Jeep Stalling and grounding repair 

Wedding rings can burn a man in so many ways.

There are two more ground wires right next to the distributor. Great vid.

The moral of the story...don’t get married!!! Lol

Good info. side note. my Dad was an aircraft mechanic. I believe he said, back then that the civilian aircraft he worked on were 24v. When he was young he witnessed a coworker melt his watch on his wrist by 'tangling' with 24v cables / tools. That was the last day my Dad ever wore a ring, watch, neckless, anything while working on aircraft.

i have a 99 jeep cherokee. same problem, intermittently shuts off, runs rough, a couple times just shuts down and wont start. everyone with this problem should jump the ignition switch red and blue wire. put a switch between the jump so you can turn it off and on. drive the car with the switch on and see if this takes care of your problem. if it does then its your ignition switch, not the key tumbler, but the switch box that the wire connector plugs into. about a $40 part. i went through a lot cleaning grounds, new coil, cap, and wires, checking wire looms and it ended up being the ignition switch. my problem was intermittent so i put the jumper switch on and drove for a few weeks without a problem before i spent the $ for the switch. hope this helps someone

Good advice on not wearing rings while working, and thanks for posting this video, I scraped my 90 model back in 2004 Because if that very issue

4.0 L usually also have ground wires / cables on the side of the engine behind the alternator. And sometimes by the rear of the engine by the transmission bell housing. Have heard of people having grounding problems in all of those places also.

Now you have a permanent wedding ring that you will never lose.

Cool. Recent jeep had loose battery wires, but i had an older one that was doing this because the key chip was failing, a locksmith got me a new key and repaired ignition switch for about $35.

Jeeps are famous for ground issues. Check and clean yearly, and is a plus to put Vaseline on connections

Ground the bracket that holds the relays and fuses, jeep liked to use aluminium rivets to hold brackets to the sheetmetal,over time the aluminum oxidizes and the bracket becomes a bad ground reference to any electrical part grounding to it ,this fixed my renix comanche, it wouldn't even start on hot days

Great tips & wisdom shared. I’m sure your wife is glad it was only the ring that got ruined.

Great video boss I got 03 fixed the issue

i was getting high voltage codes and stalling/rough idle (1997 Cherokee). i checked for vacuum leaks and inspected all the wiring pretty closely. I replaced a few simple things that made no difference. After i refreshed the grounds as described in this video, zero problems and the check engine light disappeared on the first drive.

I'm having the same issue with my 06 wrangler but I'm thinking that it might be more than just dirty grounds! But I'll give it a shot....thanks!

my 98 TJ has developed a mysterious stalling problem. will check the grounds and maybe that is all it is. thanks for the video!

Ok I will check grounds then see how it is thanks again...

My 98 Xj has given me issues.i replaced idle air control valve, tps sensor, re grounded all ground wires, and it has been pretty much fine since.also spark plugs for the xj.switch then out never use champion or auto lite.either get Bosch plugs or ngk.the champion plugs and auto lites the electrodes are prone to cracking and will get in your cylinder and destroy your cylinder

Wedding ring incident happened to my dad on a speedboat. That was probably 30 years ago and he still has a scar.

My ring went red hot almost immediatly 😂😂😂😂

My folks have a 1996 jeep cherokee sport 4.0 On those ground wire that are bolted down with a sheet metal screw🙄. Weld an grade 8 upside down skinny bolt and cut off those factory connectors and crimp on new ones then solder them and once their tightened down put dielectric grease onnthe contact areas. There are 3 ground wires on the passenger side engine between the fire wall and the distributor also repeat the prosses as I mentions above . it will have better ground connections 👍. I also welded a bolt in place of the far sheet metal screw on the gender well next to the battery of the skinny ground wires to anchor to

Thanks buddy !!

Hey thank bro I have a 2000 Cherokee doing the same thing thank you so much...

Crank position sensor?

Hope you never get divorced, because that ring is permanent now.

Should I disconnect the negative only while cleaning all of the grounds?

If you remove the battery while it’s running, does it shut off? My Jeeps rpm needle spiked while I was driving then shut off on me... moments later after I got it running I got on the highway and the Battery needle spiked to 19v ... the following day the Jeep did not wanna start... I checked all the grounds and fuses... I started the Jeep and disconnect the negative terminal and the Jeep shut off... so I immediately thought it’s a bad alternator so I replaced it.... installed it, but it still does the same thing... I’m not sure what it could be..

I have a 03 jeep Laredo 4.0 car stalls only on idle cold start is good until it acts like it’s up to temp then it starts misfiring and stalls at stop sign or red light dies also any suggestions bud?

Sounds exactly like what mine does… just bought it and did a trans swap

Thanks for sharing. My 97 dies the same thing ,but also if I hook a corner hard. I am going to check the idle air valve and fuel filter ,but swear my tank is plastic so ryst and grit shouldnt be in there.

I’m getting at intermittent slow cranck when starting. New starter and new battery...same problem. Gonna check ground wire. Mine is a 2002 grand Cherokee 4.7L

Omg sorry to hear about your injury! Thank god I'm not married. lmao 😂🤣😂

05 grand cherokee has a ground on the muffler, transmission and body under the jeep.

did you think about measuring ohms between the battery negative terminal and all the negative leads you removed? Would have saved you a bunch of time...

My Jeep Cherokee is a 2000 4X4 right hand drive to carry mail on my rural route. I make it out to approximately same area each day before it starts stalling. Husband has to take off from work and bring my “back up 2wheel drive Jeep”. I had the coil pack replaced. Same thing next day. I will clean all the grounds this weekend. If that doesn’t do it I’ll beg for help from all Jeep Cherokee owners.

Easy question: how do you remove the ground next to the battery? I just snapped mine trying to twist it off, and forums say it's welded. Just wondering where I went wrong.

New cables will be better too

My rpm going Crazy when i drive in irregular highway eventually Góes dies, my crank is new

burnt to a crisp lmao haha

Note to self: dont get married 😂

the key sign is in red circle

i have a problem with my cherokee jeep key sign comes on my dashboard and suddenly my jeep will start and goes off, please what is the cause

Never wear jewelry when working on any piece of equipment !

Mine stalls out when I make a turn over 10mph

Haha I have done that before lol

It’s just my rpm gauge going crazy and then it just shuts off, and won’t cut back on for about 10 minutes, anyone know what it’s doing?

Note to self. Don't get married..

Ummmm, OUCH!!!!!

note to self.. don't get married.

Wow this video went from fixing a Jeep to his poor finger

I went through 3 mechanics and none of them could find and fix my Jeep.

I can't help it man I don't mean to pick on you I'm a fellow mechanic too been working for about 15 years well 17 now on cars but I got to ask what did we learn LOL JK say don't get hurt man trust me a car will run you over that's happened to me so I'll calling the kettle black LOL

I came here for some information not to hear him cry about his finger

looks like your hot cable is touching the ground at the battery holddown.