Originally Posted By: CELICA_XX
Purposely choosing lower quality parts is bad idea in my opinion... just get the DENSO from Japan and never have to deal with it again.
I assumed with a Jeep, DENSO parts were probably not available, but they are!
Denso starters are used on some V8 Jeeps as OEM, but not a 98 Wrangler.
Denso starters for a 1998 Jeep 4.0 are going to be either re-mans or china-made junk if sold as "new." DO NOT BUY. Been there, discovered that- Denso is as guilty as everyone else of selling some really terrible aftermarket products for applications where they weren't the OEM. The OE starter is a Mitsubishi planetary gear reduction starter. The best option if you can't get a local rebuild is to find a source of that particular starter new.
