[AT] OT- voltmeter spiking Jeep Cherokee

[Jason DeJoode]

A quick way to see if the ground strap will help is to take a set of jumper
cables and clamp one black end to a good clean spot on the engine and the
other black end on the frame to make a temporary ground strap. Then see if
the voltage settles.
On Feb 21, 2015 10:57 PM, "Mike" <meulenms at gmx.com> wrote:

> I will try the ground strap from the battery to the engine, if that
> doesn't solve the problem, I'll pull the alternator and have it tested.
> All the other gauges are working normally.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike M
>
> On 2/21/2015 7:54 PM, Steve W. wrote:
> > Mike wrote:
> >> 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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> > Toss a ground strap between the engine and the battery neg. See if it
> > goes away.
> >
> > Cherokees have issues with grounds.
> >
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