thanks
>
> Jim
> Grand Rapids, MI
Jjsegr wrote:
> I stopped at a shop on my way home from work. When I went to re-start the Jeep
> (4.0), the engine did not turn over and the car made a quiet buzzing noise
> (from within the dash?) which slowly died away - as if something was
> dis-charging. Then all power failed. I raised the hood, and wiggled all of
> the "fuses" in the power control box and the power returned - even the
> headlights would shine. But when I tried again to re-start the engine, it
> would not turn over, and everything electrical would immediately cut-out, until
> the process was repeated. Maybe it was just from leaving it to momentarily
> build power, again.
>
> The car was outside all weekend while we were camping, and the battery never
> faltered when I left the site, nor when I left from work this evening. We're
> supposed to get more snow, tonight, so I need to move it, soon.
>
> Suggestions, please?
>
> Thanks
>
> Jim
> Grand Rapids, MI
02-04-2004, 07:41 PM
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Re: Help! Electrical problem. '98 XJ dead in parking lot
loose battery connections
Jjsegr wrote:
> I stopped at a shop on my way home from work. When I went to re-start the Jeep
> (4.0), the engine did not turn over and the car made a quiet buzzing noise
> (from within the dash?) which slowly died away - as if something was
> dis-charging. Then all power failed. I raised the hood, and wiggled all of
> the "fuses" in the power control box and the power returned - even the
> headlights would shine. But when I tried again to re-start the engine, it
> would not turn over, and everything electrical would immediately cut-out, until
> the process was repeated. Maybe it was just from leaving it to momentarily
> build power, again.
>
> The car was outside all weekend while we were camping, and the battery never
> faltered when I left the site, nor when I left from work this evening. We're
> supposed to get more snow, tonight, so I need to move it, soon.
>
> Suggestions, please?
>
> Thanks
>
> Jim
> Grand Rapids, MI
Jjsegr wrote:
> I stopped at a shop on my way home from work. When I went to re-start the Jeep
> (4.0), the engine did not turn over and the car made a quiet buzzing noise
> (from within the dash?) which slowly died away - as if something was
> dis-charging. Then all power failed. I raised the hood, and wiggled all of
> the "fuses" in the power control box and the power returned - even the
> headlights would shine. But when I tried again to re-start the engine, it
> would not turn over, and everything electrical would immediately cut-out, until
> the process was repeated. Maybe it was just from leaving it to momentarily
> build power, again.
>
> The car was outside all weekend while we were camping, and the battery never
> faltered when I left the site, nor when I left from work this evening. We're
> supposed to get more snow, tonight, so I need to move it, soon.
>
> Suggestions, please?
>
> Thanks
>
> Jim
> Grand Rapids, MI
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