Recent content by YJ_Holse

Revival for update - I did all this and yes it was something different . Jeep starts now, combination of frayed electrical connectors (also had a rough time getting the replacement horseshoe style coil clip to make solid connection) and the TIMING i had knocked the distributor far more...

Found a few frayed wires, burned connectors and one yellow wire just barely connected to coil clip. I'm redoing the pictured wiring from the solenoid through the coil clip. Is the green/white wire spliced into the yellow a resistor wire? Or can I replace these with 16 gauge wire? Thanks, rh

I appreciate your input. Put a remote switch on the solenoid last night. I'm going through FSM wiring diagrams and cannot find a mention of a resistor wire. Any idea where this would be wired up in the chain? Following the yellows from clip - one goes to condensor and the other to a splice...

I may have also messed up the timing when I was changing the rotor- how would one distinguish between electrical issues and timing issues when related to starting?

Hello, hoping someone could aid in some non start diagnostics. My 87 Wrangler was my first vehicle, my late father owned it since about 95 and gave it to me when in the early 2000s. He and I worked on the thing quite a bit through the years and I learned what I could at the time so I have some...