Starter Relay - Hard Starting
OCTOBER 1986 001 1001986 CHEROKEE/WAGONEER/ COMANCHE W/2.46L ENGINES
52E
ELECTRICAL Attention: Workshop, Parts Department
HARD STARTING
Repeated cranking in order to start a 1986 Cherokee/Wagoneer/Comanche vehicle, equipped with a 2.46L engine, may be due to a high voltage spike created by the starter circuit. This condition may be more prominent when temperatures are below -1~C (30~F).
To correct this condition install a resistor suppressed starter relay, PN 8953 004 798, in place of the existing starter relay using the following procedure.
PROCEDURE
1. Disconnect the battery negative cable.
2. Identify the existing starter relay wiring and disconnect all leads from the relay.
3. Remove the existing starter relay mounting screws and the relay.
4. Install the resistor suppressed starter relay using the previously removed mounting screws.
5. Connect all leads to the new starter relay at the corresponding terminals.
6. Connect the battery negative cable.
PARTS INFORMATION
DESCRIPTION QUANTITY PART NUMBER
RELAY, Resistor Suppressed Starter 1 8953 004 798
SRT/TIC INFORMATION
OPERATION DESCRIPTION NUMBER TIME TIC
CO. RELAY, STARTER - REPLACE 8238 0.3 8-225
FILING INSTRUCTIONS
File this I.S. Note in the M.R. 171 binder.