Starter electrical connection

[Turboz31]

I replaced the starter from under the Jeep. Save yourself the headache and pull the front driveshaft. I lowered the transmission cross member to help get the drive shaft out. It only takes a few minutes and will open up some room to get your hands up there and also to get the old starter out and new one in. My starter wires were all corroded and broke when I was taking them off the starter so I had to put new connectors on it .

Where can the connectors be bought from by themselves? I saw that some people have replaced the entire harness, but i'd rather not do that unless I really have to.

JF

[07JeepXK]

Where can the connectors be bought from by themselves? I saw that some people have replaced the entire harness, but i'd rather not do that unless I really have to.

JF

I purchased the harness from the dealer, cut it a few inches from the connector and spliced it into the exhisting harness.

[Turboz31]

I purchased the harness from the dealer, cut it a few inches from the connector and spliced it into the exhisting harness.

Ok, that makes sense. Thanks for the info.

JF

[Turboz31]

Just an update on my wire harness issue. I purchased the entire harness from the dealership and installed it over the weekend. Seems like the best method is to drop the front driveshaft like 07JeepXK suggested, I don't think that it can be done with the front driveshaft in place. The connections in the engine bay were a piece of cake, I removed the battery to have more room to work. So far the Jeep fires up every time, with no issues. Even with the front driveshaft out of the way, it's still very difficult to access the starter connections, definitely not a job for someone with a short fuse. Here are some pictures from the job. Thank you for the advise guys!



JF