Cj dies for no reason
- Thread starter Buck hour
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superj
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so you have replaced all hte wires also? all the plugs where wires connect, everything? that is why i am saying grab the wires and shake. it sounds like a connection or a wire or something.
if you have already replaced all that then, i have no idea, with out physically being there.
your coil, checks out, even when its hot? the resistance is proper?
if you have already replaced all that then, i have no idea, with out physically being there.
your coil, checks out, even when its hot? the resistance is proper?
JPNinPA
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So you did the battery. What about the alternator ground or the engine ground? Any one of these could cause the issue.
JPNinPA
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Buck Hour
While reviewing your images I realized you got a lot comming off that positive terminal. Is all that all ad on circuits? If so did you size the battery and alternator correctly? If you have a multi meter check the battery voltage when it will not start or when the engine dies.
While reviewing your images I realized you got a lot comming off that positive terminal. Is all that all ad on circuits? If so did you size the battery and alternator correctly? If you have a multi meter check the battery voltage when it will not start or when the engine dies.
superj
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you just helped me with something on my jeep, by posting your wiring pics. one thing on mine is not right, compared to yours so i am going to set it up like yours.
my 87 was giving me trouble the whole weekend. i drove to san antonio to pick up a new bumper from a buddy who bought it for me for christmas. anyways, jeep kept just dying out of hte blue and would start up perfect but then would die again in a little while. sometimes it wouldn't do it for hours on end and then sometimes it would do it a few times in a row. turned out the float was sticking in the up position and blocking flow into the carb. bowl would empty and engine would shut. me cranking it over would loosen the float and it would drop letting the bowl refill.
my 87 was giving me trouble the whole weekend. i drove to san antonio to pick up a new bumper from a buddy who bought it for me for christmas. anyways, jeep kept just dying out of hte blue and would start up perfect but then would die again in a little while. sometimes it wouldn't do it for hours on end and then sometimes it would do it a few times in a row. turned out the float was sticking in the up position and blocking flow into the carb. bowl would empty and engine would shut. me cranking it over would loosen the float and it would drop letting the bowl refill.
I had this same exact problem, it works fine and drives fine correct? But sometimes it will just die almost like its starving for gas. Mine drove for about 1 hour while stalling/dieing about 6 times, but its nothing with the engine, its the carburetor, sorry here for my lack of information about carburetors, but the flap that opens and closes when its on idle or driving is closing... its like it has a lack in suction for the flap to open and close, so while its closing the engine gets hot and it starts to die out causing it too flood, then as soon as its done stalling about 30 sec later it starts back up. I have not fixed this perminant yet because I am fixing my jeep and no need for me to worry about that now but what i did was keep it open after i start it by tying the flap up so its open a little, i took it out and it did not stall once, i suggest maybe rebuilding the carburetor, but i am not sure if you have a new one or what, but this kinda sunds like my situation.
