my car would start it will run for three days and then it wont start all i hear is a clicking noise..people tells me it's the starter can it be something else..thanks
How to change a starter on a 2000 jeep cherokee 8cyl?
Start with checking your battery connections, clean them and be certain you have a full charge on the battery. Also clean and tighten the connections on the solenoid and the starter motor. Check the negative connection to the engine. All of these things are more likely than a starter motor.
To change the starter, disconnect the battery negative at the battery, then crawl under the vehicle and disconnect the wires to the starter, unbolt the starter, 2 or 3 bolts, remove the starter and reverse the procedure to install a new one.
The clicking sound you hear indicates either a weak battery or a weak solenoid, more than a bad starter. When a starter fails, it usually fails completely. I suspect a loose connection or a weak battery is the culprit. Total time maybe 2 hours.
How to change a starter on a 2000 jeep cherokee 8cyl?
Most likely the solenoid on your starter, could also be a battery, how do you get it running after it starts doing that?
Also, to change a starter is easy:
Disconnect the negative cable from the battery.
Disconnect any wires running to the starter
Remove the two bolts from the starter
Drop the starter, reverse the process to reinstall it
yep everyone is right. when you get it out you can take it to auto parts(napa,autozone,advanced auto) store and they will test it for free.
It could also be bad contacts in the solenoid/relay. When it does actually turn the engine over, is it smooth and rapid, or weak and labored? Most solenoids are integrated with the starter nowadays anyway, so get a rebuild, should be cheap enough, and very easy on your v8.
Jeep cherokees (xj) never came from the factory with V8's. Unless you mean a GRAND CHEROKEE you have the 4.0L inline six.
