95 YJ Starter issues

I bought my jeep and there was a short in the under dash harness
causing dash lights to go out and the radio to smoke when plugged in
but it ran fine. So I decided to install a new dash harness in.
Everything went well and had it swapped out in a couple of hours. The
problem is that when I turn the key there is nothing. No click from
the starter nothing in the relay. There is no difference from run to
start position on the key. Any help would be great.


Chris

Was there under hood damage too? Did you do any wiring under the hood?

I see the two green wires on the starter relay mixed up lots after a
harness fix.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
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Chris wrote:
>
> I bought my jeep and there was a short in the under dash harness
> causing dash lights to go out and the radio to smoke when plugged in
> but it ran fine. So I decided to install a new dash harness in.
> Everything went well and had it swapped out in a couple of hours. The
> problem is that when I turn the key there is nothing. No click from
> the starter nothing in the relay. There is no difference from run to
> start position on the key. Any help would be great.
>
> Chris

First, pay attention to Mike!!!.

Then if the wire to the starter solenoid from that relay is correct,
take a paper clip and jumper from the +12 side of the relay to that
relay contact [first pull the relay of course] output with the key on.
Should start. If that works, you'll need to chase back to see what is
wrong with the path coming in from the key. Quick cheap voltmeter and
continuity check works here.

?Dunno if the Cherokee has a transmission ground switch or not, that can
also make it fail.

Mike Romain proclaimed:

> Was there under hood damage too? Did you do any wiring under the hood?
>
> I see the two green wires on the starter relay mixed up lots after a
> harness fix.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> Aug./05 http://www.imagestation.com/album/in...?id=2120343242
> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>
> Chris wrote:
>
>>I bought my jeep and there was a short in the under dash harness
>>causing dash lights to go out and the radio to smoke when plugged in
>>but it ran fine. So I decided to install a new dash harness in.
>>Everything went well and had it swapped out in a couple of hours. The
>>problem is that when I turn the key there is nothing. No click from
>>the starter nothing in the relay. There is no difference from run to
>>start position on the key. Any help would be great.
>>
>>Chris