will not start/crank get is a clicking sound?

So, the battery is new, correct? Because it sounds like it has a low voltage battery. Also, does the engine turn over by hand? I would try that first, here is a video to help you:

https://youtu.be/oN42gZN6gOE?si=tMpp0g6IKMjsiUgE

If the engine turns over by hand and the battery is good let's see if you are getting 12 volts to the trigger wire of the starter when the key is in the crank position.

This guide can help:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/starter-not-working-repair

Here are the wiring diagrams for the starter in case you need them. Check out the images (below). Please upload pictures or videos in your response of any problems so we can see what to help you with.

it does turn over by hand. and the battery is new the starter engages too because I just replaced the starter this year and hasn't been used yet.

Okay, Is there power at the starter trigger wire when in the crank position? Can you upload short video of the problem?

No i can't upload a video I use a battery from another car I have because it isn't street legal yet
could it be because i am using an automatic starter solenoid in a manual one.

and it has power because it sparks if you touch metal to the solenoid. because i was being stupid and having the battery connected when i was screwing the solenoid in place when i replaced it.

and it has power everywhere I used a receptacle tester to see if has anywhere it lacks power and it doesn't lack any and should I try to replace the solenoid with a manual one? or should that not be an issue that the one I got was for an automatic transmission and I have a manual transmission.

and it has power everywhere I used a receptacle tester to see if has any where it lacks power and it doesn't lack any and should I try to replace the solenoid with a manual one? or should that not be an issue that the one I got was for an automatic transmission and I have a manual trans

it won't even crank or start or try to it just clicks and it won't do anything it will click when trying to start and then stop.

The video is of the Jeep just sitting, and when you say clicks do you mean many clicks or just one?

one click and it's done. is it possibly the solenoid i replaced it with one that's for the automatic transmission by mistake and it's a manual Transmisson. and knowing that amc kind of did stuff to cut corners and they used the same wire setup in every single one and the automatic transmission one has extra wires, and the manual Transmisson doesn't need them all.

Hmm, all starters need a trigger wire and main power wire, did you look at the guide above to see how to test for power at the trigger wire?

Yes, the stater engages when you turn it over by hand you can hear it engage when you turn the key to battery and try to turn it over by hand.

also, the solenoid is on the fender inside the engine compartment not next to the starter so the starter has a wire coming from the solenoid to the starter and the solenoid has 3 wires on the hot side and the starter wire goes on the other side and i watched a video of how it's done when i put it on and i watched many of them and the ones i watched said the same thing and i picked the one i could understand best.

I can get a video of the engine bay I can't use a battery in it right now like I have said above I use a battery from another car and that car is having issues staying reliable since it has 200k miles on it and I don't want to mess with it when it's running fine right now. i can get a video tomorrow it's been raining for me, and I don't want to open the engine bay when it's raining.

it would crank but not turn over about a year and a half ago and then it stopped after sitting for a year and a half ago and then when i was trying to clean connections I tightened a nut too tight on the original solenoid and the hot side broke off so i got a Duralast one off auto zone and come to find out that it was made for an automatic transmission when the jeep is a manual.

Also, the loose wires were never connected at any time from 1985 until now and it clicks right around the coil/starter solenoid area, and I know about the bad video quality it's the best I can get.

Thanks for the video, so the small wires at the solenoid, does one of them get power when the key is in the crank position?

yes power goes to it.

nothing was ever done to any wire only parts replaced are the alternator battery and positive battery wire and the starter and the solenoid and plugs and air filter.

And when power goes to it does the starter main power wire get power?

yes, I was being dumb tightening the wire on the starter with the battery on it and someone trying to start it while I was putting the wire on the starter after I replaced it got a little shock. so, I would say it has power.

could it be the solenoid? because the one i took off that was factory didn't have the one single back wire on the back of the solenoid because the prong that the black wire on the solenoid is only on the automatic one when the jeep takes a manual one.

and the black wire was factory but never connected to anything.

it's one owner and I'm trying to get it running for my dad to drive again.

and can you tell me what the yellow wire on the fire wall does?

because if it's important to starting it's in a bit of rough shape but still transfers power
because i want to replace it but if it's not important to getting it started. I'm not going to mess with it because all I need to do is get it running to get it out from under our back porch and on a flat bed.

ken L. I have not heard from you are you okay?

Yep, I am here. Can you confirm the ground cable from the battery to the engine block is good, and please check for power at the main starter lug. As long as the starter is getting main power when the key is cranked over the starter is bad and you need another one.

i just replaced the starter and i tested it with jumper cables before i put it on.

and the ground cable does work. the lights turn on and i can even turn the wiper blades and the fan everything can turn on just won't try to start.

Can you please go over the post above and confirm the powers and grounds?

and the starter wire does have power because I got shocked trying to put the starter in.

but can you please send me a complete wire diagram of the wire harnesses on the fire wall as a reference if anything happens to the wires i know if they are important to starting it or not.

Check out the first post, these are the main starter wiring diagrams.

first can you tell me if this could be the issue i got the starter solenoid for an automatic engine when the one it needs is a manual solenoid.

That should not make a difference.

we had a family friend that was a mechanic work on it about 6 years ago and he had it running decent, and it's just been sitting since nothing really was done to it it's still 90% original it was running every now and again, but it just stopped about 2 years ago roughly.

there is power going to the starter. could it be that not enough power is going to it?

and the ground cable does work.

it has power that isn't an issue with any wires because every single light works, and horn works and the horn is battery powered I don't know though, you tell me.