You are/could be describing an ignition module giving up the ghost. It
is located 'way' down under the washer bottle.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

Christian Fry wrote:
>
> I drive a 1989 Jeep YJ with a carbeurated 258. A few weeks ago, I could not
> get it started and found that there was no spark from the coil. I replaced
> the coil, still no spark. I have 12v of power going to the coil, and a good
> ground from the coil, and the same coil worked fine in another engine. After
> two days of trying to figure it out, it suddenly started working! The only
> thing I changed was the two relays beside the battery, but I am not
> convinced that it made the difference as it ran fine without them installed
> after it started working. Today, after about 5 minutes of driving, it pulled
> the same story all over again, and I can't figure it out. IT seems the coil
> is not getting a pulse, perhaps a steady 12v. The jeep has new wires and
> after testing them on another machine found them to be working fine. Any
> ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> Chris

 

"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:3F0DC6F5.9FF9BAFF@sympatico.ca...
> You are/could be describing an ignition module giving up the ghost. It
> is located 'way' down under the washer bottle.

I Agree with Mike. Easy to change. You might even notice a better running
Jeep with a new one.

Larry