Help with cj

[rookie5444]

I am looking for a good electrical guy to help me with my 1984 cj. I am willing trade fab work for electrical services. I have a complete set up to build just about anything you may need as of now my jeep will not strat:mad:. I feel dumb asking for help :o however I am a fabricator not a electrician or motor guy please let me know I am off on Mondays Tuesdays and Saturdays thanks

[chopped7]

might be a simple fix. how about posting the symptoms and getting troubleshooting help in this thread. free advice is a lot cheaper than doing fab work for somebody. let us know what it's doing and what you've ruled out as possible causes. i can't help you get it figured out in person but i'm sure i can give you some areas to look at. i'm kind of a veteran at cars and bikes not wanting to start for me.

[Oldyeller]

PM SENT, Post those Non Starting symptoms up.

[Tom Schenk]

Also, where you at?

[rookie5444]

Thanks guys like I said I am a fab guy no only the basics. Anyway I feel stupid asking however when I try to start it only buzzes from the silenoid

[chopped7]

i would definitely start with the basics which you probably already have. make sure your battery is good and check all of your connections. battery terminals and posts, solenoid wires, and the cable to the starter. make sure you don't have an uninsulated part of a cable [like a loop connecter] grounding out on anything, for example an unisulated [bare metal] loop connecter touching the starter housing. inspect your cables also. if they are old the can get a greenish, whitish, powdery, nasty buildup and they will lose their conductivity.

if you think the wires and connections are good. start chasing power from the battery to the starter. you should have a cable going from the positive battery post to a large post on the side of the solenoid. get a cheap test light and confirm you have power to the solenoid. turn the key to the on position and one of the smaller posts in the middle of the solenoid should light up your test light. turn the key to start and the other small post in the middle of the solenoid should light up as well as the cable going to the starter. if the solenoid doesn't close with the key turned to start and the cable going to the starter isn't getting power [lighting up your test light], you probably have a bad solenoid. if you're getting power all the way to the starter with the key in the start position, you probably have a bad starter.

there could be other issues but these basic checks should get you to the root of the problem. no guarentees but 60 percent of the time, it works every time.:)