Yup, I am still kicking more or less. A little more than less anyway.
I was a passenger in a passenger side T-bone hit in a car last year and
recovery has been long, painful and slow.... :-(

The Haynes manual has a perfect wiring schematic for the 85 CJ and only
costs twenty bucks or so. It also is accurate for anything mechanical I
have tackled so far.

Mike

griffin wrote:
>
> Heh! Success! There ended up being a wire that had a 90 degree connector on
> it and I plugged the flasher unit into that and badabing! She works! Thank
> you for all of your help and thanks alot for the wiring schematic! That will
> likely come in handy again. I appreciate your help immensely!
>
> Mike Romain, nice to see you are still around. I haven't been here in about
> 3 years since I sold my '88 YJ but you helped me alot with that old beast
> back then and when I re-subscribed to this list I was hoping you'd still be
> kickin around on here!
>
> Cheers guys! Now I'm off to buy some tops for this baby.
>
> griffin
> '85 CJ7
>
> "L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
> news:41187550.90D7F55B@***.net...
> > Hi Griffin,
> > Sounds like a good place to start, unbolt the fuse block form the
> > firewall and see if those contacts have broken away, that may be your
> > short, if there is one.
> > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> > mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
> >
> > griffin wrote:
> > >
> > > Yup, that's exactly what the problem is. Thanks for the schematic too!
> > > However, I have a problem with your solution. The flasher part for the
> turn
> > > signals has no metal connector pins inside. I even jammed a connection
> > > tester rod in as far as I could and got no signal. Does this require a
> very
> > > special flasher unit or are there supposed to be pins (the hazard one
> has
> > > the two pins)? Is there an easy way to fix this without having to
> replace
> > > the whole fuse box? Any help is appreciated! Thanks!
> > >
> > > griffin

 

Yup, I am still kicking more or less. A little more than less anyway.
I was a passenger in a passenger side T-bone hit in a car last year and
recovery has been long, painful and slow.... :-(

The Haynes manual has a perfect wiring schematic for the 85 CJ and only
costs twenty bucks or so. It also is accurate for anything mechanical I
have tackled so far.

Mike

griffin wrote:
>
> Heh! Success! There ended up being a wire that had a 90 degree connector on
> it and I plugged the flasher unit into that and badabing! She works! Thank
> you for all of your help and thanks alot for the wiring schematic! That will
> likely come in handy again. I appreciate your help immensely!
>
> Mike Romain, nice to see you are still around. I haven't been here in about
> 3 years since I sold my '88 YJ but you helped me alot with that old beast
> back then and when I re-subscribed to this list I was hoping you'd still be
> kickin around on here!
>
> Cheers guys! Now I'm off to buy some tops for this baby.
>
> griffin
> '85 CJ7
>
> "L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
> news:41187550.90D7F55B@***.net...
> > Hi Griffin,
> > Sounds like a good place to start, unbolt the fuse block form the
> > firewall and see if those contacts have broken away, that may be your
> > short, if there is one.
> > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> > mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
> >
> > griffin wrote:
> > >
> > > Yup, that's exactly what the problem is. Thanks for the schematic too!
> > > However, I have a problem with your solution. The flasher part for the
> turn
> > > signals has no metal connector pins inside. I even jammed a connection
> > > tester rod in as far as I could and got no signal. Does this require a
> very
> > > special flasher unit or are there supposed to be pins (the hazard one
> has
> > > the two pins)? Is there an easy way to fix this without having to
> replace
> > > the whole fuse box? Any help is appreciated! Thanks!
> > >
> > > griffin

 

Yup, I am still kicking more or less. A little more than less anyway.
I was a passenger in a passenger side T-bone hit in a car last year and
recovery has been long, painful and slow.... :-(

The Haynes manual has a perfect wiring schematic for the 85 CJ and only
costs twenty bucks or so. It also is accurate for anything mechanical I
have tackled so far.

Mike

griffin wrote:
>
> Heh! Success! There ended up being a wire that had a 90 degree connector on
> it and I plugged the flasher unit into that and badabing! She works! Thank
> you for all of your help and thanks alot for the wiring schematic! That will
> likely come in handy again. I appreciate your help immensely!
>
> Mike Romain, nice to see you are still around. I haven't been here in about
> 3 years since I sold my '88 YJ but you helped me alot with that old beast
> back then and when I re-subscribed to this list I was hoping you'd still be
> kickin around on here!
>
> Cheers guys! Now I'm off to buy some tops for this baby.
>
> griffin
> '85 CJ7
>
> "L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
> news:41187550.90D7F55B@***.net...
> > Hi Griffin,
> > Sounds like a good place to start, unbolt the fuse block form the
> > firewall and see if those contacts have broken away, that may be your
> > short, if there is one.
> > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> > mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
> >
> > griffin wrote:
> > >
> > > Yup, that's exactly what the problem is. Thanks for the schematic too!
> > > However, I have a problem with your solution. The flasher part for the
> turn
> > > signals has no metal connector pins inside. I even jammed a connection
> > > tester rod in as far as I could and got no signal. Does this require a
> very
> > > special flasher unit or are there supposed to be pins (the hazard one
> has
> > > the two pins)? Is there an easy way to fix this without having to
> replace
> > > the whole fuse box? Any help is appreciated! Thanks!
> > >
> > > griffin

 

Wow, sorry to hear that Mike :( T-Bones are such terrible accidents. I'm
glad your alive and I hope this won't impact your offroading fun too much.
Thanks for the advice ...I'll go pick up a Haynes and tinker around with a
few other things that I'm trying to fix.

Don't go anywhere tho! I'm sure I'll have lots more questions for ya :))

griffin
'85 CJ7

"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:411945C8.42D7DFBB@sympatico.ca...
> Yup, I am still kicking more or less. A little more than less anyway.
> I was a passenger in a passenger side T-bone hit in a car last year and
> recovery has been long, painful and slow.... :-(
>
> The Haynes manual has a perfect wiring schematic for the 85 CJ and only
> costs twenty bucks or so. It also is accurate for anything mechanical I
> have tackled so far.
>
> Mike
>
> griffin wrote:
> >
> > Heh! Success! There ended up being a wire that had a 90 degree connector
on
> > it and I plugged the flasher unit into that and badabing! She works!
Thank
> > you for all of your help and thanks alot for the wiring schematic! That
will
> > likely come in handy again. I appreciate your help immensely!
> >
> > Mike Romain, nice to see you are still around. I haven't been here in
about
> > 3 years since I sold my '88 YJ but you helped me alot with that old
beast
> > back then and when I re-subscribed to this list I was hoping you'd still
be
> > kickin around on here!
> >
> > Cheers guys! Now I'm off to buy some tops for this baby.
> >
> > griffin
> > '85 CJ7
> >
> > "L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
> > news:41187550.90D7F55B@***.net...
> > > Hi Griffin,
> > > Sounds like a good place to start, unbolt the fuse block form the
> > > firewall and see if those contacts have broken away, that may be your
> > > short, if there is one.
> > > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> > > mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
> > >
> > > griffin wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Yup, that's exactly what the problem is. Thanks for the schematic
too!
> > > > However, I have a problem with your solution. The flasher part for
the
> > turn
> > > > signals has no metal connector pins inside. I even jammed a
connection
> > > > tester rod in as far as I could and got no signal. Does this require
a
> > very
> > > > special flasher unit or are there supposed to be pins (the hazard
one
> > has
> > > > the two pins)? Is there an easy way to fix this without having to
> > replace
> > > > the whole fuse box? Any help is appreciated! Thanks!
> > > >
> > > > griffin

 

Wow, sorry to hear that Mike :( T-Bones are such terrible accidents. I'm
glad your alive and I hope this won't impact your offroading fun too much.
Thanks for the advice ...I'll go pick up a Haynes and tinker around with a
few other things that I'm trying to fix.

Don't go anywhere tho! I'm sure I'll have lots more questions for ya :))

griffin
'85 CJ7

"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:411945C8.42D7DFBB@sympatico.ca...
> Yup, I am still kicking more or less. A little more than less anyway.
> I was a passenger in a passenger side T-bone hit in a car last year and
> recovery has been long, painful and slow.... :-(
>
> The Haynes manual has a perfect wiring schematic for the 85 CJ and only
> costs twenty bucks or so. It also is accurate for anything mechanical I
> have tackled so far.
>
> Mike
>
> griffin wrote:
> >
> > Heh! Success! There ended up being a wire that had a 90 degree connector
on
> > it and I plugged the flasher unit into that and badabing! She works!
Thank
> > you for all of your help and thanks alot for the wiring schematic! That
will
> > likely come in handy again. I appreciate your help immensely!
> >
> > Mike Romain, nice to see you are still around. I haven't been here in
about
> > 3 years since I sold my '88 YJ but you helped me alot with that old
beast
> > back then and when I re-subscribed to this list I was hoping you'd still
be
> > kickin around on here!
> >
> > Cheers guys! Now I'm off to buy some tops for this baby.
> >
> > griffin
> > '85 CJ7
> >
> > "L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
> > news:41187550.90D7F55B@***.net...
> > > Hi Griffin,
> > > Sounds like a good place to start, unbolt the fuse block form the
> > > firewall and see if those contacts have broken away, that may be your
> > > short, if there is one.
> > > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> > > mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
> > >
> > > griffin wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Yup, that's exactly what the problem is. Thanks for the schematic
too!
> > > > However, I have a problem with your solution. The flasher part for
the
> > turn
> > > > signals has no metal connector pins inside. I even jammed a
connection
> > > > tester rod in as far as I could and got no signal. Does this require
a
> > very
> > > > special flasher unit or are there supposed to be pins (the hazard
one
> > has
> > > > the two pins)? Is there an easy way to fix this without having to
> > replace
> > > > the whole fuse box? Any help is appreciated! Thanks!
> > > >
> > > > griffin

 

Wow, sorry to hear that Mike :( T-Bones are such terrible accidents. I'm
glad your alive and I hope this won't impact your offroading fun too much.
Thanks for the advice ...I'll go pick up a Haynes and tinker around with a
few other things that I'm trying to fix.

Don't go anywhere tho! I'm sure I'll have lots more questions for ya :))

griffin
'85 CJ7

"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:411945C8.42D7DFBB@sympatico.ca...
> Yup, I am still kicking more or less. A little more than less anyway.
> I was a passenger in a passenger side T-bone hit in a car last year and
> recovery has been long, painful and slow.... :-(
>
> The Haynes manual has a perfect wiring schematic for the 85 CJ and only
> costs twenty bucks or so. It also is accurate for anything mechanical I
> have tackled so far.
>
> Mike
>
> griffin wrote:
> >
> > Heh! Success! There ended up being a wire that had a 90 degree connector
on
> > it and I plugged the flasher unit into that and badabing! She works!
Thank
> > you for all of your help and thanks alot for the wiring schematic! That
will
> > likely come in handy again. I appreciate your help immensely!
> >
> > Mike Romain, nice to see you are still around. I haven't been here in
about
> > 3 years since I sold my '88 YJ but you helped me alot with that old
beast
> > back then and when I re-subscribed to this list I was hoping you'd still
be
> > kickin around on here!
> >
> > Cheers guys! Now I'm off to buy some tops for this baby.
> >
> > griffin
> > '85 CJ7
> >
> > "L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
> > news:41187550.90D7F55B@***.net...
> > > Hi Griffin,
> > > Sounds like a good place to start, unbolt the fuse block form the
> > > firewall and see if those contacts have broken away, that may be your
> > > short, if there is one.
> > > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> > > mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
> > >
> > > griffin wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Yup, that's exactly what the problem is. Thanks for the schematic
too!
> > > > However, I have a problem with your solution. The flasher part for
the
> > turn
> > > > signals has no metal connector pins inside. I even jammed a
connection
> > > > tester rod in as far as I could and got no signal. Does this require
a
> > very
> > > > special flasher unit or are there supposed to be pins (the hazard
one
> > has
> > > > the two pins)? Is there an easy way to fix this without having to
> > replace
> > > > the whole fuse box? Any help is appreciated! Thanks!
> > > >
> > > > griffin

 

Wow, sorry to hear that Mike :( T-Bones are such terrible accidents. I'm
glad your alive and I hope this won't impact your offroading fun too much.
Thanks for the advice ...I'll go pick up a Haynes and tinker around with a
few other things that I'm trying to fix.

Don't go anywhere tho! I'm sure I'll have lots more questions for ya :))

griffin
'85 CJ7

"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:411945C8.42D7DFBB@sympatico.ca...
> Yup, I am still kicking more or less. A little more than less anyway.
> I was a passenger in a passenger side T-bone hit in a car last year and
> recovery has been long, painful and slow.... :-(
>
> The Haynes manual has a perfect wiring schematic for the 85 CJ and only
> costs twenty bucks or so. It also is accurate for anything mechanical I
> have tackled so far.
>
> Mike
>
> griffin wrote:
> >
> > Heh! Success! There ended up being a wire that had a 90 degree connector
on
> > it and I plugged the flasher unit into that and badabing! She works!
Thank
> > you for all of your help and thanks alot for the wiring schematic! That
will
> > likely come in handy again. I appreciate your help immensely!
> >
> > Mike Romain, nice to see you are still around. I haven't been here in
about
> > 3 years since I sold my '88 YJ but you helped me alot with that old
beast
> > back then and when I re-subscribed to this list I was hoping you'd still
be
> > kickin around on here!
> >
> > Cheers guys! Now I'm off to buy some tops for this baby.
> >
> > griffin
> > '85 CJ7
> >
> > "L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
> > news:41187550.90D7F55B@***.net...
> > > Hi Griffin,
> > > Sounds like a good place to start, unbolt the fuse block form the
> > > firewall and see if those contacts have broken away, that may be your
> > > short, if there is one.
> > > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> > > mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
> > >
> > > griffin wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Yup, that's exactly what the problem is. Thanks for the schematic
too!
> > > > However, I have a problem with your solution. The flasher part for
the
> > turn
> > > > signals has no metal connector pins inside. I even jammed a
connection
> > > > tester rod in as far as I could and got no signal. Does this require
a
> > very
> > > > special flasher unit or are there supposed to be pins (the hazard
one
> > has
> > > > the two pins)? Is there an easy way to fix this without having to
> > replace
> > > > the whole fuse box? Any help is appreciated! Thanks!
> > > >
> > > > griffin