Wow!

Wiring burns are sure a pain aren't they?

Radios are sneaky. Aftermarket setups especially.

Good to hear you nailed it.

Mike
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"randallbrink@adelphia.net" wrote:
>
> Mike:
>
> You were right again, there was a swith/wiring problem still, and
> although I strongly suspected a short within the harness, it turned out
> not to be so, fortunately.
>
> On top of all that, I was not really working on the root of the problem
> all along.
>
> What had occured was that someone installed an after-market radio in
> this Wagoneer, and in so doing, wired into the headlight switch to
> obtain electrical power. The radio was feeding rogue power back into
> the switch, causing the host of weird anomolies that I have described
> here throughout the entire saga.
>
> Consequently, the faulty wiring has been corrected, the headlamps work,
> the instrument light light only when they are supposed to, the
> headlight Hi/Lo works fine, and all is right with the world. My
> foglamps don't work, but I suspect that both of the the
> original-equipment bulbs (SAI Marchal) are shot. They are increasingly
> difficult to find, and I do not know if there is any other source of
> those particular lamps.
>
> Many thanks to you and to all who helped through this very strange
> project.
>
> Randall Brink

 

So it was the radio, cool. Glad we could help and thanks /very/ much
for letting us know how things worked out for you.



randallbrink@adelphia.net wrote:
> Lee:
>
> You were on the right track with the theory that, as it turns out, the
> fire did not originate with an overheated headlight switch as wrongly
> suspected. Adhering to this theory cost me a lot of wasted days and
> frustration, when in fact, the fire problem was due to a completely
> different cause (see previous response to Mike Romain).
>
> After troubleshooting by process of elimination as you described, the
> actual fault was identified as a haywire shunt of some sort involving
> an after-market, probably DIY-installed radio that was grafted into the
> circuit for the headlight wiring and switch.
>
> Thanks particularly for the great diagram of the Wagoneer Fuse Block,
> which I have long been seeking (My manual, oddly enough, does not have
> one separate from the wiring diagram itself) and for the link to the
> "Ol' Jeep" website.
>
> Randall Brink
> 1984 Jeep Grand Wagoneer
>

 

So it was the radio, cool. Glad we could help and thanks /very/ much
for letting us know how things worked out for you.



randallbrink@adelphia.net wrote:
> Lee:
>
> You were on the right track with the theory that, as it turns out, the
> fire did not originate with an overheated headlight switch as wrongly
> suspected. Adhering to this theory cost me a lot of wasted days and
> frustration, when in fact, the fire problem was due to a completely
> different cause (see previous response to Mike Romain).
>
> After troubleshooting by process of elimination as you described, the
> actual fault was identified as a haywire shunt of some sort involving
> an after-market, probably DIY-installed radio that was grafted into the
> circuit for the headlight wiring and switch.
>
> Thanks particularly for the great diagram of the Wagoneer Fuse Block,
> which I have long been seeking (My manual, oddly enough, does not have
> one separate from the wiring diagram itself) and for the link to the
> "Ol' Jeep" website.
>
> Randall Brink
> 1984 Jeep Grand Wagoneer
>

 

So it was the radio, cool. Glad we could help and thanks /very/ much
for letting us know how things worked out for you.



randallbrink@adelphia.net wrote:
> Lee:
>
> You were on the right track with the theory that, as it turns out, the
> fire did not originate with an overheated headlight switch as wrongly
> suspected. Adhering to this theory cost me a lot of wasted days and
> frustration, when in fact, the fire problem was due to a completely
> different cause (see previous response to Mike Romain).
>
> After troubleshooting by process of elimination as you described, the
> actual fault was identified as a haywire shunt of some sort involving
> an after-market, probably DIY-installed radio that was grafted into the
> circuit for the headlight wiring and switch.
>
> Thanks particularly for the great diagram of the Wagoneer Fuse Block,
> which I have long been seeking (My manual, oddly enough, does not have
> one separate from the wiring diagram itself) and for the link to the
> "Ol' Jeep" website.
>
> Randall Brink
> 1984 Jeep Grand Wagoneer
>