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I will try cleaning the ground and making a cleaner connection tomorrow. My comanche is a manual and I believe it doesn't have the same neutral safety switch as an automatic if I'm correct? Earlier today I was messing with the ignition key switch and got it to start on one of the attempts. I tried and tried for the rest of the night to see if I could get it started again with the key, but failed. Thanks for all the input, hopefully I can get this fixed soon.

Hi guys, I have a 1987 Jeeep Comanche 4.0. The other day my Comanche would not start or crank. I took off the started, took it in, and I was told it was in bad shape. Got a new one, placed it back in, and then it was a no go as well. I was very certain that it was the starter since they tested the old one and it failed. I then replaced the starter relay and that didn't work as well. So then I went under the truck, went to the starter, and wired together the positive outlet to what I believe is the solenoid outlet? And then the truck started. So I don't no where else I could look since it won't start through the key ignition but will if i do it manually under the starter. Any ideas? Thank you very much.