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It was a b***h to get out. I just got tired of doin it the "right" way so I got a hammer and punch and broke it out lol. Now to reassemble the little *******. This is gonna be fun...

I had to use a punch and hammer and break the old one out. It was wedged in wrong and corroded in place. All's good now, just need to put the column back together. Fun!!

Ok, so I've determined I need to replace the ignition cylinder in the CJ7. This is as far as I've gotten, and not the stupid cylinder won't come out. Removed all the screws under the blinker switch thing, and it still won't come out. Am I missing something????

I got it all figured out now, thanks everyone. Now it just needs to rain some more in Yuma, Arizona so I can mud to my hearts content!

I agree and I appreciate your concern, but I only go on a friends land, and he is more than capable of helping me out in the worst case scenario. I would love to join a club, but there aren't any around me that are active.

Nothing really went wrong, I just didn't try because I didn't know. Does it matter if my jeep is an automatic? Should I stop and put it in neutral or park?

Ok, so I've had my cj for about 3-4 months now, and I've taken it out in the Arizona desert plenty with no issues. That is, until monsoon season and we got enough rain for me to almost get stuck in some mud because I couldn't figure out the 4x4. I didn't wanna mess anything up so I just left it...

Will do, my tub is all fiberglass so everything is grounded to the frame. I'll check it out though and post my findings.

Thanks for everyone's help, I really do appreciate it. For now, I'm just keeping a socket in the jeep for the times the starter can't grab and turn the engine. Sucks, but gotta do something when I need to drive the jeep. Will most likely post when I'm going to do this repair! Until then, my friends.

Bulb is good, no corrosion, cleaned it anyway. Ground is fine, might replace it anyway to see if it helps.

These are the missing teeth pics I took. Starter tested out fine, seems like this is my problem.

I'm pretty sure I have a similar problem. Got home last night and took the starter off, looked at some of the teeth of the flywheel and there is a spot like you said where the teeth are nonexistent. I took a couple of pictures, it's not pretty. How bad is it to replace this guy? Or am I better...

I did all that, the bendix isn't stuck, and all the wires are fine. I think the gear the starter grabs to turn the engine is worn or something.

Well, it's Sunday afternoon and I wanted a day to go shooting and off roading in the ol cj. This is all fine and dandy until I turn off the engine, then try to turn it back on. I recently replaced my stater and the solenoid, but the starter just spins. It's like the gears arent making contact...

We'll it's the weekend again and a day of tinkering turns into finding issues with something else. My drivers side brake light doesn't work. Bulbs are fine, and with the headlights on it works fine. The blinker works fine, only problem is when I hit the brakes nothing happens on the drivers...

Hello all! So my next weekend quest will be to replace the starter on my CJ7. The other day it was fine, started up no problems. For some reason, the starter just quit engaging. It would turn when I tried to start it, but it wouldn't turn the engine. Finally, last night, I tinkered a little and...

I have MTX coaxial 6x9's in the back of my CJ7, they are absolutely amazing. I have a bikini top and even with the radio only up at 10 I can hear them fine. They have polypropylene cones, and they hold up to the heat of AZ summers. That being said, I don't deal with rain or moisture, so...

This is the magical push start switch we installed. My filing job looks terrible but hey, it works. The switch is rated at 20 amps, and it's got an inline 15 amp fuse. We electrical taped and shrink wrapped all the connections, and it's just wonderful. I am completely satisfied with this job...

Evening gents! Figured it out. The linkage rod fell out. It's completely gone. So a buddy of mine just wired up a starter button from the ignition switch and the battery, so it runs beautifully now. I really appreciate all the help from everyone, and I'm sure I'll be posting on here again! Have...

Sorry for the late reply gents, I've been working like crazy. I did a quick check of the ignition switch wire on the solenoid yesterday, and if I remember correctly it read something like 6.02 volts. I'm going to check again this evening, and try to take a look at that rod on the column. I...