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Re: Airbag & Check engine light help
In article <MNLsi.38$vK2.27@trnddc03>,
"Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@verizon.net> wrote: > "Ed Smith" <snuffy160@mchsi.com> wrote in message > news:99Lsi.50325$Fc.35677@attbi_s21... > >I have a 2001 Cherokee Sport, 4.0, auto. Recently I have started to have > >the > > airbag light come on for a few seconds. Sometimes the check engine light > > comes on, sometimes it doesn't. > > > You are losing ground to the instrument cluster. The buss runs independent of grounds. |
Re: Airbag & Check engine light help
In article <MNLsi.38$vK2.27@trnddc03>,
"Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@verizon.net> wrote: > "Ed Smith" <snuffy160@mchsi.com> wrote in message > news:99Lsi.50325$Fc.35677@attbi_s21... > >I have a 2001 Cherokee Sport, 4.0, auto. Recently I have started to have > >the > > airbag light come on for a few seconds. Sometimes the check engine light > > comes on, sometimes it doesn't. > > > You are losing ground to the instrument cluster. The buss runs independent of grounds. |
Re: Airbag & Check engine light help
In article <MNLsi.38$vK2.27@trnddc03>,
"Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@verizon.net> wrote: > "Ed Smith" <snuffy160@mchsi.com> wrote in message > news:99Lsi.50325$Fc.35677@attbi_s21... > >I have a 2001 Cherokee Sport, 4.0, auto. Recently I have started to have > >the > > airbag light come on for a few seconds. Sometimes the check engine light > > comes on, sometimes it doesn't. > > > You are losing ground to the instrument cluster. The buss runs independent of grounds. |
Re: Airbag & Check engine light help
It's not really all that difficult. I removed the entire dashboard from one
of my cars to get to the heater core, the instrument cluster on your car should have 4 screws in plain sight. The hard part of the job might be to remove the steering wheel, but I'm not sure that needs to come off. "Ed Smith" <snuffy160@mchsi.com> wrote in message news:G3Osi.50437$Fc.41381@attbi_s21... > Thanks Jeff. Looks like I'll be pulling out the Service Manual and see how > to remove the cluster. I'm an old guy so I know what you are talking about > as far as the eraser goes. Have to think it's not a fun or easy job. > Thanks so much for the info. Ed > > > "Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@verizon.net> wrote in message > news:MNLsi.38$vK2.27@trnddc03... >> >> "Ed Smith" <snuffy160@mchsi.com> wrote in message >> news:99Lsi.50325$Fc.35677@attbi_s21... >>>I have a 2001 Cherokee Sport, 4.0, auto. Recently I have started to have >>>the >>> airbag light come on for a few seconds. Sometimes the check engine light >>> comes on, sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes (not every time) when both the >>> airbag & check engine lights are both on, I lose the tach and speedo. >>> The >>> airbag & check engine lights go out and everything is back to normal. >>> Then >>> other times the airbag, check engine stay on, I lose tach and speedo AND >>> all >>> other gauges plus I get a "no buss" warning where normally the mileage >>> shows >>> up..but again not every time. This occurs for usually no longer than >>> around >>> 30 secs or so. However recently the time seems to be getting longer >>> before >>> everything reverts back to normal. I thought a loose connection >>> someplace, >>> but it occurs on smooth surface streets and has not happened (yet) when >>> I >>> was on a rough road. Maybe a corroded connector? If so where and which >>> ones >>> would I clean? Any suggestions as to what the heck is going on or where >>> I >>> should look would be appreciated. Thanks Ed >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> You are losing ground to the instrument cluster. You have to remove the >> cluster and polish the edge connectors with very fine sand paper or one >> of those pencil-type erasers with the brush on one end. Back in the olden >> days of typewriters (the devices that gave us our common day keyboards), >> when a mistake was made we had to pull out the typewriter eraser -- it >> looks just like a pencil, but is entirely rubber on the inside and has a >> brush on one end -- to remove the errant character(s) before moving on. >> This eraser is the kind you want to use to polish the edge connectors. If >> you can't find an eraser like this, then something like 600 grit sand >> paper should do the trick. Maybe some contact cleaner as well ... >> >> >> >> >> > > |
Re: Airbag & Check engine light help
It's not really all that difficult. I removed the entire dashboard from one
of my cars to get to the heater core, the instrument cluster on your car should have 4 screws in plain sight. The hard part of the job might be to remove the steering wheel, but I'm not sure that needs to come off. "Ed Smith" <snuffy160@mchsi.com> wrote in message news:G3Osi.50437$Fc.41381@attbi_s21... > Thanks Jeff. Looks like I'll be pulling out the Service Manual and see how > to remove the cluster. I'm an old guy so I know what you are talking about > as far as the eraser goes. Have to think it's not a fun or easy job. > Thanks so much for the info. Ed > > > "Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@verizon.net> wrote in message > news:MNLsi.38$vK2.27@trnddc03... >> >> "Ed Smith" <snuffy160@mchsi.com> wrote in message >> news:99Lsi.50325$Fc.35677@attbi_s21... >>>I have a 2001 Cherokee Sport, 4.0, auto. Recently I have started to have >>>the >>> airbag light come on for a few seconds. Sometimes the check engine light >>> comes on, sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes (not every time) when both the >>> airbag & check engine lights are both on, I lose the tach and speedo. >>> The >>> airbag & check engine lights go out and everything is back to normal. >>> Then >>> other times the airbag, check engine stay on, I lose tach and speedo AND >>> all >>> other gauges plus I get a "no buss" warning where normally the mileage >>> shows >>> up..but again not every time. This occurs for usually no longer than >>> around >>> 30 secs or so. However recently the time seems to be getting longer >>> before >>> everything reverts back to normal. I thought a loose connection >>> someplace, >>> but it occurs on smooth surface streets and has not happened (yet) when >>> I >>> was on a rough road. Maybe a corroded connector? If so where and which >>> ones >>> would I clean? Any suggestions as to what the heck is going on or where >>> I >>> should look would be appreciated. Thanks Ed >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> You are losing ground to the instrument cluster. You have to remove the >> cluster and polish the edge connectors with very fine sand paper or one >> of those pencil-type erasers with the brush on one end. Back in the olden >> days of typewriters (the devices that gave us our common day keyboards), >> when a mistake was made we had to pull out the typewriter eraser -- it >> looks just like a pencil, but is entirely rubber on the inside and has a >> brush on one end -- to remove the errant character(s) before moving on. >> This eraser is the kind you want to use to polish the edge connectors. If >> you can't find an eraser like this, then something like 600 grit sand >> paper should do the trick. Maybe some contact cleaner as well ... >> >> >> >> >> > > |
Re: Airbag & Check engine light help
It's not really all that difficult. I removed the entire dashboard from one
of my cars to get to the heater core, the instrument cluster on your car should have 4 screws in plain sight. The hard part of the job might be to remove the steering wheel, but I'm not sure that needs to come off. "Ed Smith" <snuffy160@mchsi.com> wrote in message news:G3Osi.50437$Fc.41381@attbi_s21... > Thanks Jeff. Looks like I'll be pulling out the Service Manual and see how > to remove the cluster. I'm an old guy so I know what you are talking about > as far as the eraser goes. Have to think it's not a fun or easy job. > Thanks so much for the info. Ed > > > "Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@verizon.net> wrote in message > news:MNLsi.38$vK2.27@trnddc03... >> >> "Ed Smith" <snuffy160@mchsi.com> wrote in message >> news:99Lsi.50325$Fc.35677@attbi_s21... >>>I have a 2001 Cherokee Sport, 4.0, auto. Recently I have started to have >>>the >>> airbag light come on for a few seconds. Sometimes the check engine light >>> comes on, sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes (not every time) when both the >>> airbag & check engine lights are both on, I lose the tach and speedo. >>> The >>> airbag & check engine lights go out and everything is back to normal. >>> Then >>> other times the airbag, check engine stay on, I lose tach and speedo AND >>> all >>> other gauges plus I get a "no buss" warning where normally the mileage >>> shows >>> up..but again not every time. This occurs for usually no longer than >>> around >>> 30 secs or so. However recently the time seems to be getting longer >>> before >>> everything reverts back to normal. I thought a loose connection >>> someplace, >>> but it occurs on smooth surface streets and has not happened (yet) when >>> I >>> was on a rough road. Maybe a corroded connector? If so where and which >>> ones >>> would I clean? Any suggestions as to what the heck is going on or where >>> I >>> should look would be appreciated. Thanks Ed >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> You are losing ground to the instrument cluster. You have to remove the >> cluster and polish the edge connectors with very fine sand paper or one >> of those pencil-type erasers with the brush on one end. Back in the olden >> days of typewriters (the devices that gave us our common day keyboards), >> when a mistake was made we had to pull out the typewriter eraser -- it >> looks just like a pencil, but is entirely rubber on the inside and has a >> brush on one end -- to remove the errant character(s) before moving on. >> This eraser is the kind you want to use to polish the edge connectors. If >> you can't find an eraser like this, then something like 600 grit sand >> paper should do the trick. Maybe some contact cleaner as well ... >> >> >> >> >> > > |
Re: Airbag & Check engine light help
It's not really all that difficult. I removed the entire dashboard from one
of my cars to get to the heater core, the instrument cluster on your car should have 4 screws in plain sight. The hard part of the job might be to remove the steering wheel, but I'm not sure that needs to come off. "Ed Smith" <snuffy160@mchsi.com> wrote in message news:G3Osi.50437$Fc.41381@attbi_s21... > Thanks Jeff. Looks like I'll be pulling out the Service Manual and see how > to remove the cluster. I'm an old guy so I know what you are talking about > as far as the eraser goes. Have to think it's not a fun or easy job. > Thanks so much for the info. Ed > > > "Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@verizon.net> wrote in message > news:MNLsi.38$vK2.27@trnddc03... >> >> "Ed Smith" <snuffy160@mchsi.com> wrote in message >> news:99Lsi.50325$Fc.35677@attbi_s21... >>>I have a 2001 Cherokee Sport, 4.0, auto. Recently I have started to have >>>the >>> airbag light come on for a few seconds. Sometimes the check engine light >>> comes on, sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes (not every time) when both the >>> airbag & check engine lights are both on, I lose the tach and speedo. >>> The >>> airbag & check engine lights go out and everything is back to normal. >>> Then >>> other times the airbag, check engine stay on, I lose tach and speedo AND >>> all >>> other gauges plus I get a "no buss" warning where normally the mileage >>> shows >>> up..but again not every time. This occurs for usually no longer than >>> around >>> 30 secs or so. However recently the time seems to be getting longer >>> before >>> everything reverts back to normal. I thought a loose connection >>> someplace, >>> but it occurs on smooth surface streets and has not happened (yet) when >>> I >>> was on a rough road. Maybe a corroded connector? If so where and which >>> ones >>> would I clean? Any suggestions as to what the heck is going on or where >>> I >>> should look would be appreciated. Thanks Ed >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> You are losing ground to the instrument cluster. You have to remove the >> cluster and polish the edge connectors with very fine sand paper or one >> of those pencil-type erasers with the brush on one end. Back in the olden >> days of typewriters (the devices that gave us our common day keyboards), >> when a mistake was made we had to pull out the typewriter eraser -- it >> looks just like a pencil, but is entirely rubber on the inside and has a >> brush on one end -- to remove the errant character(s) before moving on. >> This eraser is the kind you want to use to polish the edge connectors. If >> you can't find an eraser like this, then something like 600 grit sand >> paper should do the trick. Maybe some contact cleaner as well ... >> >> >> >> >> > > |
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