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Electrical Short

Discussion in 'Electrical' started by Randy C., Mar 15, 2018.

  1. Mar 15, 2018 at 11:26 AM
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    All,

    I seem to have an electrical short of some kind effecting my front wipers, radio and turn signals. For the past year it was intermittent and now it seems to be permanent. When I look at my fuse box diagram I find they all happen to be in line with each other in the second column, top to bottom (13, 14 & 15). Everything else works and all the fuses show to be good even these particular ones.

    I added LED tail lights about a year ago as well and installed an LED compliant turn signal fuse (Novita EP26) under the dash and it seems to coincide with this install as happening about the same time but not convinced just yet that they are related.

    This is on a 97 Wrangler Sahara 4.0ltr straight 6. Any help would be appreciated before I decide to pull my fuse box out.
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    Randy C., Mar 15, 2018
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  2. Mar 15, 2018 at 11:33 AM
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    Welcome to the site I would start by undoing, or disconnecting the tail lights, and fuse to isolate it from being the issue. If it still persists, check for bad groundings.
     
    chris4x4, Mar 15, 2018
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  3. Mar 15, 2018 at 11:36 AM
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    Fairly common problem.

    Try turning the key back into ACC, do these things work now?
    If so it is likely the ignition switch.
     
    Prerunner1982, Mar 15, 2018
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  4. Mar 15, 2018 at 11:46 AM
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    Bingo, turned to ACC and everything works. I'm off to buy a new ignition switch. I hope it was that easy.
     
    Randy C., Mar 15, 2018
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  5. Mar 15, 2018 at 7:21 PM
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    Bam....there it is. Another member from Jeeps Dot Net comes thru. @Prerunner1982 :thumbsup:.

    BTW. @Randy C. Welcome to the forum. Hang around dude. We have fun here. And a bunch of very knowledgeable members in all areas of most every Jeep.
     
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  6. Mar 17, 2018 at 6:07 PM
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    Well an update. I managed to actually get to work on it this morning replacing the part. Kind of a pain in the ass getting to it but done and everything works.

    Thanks again for everyone's comments.
     
    Randy C., Mar 17, 2018
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  7. Mar 17, 2018 at 6:52 PM
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    Every successful DIY job feels good . Post up a pic of the defective part as it can help others trace a similar problem on their Jeep
     
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  8. Mar 19, 2018 at 6:13 AM
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    Excellent, glad you got it taken care of.
     
    Prerunner1982, Mar 19, 2018
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