John Muir explained many years ago in his long famous "Idiot's Guide" a
procedure to check the starter
and solenoid which I feel applies to many vehicles.   The part I'm referring
to is how to test the main battery
wire to starter.  Yeah, the big fat red one.   Just get a set of jumper
cables and bypass that big wire and put
the red wire directly on the starter post that the red battery wire goes to
and touch the black wire to the negative
side of the battery and the other end to a good ground.  If the starter
don't turn, it's definately the starter.
If the starter turns like it's supposed to then your big red wire needs
replacing.   Similarly, you can check
the wire from the ignition switch to the solenoid with a separate smaller
wire that you can connect to the
solenoid connection and touch the other end to the positive side of the
battery.  That will tell you if the
solenoid is working or if your wire to the ignition switch is bad or the
switch is bad.....

I used these procedures on my father-in-laws Jeep and replaced the needed
wires and he hasn't had a
starting problem since.   He REALLY doesn't like dealing with electrical
problems and it costs him
lots of $$$$ in replaced starters, alternaters and batteries.....

Steven
91 Westy

On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 8:10 AM, Michael Sullivan <sandwichhead@gmail.com>wrote:

> What about the ground from tranny to chassis?
> Michael in San Antonio
> 91GL Weekender AT 2.1L 'Gringo'
>
>
>
> On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 12:24 AM, C Snyder <titantic01@aol.com> wrote:
>
> >  I took my 1987 2-wd back to the shop yesterday for the same starter
> issues
> > (ie won't crank the engine when the engine is warm) So, here is where is
> > gets interesting lol
> >
> >
>