Intermittent Turn Signal-Brake Light Problem
09-20-2003, 07:25 PM
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Re: Intermittent Turn Signal-Brake Light Problem
On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 19:07:08 -0400, Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca>
wrote:
>You sound like you are describing a bad signal light switch.
>
>The switch is supposed to cut off the brake light signal when the
>blinkers are on. It isn't doing it consistently. I have heard of that
>before. Maybe just needs a clean?
>
>Mike
>86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Thanks, Mike.
Where is the signal light switch located?
Mark
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'98 XJ
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wrote:
>You sound like you are describing a bad signal light switch.
>
>The switch is supposed to cut off the brake light signal when the
>blinkers are on. It isn't doing it consistently. I have heard of that
>before. Maybe just needs a clean?
>
>Mike
>86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Thanks, Mike.
Where is the signal light switch located?
Mark
'98 TJ
'98 XJ
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09-20-2003, 07:51 PM
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Re: Intermittent Turn Signal-Brake Light Problem
"M. E. Bye" wrote:
>
> On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 19:07:08 -0400, Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca>
> wrote:
>
> >You sound like you are describing a bad signal light switch.
> >
> >The switch is supposed to cut off the brake light signal when the
> >blinkers are on. It isn't doing it consistently. I have heard of that
> >before. Maybe just needs a clean?
> >
> >Mike
> >86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> >88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
> Thanks, Mike.
>
> Where is the signal light switch located?
>
Umm, unfortunately inside the column at the base of the signal arm.
Ok... hang on, there also was something about the emergency flasher
switch on some newer model of jeep causing symptoms like yours I think.
I don't remember for sure, but it was posted either here or alt.jeep-l.
Maybe try wiggling and turning on and off the emergency flasher switch?
Mike
09-20-2003, 07:51 PM
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Re: Intermittent Turn Signal-Brake Light Problem
"M. E. Bye" wrote:
>
> On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 19:07:08 -0400, Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca>
> wrote:
>
> >You sound like you are describing a bad signal light switch.
> >
> >The switch is supposed to cut off the brake light signal when the
> >blinkers are on. It isn't doing it consistently. I have heard of that
> >before. Maybe just needs a clean?
> >
> >Mike
> >86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> >88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
> Thanks, Mike.
>
> Where is the signal light switch located?
>
Umm, unfortunately inside the column at the base of the signal arm.
Ok... hang on, there also was something about the emergency flasher
switch on some newer model of jeep causing symptoms like yours I think.
I don't remember for sure, but it was posted either here or alt.jeep-l.
Maybe try wiggling and turning on and off the emergency flasher switch?
Mike
09-20-2003, 08:38 PM
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Re: Intermittent Turn Signal-Brake Light Problem
On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 19:51:45 -0400, Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca>
wrote:
>Umm, unfortunately inside the column at the base of the signal arm.
>
>Ok... hang on, there also was something about the emergency flasher
>switch on some newer model of jeep causing symptoms like yours I think.
>I don't remember for sure, but it was posted either here or alt.jeep-l.
>
>Maybe try wiggling and turning on and off the emergency flasher switch?
>
>Mike
Will do. Thanks, Mike!
Mark
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wrote:
>Umm, unfortunately inside the column at the base of the signal arm.
>
>Ok... hang on, there also was something about the emergency flasher
>switch on some newer model of jeep causing symptoms like yours I think.
>I don't remember for sure, but it was posted either here or alt.jeep-l.
>
>Maybe try wiggling and turning on and off the emergency flasher switch?
>
>Mike
Will do. Thanks, Mike!
Mark
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09-20-2003, 08:38 PM
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Re: Intermittent Turn Signal-Brake Light Problem
On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 19:51:45 -0400, Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca>
wrote:
>Umm, unfortunately inside the column at the base of the signal arm.
>
>Ok... hang on, there also was something about the emergency flasher
>switch on some newer model of jeep causing symptoms like yours I think.
>I don't remember for sure, but it was posted either here or alt.jeep-l.
>
>Maybe try wiggling and turning on and off the emergency flasher switch?
>
>Mike
Will do. Thanks, Mike!
Mark
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wrote:
>Umm, unfortunately inside the column at the base of the signal arm.
>
>Ok... hang on, there also was something about the emergency flasher
>switch on some newer model of jeep causing symptoms like yours I think.
>I don't remember for sure, but it was posted either here or alt.jeep-l.
>
>Maybe try wiggling and turning on and off the emergency flasher switch?
>
>Mike
Will do. Thanks, Mike!
Mark
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09-20-2003, 09:09 PM
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Re: Intermittent Turn Signal-Brake Light Problem
M. E. Bye (fxdyna@home@hotmail.com) wrote on Saturday 20 September 2003
04:19 pm:
> Got a little problem that's kind of driving me nuts. Could be a real
> safety problem, too. Once in a while, after switching the turn signal
> lever to indicate a left turn and only after I hit the brakes, the
> signal "freezes" (i.e. the signal light on the instrument cluster
> glows steadily.. doesn't flash). I also know that when this happens,
> the directional light on the rear end also stops flashing but stays
> lit. After reading another post in this group about the little
> soldered contacts on the bulbs wearing down, I've replaced all the
> bulbs in the rear. The front bulbs look ok. I also removed as much
> of the plastic around the steering column off that I could, and shot
> some electric contact cleaner into the signal mechanism... all without
> any positive result.
>
> Additionally, when I want to use the "lane change" feature for the
> right directional, this doesn't work.
>
> Any ideas or tips would be appreciated.
>
> Mark
> '98 TJ
> '98 XJ
>
> (Remove @home from email address to reply directly)
I'll throw in my two cents. I had a similar symptom on my Nissan, and a
shot or two of WD-40 in the bulb socket fixed it. That was about seven or
eight years ago, and it hasn't troubled me since.
It's an easy thing to try, if nothing else. You may just have a bad
electrical connection. WD-40 is conducting.
--
Michael White "To protect people from the effects of folly is to
fill the world with fools." -Herbert Spencer, 1891
04:19 pm:
> Got a little problem that's kind of driving me nuts. Could be a real
> safety problem, too. Once in a while, after switching the turn signal
> lever to indicate a left turn and only after I hit the brakes, the
> signal "freezes" (i.e. the signal light on the instrument cluster
> glows steadily.. doesn't flash). I also know that when this happens,
> the directional light on the rear end also stops flashing but stays
> lit. After reading another post in this group about the little
> soldered contacts on the bulbs wearing down, I've replaced all the
> bulbs in the rear. The front bulbs look ok. I also removed as much
> of the plastic around the steering column off that I could, and shot
> some electric contact cleaner into the signal mechanism... all without
> any positive result.
>
> Additionally, when I want to use the "lane change" feature for the
> right directional, this doesn't work.
>
> Any ideas or tips would be appreciated.
>
> Mark
> '98 TJ
> '98 XJ
>
> (Remove @home from email address to reply directly)
I'll throw in my two cents. I had a similar symptom on my Nissan, and a
shot or two of WD-40 in the bulb socket fixed it. That was about seven or
eight years ago, and it hasn't troubled me since.
It's an easy thing to try, if nothing else. You may just have a bad
electrical connection. WD-40 is conducting.
--
Michael White "To protect people from the effects of folly is to
fill the world with fools." -Herbert Spencer, 1891
09-20-2003, 09:09 PM
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Re: Intermittent Turn Signal-Brake Light Problem
M. E. Bye (fxdyna@home@hotmail.com) wrote on Saturday 20 September 2003
04:19 pm:
> Got a little problem that's kind of driving me nuts. Could be a real
> safety problem, too. Once in a while, after switching the turn signal
> lever to indicate a left turn and only after I hit the brakes, the
> signal "freezes" (i.e. the signal light on the instrument cluster
> glows steadily.. doesn't flash). I also know that when this happens,
> the directional light on the rear end also stops flashing but stays
> lit. After reading another post in this group about the little
> soldered contacts on the bulbs wearing down, I've replaced all the
> bulbs in the rear. The front bulbs look ok. I also removed as much
> of the plastic around the steering column off that I could, and shot
> some electric contact cleaner into the signal mechanism... all without
> any positive result.
>
> Additionally, when I want to use the "lane change" feature for the
> right directional, this doesn't work.
>
> Any ideas or tips would be appreciated.
>
> Mark
> '98 TJ
> '98 XJ
>
> (Remove @home from email address to reply directly)
I'll throw in my two cents. I had a similar symptom on my Nissan, and a
shot or two of WD-40 in the bulb socket fixed it. That was about seven or
eight years ago, and it hasn't troubled me since.
It's an easy thing to try, if nothing else. You may just have a bad
electrical connection. WD-40 is conducting.
--
Michael White "To protect people from the effects of folly is to
fill the world with fools." -Herbert Spencer, 1891
04:19 pm:
> Got a little problem that's kind of driving me nuts. Could be a real
> safety problem, too. Once in a while, after switching the turn signal
> lever to indicate a left turn and only after I hit the brakes, the
> signal "freezes" (i.e. the signal light on the instrument cluster
> glows steadily.. doesn't flash). I also know that when this happens,
> the directional light on the rear end also stops flashing but stays
> lit. After reading another post in this group about the little
> soldered contacts on the bulbs wearing down, I've replaced all the
> bulbs in the rear. The front bulbs look ok. I also removed as much
> of the plastic around the steering column off that I could, and shot
> some electric contact cleaner into the signal mechanism... all without
> any positive result.
>
> Additionally, when I want to use the "lane change" feature for the
> right directional, this doesn't work.
>
> Any ideas or tips would be appreciated.
>
> Mark
> '98 TJ
> '98 XJ
>
> (Remove @home from email address to reply directly)
I'll throw in my two cents. I had a similar symptom on my Nissan, and a
shot or two of WD-40 in the bulb socket fixed it. That was about seven or
eight years ago, and it hasn't troubled me since.
It's an easy thing to try, if nothing else. You may just have a bad
electrical connection. WD-40 is conducting.
--
Michael White "To protect people from the effects of folly is to
fill the world with fools." -Herbert Spencer, 1891
09-20-2003, 09:42 PM
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Re: Intermittent Turn Signal-Brake Light Problem
"Michael White" <michael12@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:VS6bb.555$vS.234@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink .net...WD-40 is
conducting.
No, WD-40 does not conduct. It's classified as a solvent and water
displacer that is safe to use on electronic circuits. If it conducted, it
would short out the circuits it can be safely sprayed onto. It was
developed by General Dynamics here in San Diego to chase moisture problems
(the morning dew) on the sensitive electronics in their missles... it could
be sprayed directly on the circuit boards to get rid of the moisture without
actually harming the electronics or causing shorts.
Jerry
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news:VS6bb.555$vS.234@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink .net...WD-40 is
conducting.
No, WD-40 does not conduct. It's classified as a solvent and water
displacer that is safe to use on electronic circuits. If it conducted, it
would short out the circuits it can be safely sprayed onto. It was
developed by General Dynamics here in San Diego to chase moisture problems
(the morning dew) on the sensitive electronics in their missles... it could
be sprayed directly on the circuit boards to get rid of the moisture without
actually harming the electronics or causing shorts.
Jerry
--
Jerry Bransford
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09-20-2003, 09:42 PM
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Re: Intermittent Turn Signal-Brake Light Problem
"Michael White" <michael12@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:VS6bb.555$vS.234@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink .net...WD-40 is
conducting.
No, WD-40 does not conduct. It's classified as a solvent and water
displacer that is safe to use on electronic circuits. If it conducted, it
would short out the circuits it can be safely sprayed onto. It was
developed by General Dynamics here in San Diego to chase moisture problems
(the morning dew) on the sensitive electronics in their missles... it could
be sprayed directly on the circuit boards to get rid of the moisture without
actually harming the electronics or causing shorts.
Jerry
--
Jerry Bransford
To email, remove 'me' from my email address
KC6TAY, PP-ASEL
See the Geezer Jeep at
http://members.***.net/jerrypb/
news:VS6bb.555$vS.234@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink .net...WD-40 is
conducting.
No, WD-40 does not conduct. It's classified as a solvent and water
displacer that is safe to use on electronic circuits. If it conducted, it
would short out the circuits it can be safely sprayed onto. It was
developed by General Dynamics here in San Diego to chase moisture problems
(the morning dew) on the sensitive electronics in their missles... it could
be sprayed directly on the circuit boards to get rid of the moisture without
actually harming the electronics or causing shorts.
Jerry
--
Jerry Bransford
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09-20-2003, 11:54 PM
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Re: Intermittent Turn Signal-Brake Light Problem
In article <1jgpmv41bij6bpj3fl2deaceqrk2nhpf51@4ax.com>, M. E. Bye
<fxdyna@home@hotmail.com> writes:
>Additionally, when I want to use the "lane change" feature for the
>right directional, this doesn't work.
That may be a problem in the turn signal switch or steering column.
* * *
Matt Macchiarolo
www.townpeddler.com
www.wolverine4wd.org
http://wolverine4wd.org/rigs/macchiarolo_ml.html
<fxdyna@home@hotmail.com> writes:
>Additionally, when I want to use the "lane change" feature for the
>right directional, this doesn't work.
That may be a problem in the turn signal switch or steering column.
* * *
Matt Macchiarolo
www.townpeddler.com
www.wolverine4wd.org
http://wolverine4wd.org/rigs/macchiarolo_ml.html
