starting problem

[modified cruiser]

just tried starting the ole jeep the other day and it's been sitting so long now that all I drive is the fjc...and I had to charge the battery. Well with a full charge 12.7volts on two optima battery still no start...voltage running thru solinoid the starter was clicking but not ingauging... pulled the starter and replaced with a napa new rebuilt (garenteed for life) and low still will not start. I directly run voltage to the starter from the battery and it does not turn over. Bad to starter or what

 

[LandCruisers4Life]

Take that NAPA Crap back and get your money back. I went through 7 of those damn starters on my old 40. They take em back, and 'rebuild' them. Who knows what's going on with NAPA, but I don't buy s*** from them anymore.

How long has that battery sat there unused? Tried swapping the battery out with your Cruiser battery to check for a start?

MEAN GREEN..... Starters, alternators..... check into them. Well, if you plan on keeping the heap that is.

 

[Niner]

Cluth froze to the flywheel, and trying to move the whole works of water in a cylinder will not compress. I had both happen on an old CJ5 I had

 

[PhilC64]

Throw a socket and wrench on the crankshaft bolt and try to turn it clockwise. Turn it a half rotation, then try the starter again. If it still doesn't catch return the starter! Before you walk out the door with it, have them operationally check it!

 

[underthehood]

sounds to me like the problem might be insufficient ground supply.
take a jumper cable and attach it from the starter housing to the chassis or the neg. side of the battery. very quick and easy thing to try. good luck