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Originally Posted by mitre8

I have been having problem with my 1996 Jeep Cherokee Classic, 4.0 L automatic in that it will not start. I turn the key and power comes on to everything, engine lights come on, but nothing, no crank, etc. Usually this happens after driving for awhile. Then if I come back a few hours later the car will start, a little sluggish at the start but starts.

I just recently had the neutral safety switch replaced 2 months ago, and that seemed to work for a bit, but a few weeks ago I started having sluggish starts and then no start one night. The next morning the car started right up. A friend of mine helped me do a simple tune-up, replacing spark plugs, wires, distirbutor cap and rotor, and seemed to work fine, but yesterday was traveling about 200 miles and noticed sluggush starts. At end of trip, parked car for about 90 minutes but then would not start. Nothin when turned key although appeared to have power to everything. However, about 90 minutes later tried again and started up although sluggish.

A coworker of my wife said a possibility is a wire or something getting overheated that prevents ignition system from working and after sitting for a long while to completely cool the engine then it works.

Any ideas? I thought perhaps a starter problem, but it seems that many on here who had similar problem tried replacing a lot of parts but still had the problem.

Any ideas would be appreciated, especially if I can narrow the mechanics focus so as not to be charged an arm and a leg to figure this out when the Jeep is running.

Thanks!

Hey Mitre8,

Try the TPS and/or CPS. If either one or both of those is bad you'll experience the intermitant probs you're having.

Thx, Phil