Hello first time writer here, i am hoping yall can help me out. let me start by introducing my self.
My name is Lotus Campbell i am 18y/o and i love to tinker with motors. i have a 1990 jeep xj Laredo and i lover her to bits. though i don't know if our relationship is consensual considering she breaks down on me about once a week to month.
i got in ol gal this morning to go hang out with some people and i go to crank and nothing. no sounds no clicks no lights no buzzes no nothing! i thought i had a dead battery so i grabbed my multimeter to check it and its putting out 12.5v! so i go back in the cab and turn the interior lights on. they are as bright as normally. i try the headlights they work fine! but still no lights or sounds or anything from the key.
i have read all over and people love to say its the neutral safety switch. but i have that bypassed. oh it must be the starter.. just put a new one in less than a month ago. i also have a push button going directly to the starter because sometimes it stalls and wont start with the key but it will if the ignition is on and in the run position and i give the starter a tap it fires back to life. yes it is an automatic and i am aware its weird it stalls but this method has been working for me for years. this is relevant because as of right now with no key no nothin i can still push the button and the starter turns the engine over fine. but with out ignition from the key i will get no spark . i know i could hotwire the coil. but i would rather not.
im starting to think it may be a bad wiring issue because i was fiddling with it last night and the same thing i got nothing so i went and took my dog for a walk when i got back i saw my radio was on. i had let the key on accessory and the radio and lights were on. i proceeded to turn it off and walk back inside thinking that's really weird. today i woke up and i am getting nothing from the key again. upon further inspection the only thing that happens i mean the ONLY thing that i can see hear feel or touch happening when i turn the key is ONLY the temp gauge goes up.
would love to here anyone's opinion on if maybe it is a bad ignition switch or a wire shorting out somewhere. if it is a wire shorting out are there any that are prone to do so?
thank you all for reading and any bits of advice to a young kid trying to never let my jeep go into the mechanics.
-Lotus Campbell
My name is Lotus Campbell i am 18y/o and i love to tinker with motors. i have a 1990 jeep xj Laredo and i lover her to bits. though i don't know if our relationship is consensual considering she breaks down on me about once a week to month.
i got in ol gal this morning to go hang out with some people and i go to crank and nothing. no sounds no clicks no lights no buzzes no nothing! i thought i had a dead battery so i grabbed my multimeter to check it and its putting out 12.5v! so i go back in the cab and turn the interior lights on. they are as bright as normally. i try the headlights they work fine! but still no lights or sounds or anything from the key.
i have read all over and people love to say its the neutral safety switch. but i have that bypassed. oh it must be the starter.. just put a new one in less than a month ago. i also have a push button going directly to the starter because sometimes it stalls and wont start with the key but it will if the ignition is on and in the run position and i give the starter a tap it fires back to life. yes it is an automatic and i am aware its weird it stalls but this method has been working for me for years. this is relevant because as of right now with no key no nothin i can still push the button and the starter turns the engine over fine. but with out ignition from the key i will get no spark . i know i could hotwire the coil. but i would rather not.
im starting to think it may be a bad wiring issue because i was fiddling with it last night and the same thing i got nothing so i went and took my dog for a walk when i got back i saw my radio was on. i had let the key on accessory and the radio and lights were on. i proceeded to turn it off and walk back inside thinking that's really weird. today i woke up and i am getting nothing from the key again. upon further inspection the only thing that happens i mean the ONLY thing that i can see hear feel or touch happening when i turn the key is ONLY the temp gauge goes up.
would love to here anyone's opinion on if maybe it is a bad ignition switch or a wire shorting out somewhere. if it is a wire shorting out are there any that are prone to do so?
thank you all for reading and any bits of advice to a young kid trying to never let my jeep go into the mechanics.
-Lotus Campbell
You are doing it right on the wiring. Just something I would do, pull the fuse on the signals and see if it does it
