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Sandbox Sailor:
OK, took the battery to Advanced Auto. It is good, but needs a charge. First off, anyone have a trickle charger I can borrow? Other than that, that pretty well firms it up in my mind that I have a bad alternator. SO... Anyone have an alternator that will fit in a 1990 XJ???

Sandbox Sailor:
OK, so I charged my battery, put it back in, got in to fire it up and.... NOTHING!!! I guess maybe it is the starter, not the alternator after all... But I still have no parts!!!

reptile610:
the way i was always able to tell if it is the starter is to hit it with a hammer pretty hard n most of the time it'll start up.

calvynandhobbs:
Rob, there is a starter solenoid on Cherokee ignition systems. I haven't had to deal with one before, but if you locate it you can try jumping it to see if it is just the solenoid. I know on my Fords the starter solenoid was on the fender, but I haven't even paid attention in my Cherokee. If that doesn't work I have a starter in the shed that I pulled out of that other Cherokee. I don't know if it's any good or not yet. I was planning on cleaning it up and bringing it up to Autozone to have them test it.

PaulW:

--- Quote from: calvynandhobbs on July 26, 2009, 01:51:22 AM ---Rob, there is a starter solenoid on Cherokee ignition systems. I haven't had to deal with one before, but if you locate it you can try jumping it to see if it is just the solenoid. I know on my Fords the starter solenoid was on the fender, but I haven't even paid attention in my Cherokee. If that doesn't work I have a starter in the shed that I pulled out of that other Cherokee. I don't know if it's any good or not yet. I was planning on cleaning it up and bringing it up to Autozone to have them test it.

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the starter solenoid on most jeeps is built into the starter.  if you have power at the battery wire and power at the signal wire then the starter is n/g.  grab the test light and give it a go.

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