Electrical gremlin help
Jimbos76cj
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- 83 CJ-7.. 4" YJ springs front rear, J-10 44 front/AMC 20 rear,6 cy auto dana 300 35' bfg Done and gone!!
Ask me about my head light upgrade harness!!!
Im pretty sure I know the answer but want to see if any one else knows of this issue and may have some input to help me track it down.
WHen I tired hooking up Johns head lights last week there were some issues with them not grounding and being dim and not always working. I rewired them into their own system using relays and breakers. Now they work great
Blinker switch on the steering wheel is broke so the blinkers are not working.
His tail lights would come on with no issues but the brake lights didnt work. I crawled under the dash and found out that the brake pedal switch was not installed. I plugged one in to make sure it worked before installing it and according to my 5 year old they both worked. I had to unplug alot of stuff to make access to the spot to install the switch. When I finished up and tested it only the Right rear came on when the pedal was depressed. I walked around the front of the jeep to get a screw driver and noticed my left front marker light was on! when I pull the pedal all the way up (have not installed the spring on the pedal yet) the right rear and left front light goes out. When I removed the front housing it sparked off the grill as I was pulling it away like it was grounding out. I unplugged the rear harness incase there was a short in it and still the front light stayed on.
I decided that I was over that issue for the day after getting pretty pissed off at it and installed the Transmission harness. Of course I didnt have enough room to hook the two ends together so when i went to pull on the main engine harness I it felt warm. after pulling the wire ties and covering off I found the wire that runs to the coil to be hot to the touch. I leaned across the Jeep to check the ignition to make sure I didnt leave it on and noticed that the left blinker light was on but not flashing, I turned the ignition off and the coil wire started to cool off but the blinker light stayed on. Should the coil wire get warm/ almost uncomfortable to touch with the ignition on?
Any ideas. Obviously Im going to remove the the head light system first to see if that is causing and back feeding into the main harness. I dont believe thats the problem but will do it any way.
Next Ill remove the head light switch, if the light stays on Id have to assume that the issue is crossed hot wire in the brake light circuit.
Then Ill remove the brake switch. Hopefully I can track the issue down to one of those systems and not a bad fuse block.
The only other wiring I messed with was installing electric choke relay but again I dont think that is the answer but Ill disco it to be on the safe side as well.
Any ideas will be great, but I know the answer will be tear it apart and look for bad connections.
WHen I tired hooking up Johns head lights last week there were some issues with them not grounding and being dim and not always working. I rewired them into their own system using relays and breakers. Now they work great
Blinker switch on the steering wheel is broke so the blinkers are not working.
His tail lights would come on with no issues but the brake lights didnt work. I crawled under the dash and found out that the brake pedal switch was not installed. I plugged one in to make sure it worked before installing it and according to my 5 year old they both worked. I had to unplug alot of stuff to make access to the spot to install the switch. When I finished up and tested it only the Right rear came on when the pedal was depressed. I walked around the front of the jeep to get a screw driver and noticed my left front marker light was on! when I pull the pedal all the way up (have not installed the spring on the pedal yet) the right rear and left front light goes out. When I removed the front housing it sparked off the grill as I was pulling it away like it was grounding out. I unplugged the rear harness incase there was a short in it and still the front light stayed on.
I decided that I was over that issue for the day after getting pretty pissed off at it and installed the Transmission harness. Of course I didnt have enough room to hook the two ends together so when i went to pull on the main engine harness I it felt warm. after pulling the wire ties and covering off I found the wire that runs to the coil to be hot to the touch. I leaned across the Jeep to check the ignition to make sure I didnt leave it on and noticed that the left blinker light was on but not flashing, I turned the ignition off and the coil wire started to cool off but the blinker light stayed on. Should the coil wire get warm/ almost uncomfortable to touch with the ignition on?
Any ideas. Obviously Im going to remove the the head light system first to see if that is causing and back feeding into the main harness. I dont believe thats the problem but will do it any way.
Next Ill remove the head light switch, if the light stays on Id have to assume that the issue is crossed hot wire in the brake light circuit.
Then Ill remove the brake switch. Hopefully I can track the issue down to one of those systems and not a bad fuse block.
The only other wiring I messed with was installing electric choke relay but again I dont think that is the answer but Ill disco it to be on the safe side as well.
Any ideas will be great, but I know the answer will be tear it apart and look for bad connections.