[AT] OT- voltmeter spiking Jeep Cherokee

[Mike]

Hi Jason it's a 1998


On 2/21/2015 7:28 PM, Jason wrote:
> I'd pull the alternator and get it tested. Assuming with the vintage the
> regulator is internal.
>
> Jason
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike
> Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2015 6:04 PM
> To: ATIS
> Subject: [AT] OT- voltmeter spiking Jeep Cherokee
>
> Hi Guys, wondering if any of you have some suggestions for me regarding
> my daughters Jeep. The other day it simply refused to start, no spark
> nothing. Did a little research and found out that it was almost
> certainly the crankshaft position sensor. I ordered one only to find out
> that Jeep put is where no mans have would fit. So after dropping the the
> front drive shaft, and loosening the shifter linkage from the
> transmission body, I was able to get to the two bolts holding the thing
> to the bell housing. Using a 10" and (3) 3" extensions and a swivel I
> was able to get the top bolt out, without any problem. Of course the
> lower one was rusted tight; so I soaked it with Kroil for a few days and
> was finally able to get it off. Heat was out of the question due to the
> amount of grease in the area.
> Now for my new problem, when I took it for a test drive it worked just
> fine, but all of a sudden my check gauges light came on and I noticed
> the voltmeter was pegged at 19. I quickly got it back home only to have
> it go back to normal. So I grabbed my multimeter and took off for
> another run, sure enough it spiked again, so I stopped with it running
> and checked the battery voltage which read 14.3 as I would expect. Any
> ideas on where to start looking for the problem? Any help would be
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike M
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