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    jerry4p Posts: 8, Reputation: 1
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    Mar 11, 2008, 05:01 PM
    1988 jeep cherokee
    For some reason my truck those not what start at all I turn the key and nothing happens I have full power and sometimes if I mess with the gears I put it on N then back to P and then P, I do that for a couple of times and then turn the key it turns on if its on N.then I turn it off I try to turn truck my on nothing happens this time the engine well turnover but it will not turn on, if I wait and do the same thing over liked the next day it will work. Sometimes it starts right up with doing nothing at all please help
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    N0help4u Posts: 19,823, Reputation: 2035
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    Mar 11, 2008, 05:05 PM
    It sounds like something in your shifter is loose. You need to get it fixed quick cause I had the same problem and then it broke and I couldn't shift it at all and had to have it fixed in my driveway since it could no longer be started and I can't afford a tow truck.
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    Mar 11, 2008, 05:14 PM
    Check your neutral safety switch. Or that is what I can best suggest from what I could get from your post.
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