84CJ Cranks, Starts, then DIES!
phyrph0enix
Jeeper
Ok, so here's the deal...
Over the winter I did a tub swap. I tried to leave most everything intact under the hood as to avoid the exact situation I'm in now...
I turn the ignition to 'start' and it cranks. It will fire, then the second I let it recoil into the 'run' position, the car dies.
What I've done so far:
I replaced all the old fuel line,
fuel filter,
coil,
plugs,
wires,
and done an oil change...
My battery won't hold a charge, but I'd rather not put $100 into a new one to destroy it by testing. If this thing fires, I'll drive it down the street and get a new one! For now, the old piece of
is on a perpetual trickle charge.
The only things connected under the dash are the ignition plugs and rear harness plug. Everything else is unplugged. I read about a "TAC" wire that causes a ton of issues, but I'm not sure what is it, where it is or what it goes to.
There are a number of melted plugs under the hood... but then again, lots of the gauge senders were disconnected (by the PO... before I drove it home).
I'm pretty sure the PO... or his gnarly friends did the "nutter bypass." But, I'm not sure how WELL they performed it. All I know is I'm going to have to redo all their butt-connectors!
If someone could kindly walk me through a minimum set of requirements to get this thing running, I'd appreciate it!
Please let me know if there're any pictures or further descriptions I can get to help you guys out!!!
On a side note: There's a 12G yellow wire factory spliced into my chassis harness by the ignition switch. It hasn't got a connector on it, it's just loose under the dash. It doesn't show up on my diagram... haven't a clue!
Over the winter I did a tub swap. I tried to leave most everything intact under the hood as to avoid the exact situation I'm in now...
I turn the ignition to 'start' and it cranks. It will fire, then the second I let it recoil into the 'run' position, the car dies.
What I've done so far:
I replaced all the old fuel line,
fuel filter,
coil,
plugs,
wires,
and done an oil change...
My battery won't hold a charge, but I'd rather not put $100 into a new one to destroy it by testing. If this thing fires, I'll drive it down the street and get a new one! For now, the old piece of
is on a perpetual trickle charge.The only things connected under the dash are the ignition plugs and rear harness plug. Everything else is unplugged. I read about a "TAC" wire that causes a ton of issues, but I'm not sure what is it, where it is or what it goes to.
There are a number of melted plugs under the hood... but then again, lots of the gauge senders were disconnected (by the PO... before I drove it home).
I'm pretty sure the PO... or his gnarly friends did the "nutter bypass." But, I'm not sure how WELL they performed it. All I know is I'm going to have to redo all their butt-connectors!
If someone could kindly walk me through a minimum set of requirements to get this thing running, I'd appreciate it!
Please let me know if there're any pictures or further descriptions I can get to help you guys out!!!
On a side note: There's a 12G yellow wire factory spliced into my chassis harness by the ignition switch. It hasn't got a connector on it, it's just loose under the dash. It doesn't show up on my diagram... haven't a clue!
