96 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo won't start

I have a 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo that hasn't given me any problems
except minor stuff. It has about 344 thousand miles on it and when I
bought I was prepared to have to replace the engine or the transmission. I
was driving home and I heard a clicking noise coming from under the hood.
So I stopped at a gas station and inspected it and put some water in the
coolant tank. The noise subsided a bit once I put it in drive. But I get
home and stopped the engine. I tried to start it up again and it wouldn't
even make a noise. No starter click or anything. If anybody has any
insight on what the problem may be please respond to .
Thanks.

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I would start by checking if the battery still shows voltage, if it does
then I would be inspecting the main battery cables expecting to find a
corroded connection hidden under a clamp or bolt on the other end. The
clicking could have been relays coming on and off due to low power.

There are a bunch of connections that can be suspect, the positive line
at both ends and the ground, at the battery, block or body.

Sometimes if you try it a few times, the bad connection will get hot so
a careful feel of the main connections can find it.

Mike
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pidamp3 wrote:
> I have a 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo that hasn't given me any problems
> except minor stuff. It has about 344 thousand miles on it and when I
> bought I was prepared to have to replace the engine or the transmission. I
> was driving home and I heard a clicking noise coming from under the hood.
> So I stopped at a gas station and inspected it and put some water in the
> coolant tank. The noise subsided a bit once I put it in drive. But I get
> home and stopped the engine. I tried to start it up again and it wouldn't
> even make a noise. No starter click or anything. If anybody has any
> insight on what the problem may be please respond to .
> Thanks.
>
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> I have a 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo that hasn't given me any
> problems except minor stuff. It has about 344 thousand miles on it and
> when I bought I was prepared to have to replace the engine or the
> transmission. I was driving home and I heard a clicking noise coming
> from under the hood. So I stopped at a gas station and inspected it
> and put some water in the coolant tank. The noise subsided a bit once
> I put it in drive. But I get home and stopped the engine. I tried to
> start it up again and it wouldn't even make a noise. No starter click
> or anything. If anybody has any insight on what the problem may be
> please respond to . Thanks.
>
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> http://www.talkaboutautos.com/group/rec.autos.4x4/ More information at
> http://www.talkaboutautos.com/faq.html
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