Please Help With 89 Cherokee

hI,

i BOUGHT A 89 CHEROKEE A FEW MONTHS BACK...IT HAS BEEN DRIVING GREAT UNTIL LAST SUNDAY...iT WAS DRIVING FOR A FEW HOURS ON SUNDAY AND i WENT HOME AND PARKED IT...20 MINUTES LATER I WENT OUT TO START IT AGAIN AND IT TURNED OVER SLOWLY TILL THE BATTERY DIED...SO i GOT A JUMP AND IT TURNED OVER A FEW TIMES MADE A FEW GRINDING NOISES AND JUST STOPPED...WHEN i TURN THE KEY OVER NOW IT JUST GOES CLICK...EVEN WITH A JUMP...COULD IT BE A SEIZED STARTER???PLEASE REPLY...

hI,

i BOUGHT A 89 CHEROKEE A FEW MONTHS BACK...IT HAS BEEN DRIVING GREAT UNTIL LAST SUNDAY...iT WAS DRIVING FOR A FEW HOURS ON SUNDAY AND i WENT HOME AND PARKED IT...20 MINUTES LATER I WENT OUT TO START IT AGAIN AND IT TURNED OVER SLOWLY TILL THE BATTERY DIED...SO i GOT A JUMP AND IT TURNED OVER A FEW TIMES MADE A FEW GRINDING NOISES AND JUST STOPPED...WHEN i TURN THE KEY OVER NOW IT JUST GOES CLICK...EVEN WITH A JUMP...COULD IT BE A SEIZED STARTER???PLEASE REPLY...
HI, REMOVE THE BATTERY CABLES & CLEAN THEM GOOD ALSO CHECK & CLEAN THE PLACE WHERE THE GROUND CABLE FROM THE BATTERY IS CONNECTED. ALSO CHECK THE BATTERY WATER IF IT HAS FILL PLATES. WOULD SUGGEST YOU HAVE BATTERY CHECKED & CHARGED.SOUNDS LIKE BATTERY DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH JUICE TO FULLY ENGAGE THE STARTER, THAT IS THE NOISE YOUR HEARING. DALE
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can you put a breaker bar on the crank and turn the motor? if not, you could be siezed!!

HI ALL,

THANX FOR THE HELP ON THE POSTS...I PUT IN A NEW BATTERY AND STILL HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS..IT STILL CRANKS OVER EVRY MORNING SO I AM SURE THE ENGINE ISN'T SEIZED...BUT SEEMS TO NOT HAVE ENOUGH JUICE TO GET STARTED...AND ON THE 1-2 CRANK IT SEEMS TO MAKE A GRINDING NOISE ALSO...i HAVEN'T PUT IN THE STARTER YET, GOING TO ON SATURDAY...i HOPE THIS IS THE PROBLEM...IS THERE ANY WAY FOR ME TO CHECK IF THE STARTER IS GONE OR SEIZED???AND WHERE BOUTS IS THE SOLENOID ON THE 89 CHEROKEE???I HAVE BEEN TOLD THIS ALSO MAY BE THE PROBLEM...I THANK YOU ALL FOR THE HELP...

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hI,

i BOUGHT A 89 CHEROKEE A FEW MONTHS BACK...IT HAS BEEN DRIVING GREAT UNTIL LAST SUNDAY...iT WAS DRIVING FOR A FEW HOURS ON SUNDAY AND i WENT HOME AND PARKED IT...20 MINUTES LATER I WENT OUT TO START IT AGAIN AND IT TURNED OVER SLOWLY TILL THE BATTERY DIED...SO i GOT A JUMP AND IT TURNED OVER A FEW TIMES MADE A FEW GRINDING NOISES AND JUST STOPPED...WHEN i TURN THE KEY OVER NOW IT JUST GOES CLICK...EVEN WITH A JUMP...COULD IT BE A SEIZED STARTER???PLEASE REPLY...HI THE STARTER SOLENOID IS MOUNTED ON THE STARTER THERE IS ALSO A STARTER RELAY MOUNTED SEPERATLY BESIDE THE BATTERY,TURN THE KEY YOU SHOULD HEAR THE RELAY CLICK, IF A CLICK IS HEARDTHE RELAY IS ALRIGHT.IF NO CLICKPUT A JUMPER WIRE
FROM THE ( G) TERMINAL ON RELAY TO A GOOD GROUND IF CLICK IS HEARD REPAIR GROUND ON RELAY BAD GROUND. WITH STARTER SOLENOID TERMINAL ( S )DISCONNECTED--PREVENTTERMINAL FROM TOUCHING ANY METAL--TEST FOR BATTERY VOLTAGE IF VOLTAGE IS FOUND REPLACE THE RELAY. HOPE THIS HELPS---QUESTIONS GIVE A HOLLER [email protected]

yer sure it's not your alternator? If the car starts after a jump, then it might not be your starter. Alternators run around $100.

jay

stick your head under and look at the starter. on a couple older cars I've had simular symptoms from the bolts holding the starter together working loose. I was all prepared to buy a new starter, and ended up tightening the long bolts that run through the starter, and it worked fine for another year or so.

rEPLACED THE STARTER AND VA VA VA VAROOM....LOL...

THANX FOR THE HELP

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Hey guys . new member. hey big jeep had a similar problem and it was caused by dirty brushes in my starter from wheelin. hope this helps.