new owner

[peaxz]

my son, matt, just bought a 1993 jeep larado(?) he was out cruisin, and stopped at a friends house, can't get it to start. i told him to check the fuel filter before jumping to the fuel pump. he was out rather late (4am) so he had been rammin and runnin' any suggestions would be helpful /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/woot.gif

[mikea]

Start with the basics. You need fuel, air and and ingnition source for combustion to occure. Air is pretty much a givin. Start with the spark, you can pull a plug wire off a sparkplug and shove a small bold inside to make contact with the connector. Hold the wire (by the rubber part not the bolt ) within a half inch or so of the engine block or other grounded metal and have someone crank the entine. If its fireing a spark you've got that part so move on to the fuel. It's harder to check on a fuel injected vehicle but you can remove the filter like you mentioned and see if its pumping fuel.

[Fred]

Ditto, I always do a basic tune up on a new to me vehicle. Usually like $75-$100 for a jeep. Worth it's weight in Gold!!!