Melted switches and connectors?!! 2000 Jeep TJ
08-24-2006, 11:19 PM
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Re: Melted switches and connectors?!! 2000 Jeep TJ
Ajax is stronger than dirt.
"Kate" <svtkate@spam.filter.selby.ws> wrote in message
news:WbmHg.9810$w7.4318@bignews5.bellsouth.net...
> Thanks Mike,
> I'll put that on the top of my list.
>
> Though I only dream of someday getting to play with my TJ as much as you
> do, I have still ahd some fun in it this summer. Heck, I've only had it 6
> months and have been remodeling all summer... point is.. I believe in
> preventitive maintenance.
> Will go buy a new tube of grease and get to stuffing connectors. Thanks
> for the advice.
>
> Kate
> and an ugly ol white mudball named Ajax
>
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:44ECD066.CE13F302@sympatico.ca...
>> Because I take my Jeeps out to play and they do run into or across
>> puddles and creeks and rivers and swamps (Have had the Cherokee buried
>> up to the lights both front and back in a 'puddle' with muck coming
>> through the door speakers, let alone the CJ7), I opened 'every'
>> connection I could get my mitts on and stuffed them all full of
>> dielectric grease. This keeps the biggest failure cause, corrosion, at
>> bay.
>>
>> Lots of the new connections are just mini computer pins designed to pass
>> low current computer signals. These connections get corroded so easy it
>> isn't the least bit funny. Look at how many cases to you see posted
>> that complain about dead vehicles just after a wash! Or CPS's that
>> start to work after unplugging them and plugging them back in which
>> scratches a new contact usually or TPS's and shifting issues on
>> automatics.
>>
>> This isn't Jeep only, I worked at a garage just up the road from a car
>> was that has pressure washers and we had 'tons' of tow in from there of
>> all makes!
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> Kate wrote:
>>>
>>> Hey Mike and Nick,
>>>
>>> Do you guys suppose this is something that has been addressed in the
>>> newer
>>> models?
>>>
>>> I read so much in this group about bad wiring in the Jeeps that it makes
>>> me
>>> think I should be looking for things all along or even now to be sure
>>> they
>>> stay tight.
>>>
>>> Kate
>>> 06 Rubee-Kahn
>>>
>>> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>>> news:44ECC72C.3B407A9@sympatico.ca...
>>> > Maybe this recall might help??
>>> > ------------------------
>>> >
>>> > Recall 99V117000: Instrument Panel Ground Screws Loose
>>> >
>>> > The left side and right side instrument panel wiring ground attachment
>>> > screws could loosen over time. If the left side screw loosens, the
>>> > instrument panel gauges may not function when the headlamps are turned
>>> > on. If the right side screw loosens, the defroster blower motor may
>>> > not function.
>>> >
>>> > Dealers will remove the ground screws, drill a new pilot hole adjacent
>>> > to the original hole, and the screws will be reinstalled in the new
>>> > holes.
>>> >
>>> > Owner notification began May 31, 1999. Owners who take their vehicles
>>> > to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not
>>> > receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact
>>> > Chrysler at 1-800-992-1997. Also contact the National Highway Traffic
>>> > Safety Administration's Auto Safety Hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT
>>> > (1-888-327-4236).
>>> > ----------------------------
>>> >
>>> > Mike
>>> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>>> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>>> > Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
>>> > Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
>>> > (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>>> >
>>> > Nick ------ wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Folks,
>>> >>
>>> >> The service manual indicates that A/C Heater Control, Headlamp Switch
>>> >> and Blower Motor relay are all connected to the same ground point
>>> >> (G200). A faulty ground connection may explain why these connectors
>>> >> are melting.
>>> >>
>>> >> According to the manual, G200 is located "Left Rear of Instrument
>>> >> Panel". This area was leaking in my Jeep, so I will now go check how
>>> >> "grounded" that ground really is.
>>> >>
>>> >> Any other advice also appreciated.
>>> >>
>>> >> Nick
>
>
"Kate" <svtkate@spam.filter.selby.ws> wrote in message
news:WbmHg.9810$w7.4318@bignews5.bellsouth.net...
> Thanks Mike,
> I'll put that on the top of my list.
>
> Though I only dream of someday getting to play with my TJ as much as you
> do, I have still ahd some fun in it this summer. Heck, I've only had it 6
> months and have been remodeling all summer... point is.. I believe in
> preventitive maintenance.
> Will go buy a new tube of grease and get to stuffing connectors. Thanks
> for the advice.
>
> Kate
> and an ugly ol white mudball named Ajax
>
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:44ECD066.CE13F302@sympatico.ca...
>> Because I take my Jeeps out to play and they do run into or across
>> puddles and creeks and rivers and swamps (Have had the Cherokee buried
>> up to the lights both front and back in a 'puddle' with muck coming
>> through the door speakers, let alone the CJ7), I opened 'every'
>> connection I could get my mitts on and stuffed them all full of
>> dielectric grease. This keeps the biggest failure cause, corrosion, at
>> bay.
>>
>> Lots of the new connections are just mini computer pins designed to pass
>> low current computer signals. These connections get corroded so easy it
>> isn't the least bit funny. Look at how many cases to you see posted
>> that complain about dead vehicles just after a wash! Or CPS's that
>> start to work after unplugging them and plugging them back in which
>> scratches a new contact usually or TPS's and shifting issues on
>> automatics.
>>
>> This isn't Jeep only, I worked at a garage just up the road from a car
>> was that has pressure washers and we had 'tons' of tow in from there of
>> all makes!
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> Kate wrote:
>>>
>>> Hey Mike and Nick,
>>>
>>> Do you guys suppose this is something that has been addressed in the
>>> newer
>>> models?
>>>
>>> I read so much in this group about bad wiring in the Jeeps that it makes
>>> me
>>> think I should be looking for things all along or even now to be sure
>>> they
>>> stay tight.
>>>
>>> Kate
>>> 06 Rubee-Kahn
>>>
>>> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>>> news:44ECC72C.3B407A9@sympatico.ca...
>>> > Maybe this recall might help??
>>> > ------------------------
>>> >
>>> > Recall 99V117000: Instrument Panel Ground Screws Loose
>>> >
>>> > The left side and right side instrument panel wiring ground attachment
>>> > screws could loosen over time. If the left side screw loosens, the
>>> > instrument panel gauges may not function when the headlamps are turned
>>> > on. If the right side screw loosens, the defroster blower motor may
>>> > not function.
>>> >
>>> > Dealers will remove the ground screws, drill a new pilot hole adjacent
>>> > to the original hole, and the screws will be reinstalled in the new
>>> > holes.
>>> >
>>> > Owner notification began May 31, 1999. Owners who take their vehicles
>>> > to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not
>>> > receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact
>>> > Chrysler at 1-800-992-1997. Also contact the National Highway Traffic
>>> > Safety Administration's Auto Safety Hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT
>>> > (1-888-327-4236).
>>> > ----------------------------
>>> >
>>> > Mike
>>> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>>> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>>> > Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
>>> > Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
>>> > (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>>> >
>>> > Nick ------ wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Folks,
>>> >>
>>> >> The service manual indicates that A/C Heater Control, Headlamp Switch
>>> >> and Blower Motor relay are all connected to the same ground point
>>> >> (G200). A faulty ground connection may explain why these connectors
>>> >> are melting.
>>> >>
>>> >> According to the manual, G200 is located "Left Rear of Instrument
>>> >> Panel". This area was leaking in my Jeep, so I will now go check how
>>> >> "grounded" that ground really is.
>>> >>
>>> >> Any other advice also appreciated.
>>> >>
>>> >> Nick
>
>
08-24-2006, 11:19 PM
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Re: Melted switches and connectors?!! 2000 Jeep TJ
Ajax is stronger than dirt.
"Kate" <svtkate@spam.filter.selby.ws> wrote in message
news:WbmHg.9810$w7.4318@bignews5.bellsouth.net...
> Thanks Mike,
> I'll put that on the top of my list.
>
> Though I only dream of someday getting to play with my TJ as much as you
> do, I have still ahd some fun in it this summer. Heck, I've only had it 6
> months and have been remodeling all summer... point is.. I believe in
> preventitive maintenance.
> Will go buy a new tube of grease and get to stuffing connectors. Thanks
> for the advice.
>
> Kate
> and an ugly ol white mudball named Ajax
>
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:44ECD066.CE13F302@sympatico.ca...
>> Because I take my Jeeps out to play and they do run into or across
>> puddles and creeks and rivers and swamps (Have had the Cherokee buried
>> up to the lights both front and back in a 'puddle' with muck coming
>> through the door speakers, let alone the CJ7), I opened 'every'
>> connection I could get my mitts on and stuffed them all full of
>> dielectric grease. This keeps the biggest failure cause, corrosion, at
>> bay.
>>
>> Lots of the new connections are just mini computer pins designed to pass
>> low current computer signals. These connections get corroded so easy it
>> isn't the least bit funny. Look at how many cases to you see posted
>> that complain about dead vehicles just after a wash! Or CPS's that
>> start to work after unplugging them and plugging them back in which
>> scratches a new contact usually or TPS's and shifting issues on
>> automatics.
>>
>> This isn't Jeep only, I worked at a garage just up the road from a car
>> was that has pressure washers and we had 'tons' of tow in from there of
>> all makes!
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> Kate wrote:
>>>
>>> Hey Mike and Nick,
>>>
>>> Do you guys suppose this is something that has been addressed in the
>>> newer
>>> models?
>>>
>>> I read so much in this group about bad wiring in the Jeeps that it makes
>>> me
>>> think I should be looking for things all along or even now to be sure
>>> they
>>> stay tight.
>>>
>>> Kate
>>> 06 Rubee-Kahn
>>>
>>> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>>> news:44ECC72C.3B407A9@sympatico.ca...
>>> > Maybe this recall might help??
>>> > ------------------------
>>> >
>>> > Recall 99V117000: Instrument Panel Ground Screws Loose
>>> >
>>> > The left side and right side instrument panel wiring ground attachment
>>> > screws could loosen over time. If the left side screw loosens, the
>>> > instrument panel gauges may not function when the headlamps are turned
>>> > on. If the right side screw loosens, the defroster blower motor may
>>> > not function.
>>> >
>>> > Dealers will remove the ground screws, drill a new pilot hole adjacent
>>> > to the original hole, and the screws will be reinstalled in the new
>>> > holes.
>>> >
>>> > Owner notification began May 31, 1999. Owners who take their vehicles
>>> > to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not
>>> > receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact
>>> > Chrysler at 1-800-992-1997. Also contact the National Highway Traffic
>>> > Safety Administration's Auto Safety Hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT
>>> > (1-888-327-4236).
>>> > ----------------------------
>>> >
>>> > Mike
>>> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>>> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>>> > Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
>>> > Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
>>> > (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>>> >
>>> > Nick ------ wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Folks,
>>> >>
>>> >> The service manual indicates that A/C Heater Control, Headlamp Switch
>>> >> and Blower Motor relay are all connected to the same ground point
>>> >> (G200). A faulty ground connection may explain why these connectors
>>> >> are melting.
>>> >>
>>> >> According to the manual, G200 is located "Left Rear of Instrument
>>> >> Panel". This area was leaking in my Jeep, so I will now go check how
>>> >> "grounded" that ground really is.
>>> >>
>>> >> Any other advice also appreciated.
>>> >>
>>> >> Nick
>
>
"Kate" <svtkate@spam.filter.selby.ws> wrote in message
news:WbmHg.9810$w7.4318@bignews5.bellsouth.net...
> Thanks Mike,
> I'll put that on the top of my list.
>
> Though I only dream of someday getting to play with my TJ as much as you
> do, I have still ahd some fun in it this summer. Heck, I've only had it 6
> months and have been remodeling all summer... point is.. I believe in
> preventitive maintenance.
> Will go buy a new tube of grease and get to stuffing connectors. Thanks
> for the advice.
>
> Kate
> and an ugly ol white mudball named Ajax
>
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:44ECD066.CE13F302@sympatico.ca...
>> Because I take my Jeeps out to play and they do run into or across
>> puddles and creeks and rivers and swamps (Have had the Cherokee buried
>> up to the lights both front and back in a 'puddle' with muck coming
>> through the door speakers, let alone the CJ7), I opened 'every'
>> connection I could get my mitts on and stuffed them all full of
>> dielectric grease. This keeps the biggest failure cause, corrosion, at
>> bay.
>>
>> Lots of the new connections are just mini computer pins designed to pass
>> low current computer signals. These connections get corroded so easy it
>> isn't the least bit funny. Look at how many cases to you see posted
>> that complain about dead vehicles just after a wash! Or CPS's that
>> start to work after unplugging them and plugging them back in which
>> scratches a new contact usually or TPS's and shifting issues on
>> automatics.
>>
>> This isn't Jeep only, I worked at a garage just up the road from a car
>> was that has pressure washers and we had 'tons' of tow in from there of
>> all makes!
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> Kate wrote:
>>>
>>> Hey Mike and Nick,
>>>
>>> Do you guys suppose this is something that has been addressed in the
>>> newer
>>> models?
>>>
>>> I read so much in this group about bad wiring in the Jeeps that it makes
>>> me
>>> think I should be looking for things all along or even now to be sure
>>> they
>>> stay tight.
>>>
>>> Kate
>>> 06 Rubee-Kahn
>>>
>>> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>>> news:44ECC72C.3B407A9@sympatico.ca...
>>> > Maybe this recall might help??
>>> > ------------------------
>>> >
>>> > Recall 99V117000: Instrument Panel Ground Screws Loose
>>> >
>>> > The left side and right side instrument panel wiring ground attachment
>>> > screws could loosen over time. If the left side screw loosens, the
>>> > instrument panel gauges may not function when the headlamps are turned
>>> > on. If the right side screw loosens, the defroster blower motor may
>>> > not function.
>>> >
>>> > Dealers will remove the ground screws, drill a new pilot hole adjacent
>>> > to the original hole, and the screws will be reinstalled in the new
>>> > holes.
>>> >
>>> > Owner notification began May 31, 1999. Owners who take their vehicles
>>> > to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not
>>> > receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact
>>> > Chrysler at 1-800-992-1997. Also contact the National Highway Traffic
>>> > Safety Administration's Auto Safety Hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT
>>> > (1-888-327-4236).
>>> > ----------------------------
>>> >
>>> > Mike
>>> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>>> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>>> > Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
>>> > Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
>>> > (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>>> >
>>> > Nick ------ wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Folks,
>>> >>
>>> >> The service manual indicates that A/C Heater Control, Headlamp Switch
>>> >> and Blower Motor relay are all connected to the same ground point
>>> >> (G200). A faulty ground connection may explain why these connectors
>>> >> are melting.
>>> >>
>>> >> According to the manual, G200 is located "Left Rear of Instrument
>>> >> Panel". This area was leaking in my Jeep, so I will now go check how
>>> >> "grounded" that ground really is.
>>> >>
>>> >> Any other advice also appreciated.
>>> >>
>>> >> Nick
>
>
08-24-2006, 11:19 PM
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Re: Melted switches and connectors?!! 2000 Jeep TJ
Ajax is stronger than dirt.
"Kate" <svtkate@spam.filter.selby.ws> wrote in message
news:WbmHg.9810$w7.4318@bignews5.bellsouth.net...
> Thanks Mike,
> I'll put that on the top of my list.
>
> Though I only dream of someday getting to play with my TJ as much as you
> do, I have still ahd some fun in it this summer. Heck, I've only had it 6
> months and have been remodeling all summer... point is.. I believe in
> preventitive maintenance.
> Will go buy a new tube of grease and get to stuffing connectors. Thanks
> for the advice.
>
> Kate
> and an ugly ol white mudball named Ajax
>
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:44ECD066.CE13F302@sympatico.ca...
>> Because I take my Jeeps out to play and they do run into or across
>> puddles and creeks and rivers and swamps (Have had the Cherokee buried
>> up to the lights both front and back in a 'puddle' with muck coming
>> through the door speakers, let alone the CJ7), I opened 'every'
>> connection I could get my mitts on and stuffed them all full of
>> dielectric grease. This keeps the biggest failure cause, corrosion, at
>> bay.
>>
>> Lots of the new connections are just mini computer pins designed to pass
>> low current computer signals. These connections get corroded so easy it
>> isn't the least bit funny. Look at how many cases to you see posted
>> that complain about dead vehicles just after a wash! Or CPS's that
>> start to work after unplugging them and plugging them back in which
>> scratches a new contact usually or TPS's and shifting issues on
>> automatics.
>>
>> This isn't Jeep only, I worked at a garage just up the road from a car
>> was that has pressure washers and we had 'tons' of tow in from there of
>> all makes!
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> Kate wrote:
>>>
>>> Hey Mike and Nick,
>>>
>>> Do you guys suppose this is something that has been addressed in the
>>> newer
>>> models?
>>>
>>> I read so much in this group about bad wiring in the Jeeps that it makes
>>> me
>>> think I should be looking for things all along or even now to be sure
>>> they
>>> stay tight.
>>>
>>> Kate
>>> 06 Rubee-Kahn
>>>
>>> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>>> news:44ECC72C.3B407A9@sympatico.ca...
>>> > Maybe this recall might help??
>>> > ------------------------
>>> >
>>> > Recall 99V117000: Instrument Panel Ground Screws Loose
>>> >
>>> > The left side and right side instrument panel wiring ground attachment
>>> > screws could loosen over time. If the left side screw loosens, the
>>> > instrument panel gauges may not function when the headlamps are turned
>>> > on. If the right side screw loosens, the defroster blower motor may
>>> > not function.
>>> >
>>> > Dealers will remove the ground screws, drill a new pilot hole adjacent
>>> > to the original hole, and the screws will be reinstalled in the new
>>> > holes.
>>> >
>>> > Owner notification began May 31, 1999. Owners who take their vehicles
>>> > to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not
>>> > receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact
>>> > Chrysler at 1-800-992-1997. Also contact the National Highway Traffic
>>> > Safety Administration's Auto Safety Hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT
>>> > (1-888-327-4236).
>>> > ----------------------------
>>> >
>>> > Mike
>>> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>>> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>>> > Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
>>> > Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
>>> > (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>>> >
>>> > Nick ------ wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Folks,
>>> >>
>>> >> The service manual indicates that A/C Heater Control, Headlamp Switch
>>> >> and Blower Motor relay are all connected to the same ground point
>>> >> (G200). A faulty ground connection may explain why these connectors
>>> >> are melting.
>>> >>
>>> >> According to the manual, G200 is located "Left Rear of Instrument
>>> >> Panel". This area was leaking in my Jeep, so I will now go check how
>>> >> "grounded" that ground really is.
>>> >>
>>> >> Any other advice also appreciated.
>>> >>
>>> >> Nick
>
>
"Kate" <svtkate@spam.filter.selby.ws> wrote in message
news:WbmHg.9810$w7.4318@bignews5.bellsouth.net...
> Thanks Mike,
> I'll put that on the top of my list.
>
> Though I only dream of someday getting to play with my TJ as much as you
> do, I have still ahd some fun in it this summer. Heck, I've only had it 6
> months and have been remodeling all summer... point is.. I believe in
> preventitive maintenance.
> Will go buy a new tube of grease and get to stuffing connectors. Thanks
> for the advice.
>
> Kate
> and an ugly ol white mudball named Ajax
>
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:44ECD066.CE13F302@sympatico.ca...
>> Because I take my Jeeps out to play and they do run into or across
>> puddles and creeks and rivers and swamps (Have had the Cherokee buried
>> up to the lights both front and back in a 'puddle' with muck coming
>> through the door speakers, let alone the CJ7), I opened 'every'
>> connection I could get my mitts on and stuffed them all full of
>> dielectric grease. This keeps the biggest failure cause, corrosion, at
>> bay.
>>
>> Lots of the new connections are just mini computer pins designed to pass
>> low current computer signals. These connections get corroded so easy it
>> isn't the least bit funny. Look at how many cases to you see posted
>> that complain about dead vehicles just after a wash! Or CPS's that
>> start to work after unplugging them and plugging them back in which
>> scratches a new contact usually or TPS's and shifting issues on
>> automatics.
>>
>> This isn't Jeep only, I worked at a garage just up the road from a car
>> was that has pressure washers and we had 'tons' of tow in from there of
>> all makes!
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> Kate wrote:
>>>
>>> Hey Mike and Nick,
>>>
>>> Do you guys suppose this is something that has been addressed in the
>>> newer
>>> models?
>>>
>>> I read so much in this group about bad wiring in the Jeeps that it makes
>>> me
>>> think I should be looking for things all along or even now to be sure
>>> they
>>> stay tight.
>>>
>>> Kate
>>> 06 Rubee-Kahn
>>>
>>> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>>> news:44ECC72C.3B407A9@sympatico.ca...
>>> > Maybe this recall might help??
>>> > ------------------------
>>> >
>>> > Recall 99V117000: Instrument Panel Ground Screws Loose
>>> >
>>> > The left side and right side instrument panel wiring ground attachment
>>> > screws could loosen over time. If the left side screw loosens, the
>>> > instrument panel gauges may not function when the headlamps are turned
>>> > on. If the right side screw loosens, the defroster blower motor may
>>> > not function.
>>> >
>>> > Dealers will remove the ground screws, drill a new pilot hole adjacent
>>> > to the original hole, and the screws will be reinstalled in the new
>>> > holes.
>>> >
>>> > Owner notification began May 31, 1999. Owners who take their vehicles
>>> > to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not
>>> > receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact
>>> > Chrysler at 1-800-992-1997. Also contact the National Highway Traffic
>>> > Safety Administration's Auto Safety Hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT
>>> > (1-888-327-4236).
>>> > ----------------------------
>>> >
>>> > Mike
>>> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>>> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>>> > Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
>>> > Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
>>> > (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>>> >
>>> > Nick ------ wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Folks,
>>> >>
>>> >> The service manual indicates that A/C Heater Control, Headlamp Switch
>>> >> and Blower Motor relay are all connected to the same ground point
>>> >> (G200). A faulty ground connection may explain why these connectors
>>> >> are melting.
>>> >>
>>> >> According to the manual, G200 is located "Left Rear of Instrument
>>> >> Panel". This area was leaking in my Jeep, so I will now go check how
>>> >> "grounded" that ground really is.
>>> >>
>>> >> Any other advice also appreciated.
>>> >>
>>> >> Nick
>
>
08-25-2006, 07:06 PM
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Re: Melted switches and connectors?!! 2000 Jeep TJ
May beeee ...
but him loves stompin in mud puddles LOL
"billy ray" <billy_ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
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> Ajax is stronger than dirt.
>
>
> "Kate" <svtkate@spam.filter.selby.ws> wrote in message
> news:WbmHg.9810$w7.4318@bignews5.bellsouth.net...
>> Thanks Mike,
>> I'll put that on the top of my list.
>>
>> Though I only dream of someday getting to play with my TJ as much as you
>> do, I have still ahd some fun in it this summer. Heck, I've only had it 6
>> months and have been remodeling all summer... point is.. I believe in
>> preventitive maintenance.
>> Will go buy a new tube of grease and get to stuffing connectors. Thanks
>> for the advice.
>>
>> Kate
>> and an ugly ol white mudball named Ajax
>>
>>
>> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>> news:44ECD066.CE13F302@sympatico.ca...
>>> Because I take my Jeeps out to play and they do run into or across
>>> puddles and creeks and rivers and swamps (Have had the Cherokee buried
>>> up to the lights both front and back in a 'puddle' with muck coming
>>> through the door speakers, let alone the CJ7), I opened 'every'
>>> connection I could get my mitts on and stuffed them all full of
>>> dielectric grease. This keeps the biggest failure cause, corrosion, at
>>> bay.
>>>
>>> Lots of the new connections are just mini computer pins designed to pass
>>> low current computer signals. These connections get corroded so easy it
>>> isn't the least bit funny. Look at how many cases to you see posted
>>> that complain about dead vehicles just after a wash! Or CPS's that
>>> start to work after unplugging them and plugging them back in which
>>> scratches a new contact usually or TPS's and shifting issues on
>>> automatics.
>>>
>>> This isn't Jeep only, I worked at a garage just up the road from a car
>>> was that has pressure washers and we had 'tons' of tow in from there of
>>> all makes!
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>> Kate wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hey Mike and Nick,
>>>>
>>>> Do you guys suppose this is something that has been addressed in the
>>>> newer
>>>> models?
>>>>
>>>> I read so much in this group about bad wiring in the Jeeps that it
>>>> makes me
>>>> think I should be looking for things all along or even now to be sure
>>>> they
>>>> stay tight.
>>>>
>>>> Kate
>>>> 06 Rubee-Kahn
>>>>
>>>> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>>>> news:44ECC72C.3B407A9@sympatico.ca...
>>>> > Maybe this recall might help??
>>>> > ------------------------
>>>> >
>>>> > Recall 99V117000: Instrument Panel Ground Screws Loose
>>>> >
>>>> > The left side and right side instrument panel wiring ground
>>>> > attachment
>>>> > screws could loosen over time. If the left side screw loosens, the
>>>> > instrument panel gauges may not function when the headlamps are
>>>> > turned
>>>> > on. If the right side screw loosens, the defroster blower motor may
>>>> > not function.
>>>> >
>>>> > Dealers will remove the ground screws, drill a new pilot hole
>>>> > adjacent
>>>> > to the original hole, and the screws will be reinstalled in the new
>>>> > holes.
>>>> >
>>>> > Owner notification began May 31, 1999. Owners who take their vehicles
>>>> > to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not
>>>> > receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact
>>>> > Chrysler at 1-800-992-1997. Also contact the National Highway Traffic
>>>> > Safety Administration's Auto Safety Hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT
>>>> > (1-888-327-4236).
>>>> > ----------------------------
>>>> >
>>>> > Mike
>>>> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>>>> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>>>> > Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
>>>> > Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
>>>> > (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>>>> >
>>>> > Nick ------ wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Folks,
>>>> >>
>>>> >> The service manual indicates that A/C Heater Control, Headlamp
>>>> >> Switch
>>>> >> and Blower Motor relay are all connected to the same ground point
>>>> >> (G200). A faulty ground connection may explain why these connectors
>>>> >> are melting.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> According to the manual, G200 is located "Left Rear of Instrument
>>>> >> Panel". This area was leaking in my Jeep, so I will now go check
>>>> >> how
>>>> >> "grounded" that ground really is.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Any other advice also appreciated.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Nick
>>
>>
>
>
but him loves stompin in mud puddles LOL
"billy ray" <billy_ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
news:2708b$44ee6c98$48311eaf$31087@FUSE.NET...
> Ajax is stronger than dirt.
>
>
> "Kate" <svtkate@spam.filter.selby.ws> wrote in message
> news:WbmHg.9810$w7.4318@bignews5.bellsouth.net...
>> Thanks Mike,
>> I'll put that on the top of my list.
>>
>> Though I only dream of someday getting to play with my TJ as much as you
>> do, I have still ahd some fun in it this summer. Heck, I've only had it 6
>> months and have been remodeling all summer... point is.. I believe in
>> preventitive maintenance.
>> Will go buy a new tube of grease and get to stuffing connectors. Thanks
>> for the advice.
>>
>> Kate
>> and an ugly ol white mudball named Ajax
>>
>>
>> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>> news:44ECD066.CE13F302@sympatico.ca...
>>> Because I take my Jeeps out to play and they do run into or across
>>> puddles and creeks and rivers and swamps (Have had the Cherokee buried
>>> up to the lights both front and back in a 'puddle' with muck coming
>>> through the door speakers, let alone the CJ7), I opened 'every'
>>> connection I could get my mitts on and stuffed them all full of
>>> dielectric grease. This keeps the biggest failure cause, corrosion, at
>>> bay.
>>>
>>> Lots of the new connections are just mini computer pins designed to pass
>>> low current computer signals. These connections get corroded so easy it
>>> isn't the least bit funny. Look at how many cases to you see posted
>>> that complain about dead vehicles just after a wash! Or CPS's that
>>> start to work after unplugging them and plugging them back in which
>>> scratches a new contact usually or TPS's and shifting issues on
>>> automatics.
>>>
>>> This isn't Jeep only, I worked at a garage just up the road from a car
>>> was that has pressure washers and we had 'tons' of tow in from there of
>>> all makes!
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>> Kate wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hey Mike and Nick,
>>>>
>>>> Do you guys suppose this is something that has been addressed in the
>>>> newer
>>>> models?
>>>>
>>>> I read so much in this group about bad wiring in the Jeeps that it
>>>> makes me
>>>> think I should be looking for things all along or even now to be sure
>>>> they
>>>> stay tight.
>>>>
>>>> Kate
>>>> 06 Rubee-Kahn
>>>>
>>>> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>>>> news:44ECC72C.3B407A9@sympatico.ca...
>>>> > Maybe this recall might help??
>>>> > ------------------------
>>>> >
>>>> > Recall 99V117000: Instrument Panel Ground Screws Loose
>>>> >
>>>> > The left side and right side instrument panel wiring ground
>>>> > attachment
>>>> > screws could loosen over time. If the left side screw loosens, the
>>>> > instrument panel gauges may not function when the headlamps are
>>>> > turned
>>>> > on. If the right side screw loosens, the defroster blower motor may
>>>> > not function.
>>>> >
>>>> > Dealers will remove the ground screws, drill a new pilot hole
>>>> > adjacent
>>>> > to the original hole, and the screws will be reinstalled in the new
>>>> > holes.
>>>> >
>>>> > Owner notification began May 31, 1999. Owners who take their vehicles
>>>> > to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not
>>>> > receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact
>>>> > Chrysler at 1-800-992-1997. Also contact the National Highway Traffic
>>>> > Safety Administration's Auto Safety Hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT
>>>> > (1-888-327-4236).
>>>> > ----------------------------
>>>> >
>>>> > Mike
>>>> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>>>> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>>>> > Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
>>>> > Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
>>>> > (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>>>> >
>>>> > Nick ------ wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Folks,
>>>> >>
>>>> >> The service manual indicates that A/C Heater Control, Headlamp
>>>> >> Switch
>>>> >> and Blower Motor relay are all connected to the same ground point
>>>> >> (G200). A faulty ground connection may explain why these connectors
>>>> >> are melting.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> According to the manual, G200 is located "Left Rear of Instrument
>>>> >> Panel". This area was leaking in my Jeep, so I will now go check
>>>> >> how
>>>> >> "grounded" that ground really is.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Any other advice also appreciated.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Nick
>>
>>
>
>
08-25-2006, 07:06 PM
#75
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Melted switches and connectors?!! 2000 Jeep TJ
May beeee ...
but him loves stompin in mud puddles LOL
"billy ray" <billy_ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
news:2708b$44ee6c98$48311eaf$31087@FUSE.NET...
> Ajax is stronger than dirt.
>
>
> "Kate" <svtkate@spam.filter.selby.ws> wrote in message
> news:WbmHg.9810$w7.4318@bignews5.bellsouth.net...
>> Thanks Mike,
>> I'll put that on the top of my list.
>>
>> Though I only dream of someday getting to play with my TJ as much as you
>> do, I have still ahd some fun in it this summer. Heck, I've only had it 6
>> months and have been remodeling all summer... point is.. I believe in
>> preventitive maintenance.
>> Will go buy a new tube of grease and get to stuffing connectors. Thanks
>> for the advice.
>>
>> Kate
>> and an ugly ol white mudball named Ajax
>>
>>
>> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>> news:44ECD066.CE13F302@sympatico.ca...
>>> Because I take my Jeeps out to play and they do run into or across
>>> puddles and creeks and rivers and swamps (Have had the Cherokee buried
>>> up to the lights both front and back in a 'puddle' with muck coming
>>> through the door speakers, let alone the CJ7), I opened 'every'
>>> connection I could get my mitts on and stuffed them all full of
>>> dielectric grease. This keeps the biggest failure cause, corrosion, at
>>> bay.
>>>
>>> Lots of the new connections are just mini computer pins designed to pass
>>> low current computer signals. These connections get corroded so easy it
>>> isn't the least bit funny. Look at how many cases to you see posted
>>> that complain about dead vehicles just after a wash! Or CPS's that
>>> start to work after unplugging them and plugging them back in which
>>> scratches a new contact usually or TPS's and shifting issues on
>>> automatics.
>>>
>>> This isn't Jeep only, I worked at a garage just up the road from a car
>>> was that has pressure washers and we had 'tons' of tow in from there of
>>> all makes!
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>> Kate wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hey Mike and Nick,
>>>>
>>>> Do you guys suppose this is something that has been addressed in the
>>>> newer
>>>> models?
>>>>
>>>> I read so much in this group about bad wiring in the Jeeps that it
>>>> makes me
>>>> think I should be looking for things all along or even now to be sure
>>>> they
>>>> stay tight.
>>>>
>>>> Kate
>>>> 06 Rubee-Kahn
>>>>
>>>> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>>>> news:44ECC72C.3B407A9@sympatico.ca...
>>>> > Maybe this recall might help??
>>>> > ------------------------
>>>> >
>>>> > Recall 99V117000: Instrument Panel Ground Screws Loose
>>>> >
>>>> > The left side and right side instrument panel wiring ground
>>>> > attachment
>>>> > screws could loosen over time. If the left side screw loosens, the
>>>> > instrument panel gauges may not function when the headlamps are
>>>> > turned
>>>> > on. If the right side screw loosens, the defroster blower motor may
>>>> > not function.
>>>> >
>>>> > Dealers will remove the ground screws, drill a new pilot hole
>>>> > adjacent
>>>> > to the original hole, and the screws will be reinstalled in the new
>>>> > holes.
>>>> >
>>>> > Owner notification began May 31, 1999. Owners who take their vehicles
>>>> > to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not
>>>> > receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact
>>>> > Chrysler at 1-800-992-1997. Also contact the National Highway Traffic
>>>> > Safety Administration's Auto Safety Hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT
>>>> > (1-888-327-4236).
>>>> > ----------------------------
>>>> >
>>>> > Mike
>>>> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>>>> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>>>> > Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
>>>> > Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
>>>> > (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>>>> >
>>>> > Nick ------ wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Folks,
>>>> >>
>>>> >> The service manual indicates that A/C Heater Control, Headlamp
>>>> >> Switch
>>>> >> and Blower Motor relay are all connected to the same ground point
>>>> >> (G200). A faulty ground connection may explain why these connectors
>>>> >> are melting.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> According to the manual, G200 is located "Left Rear of Instrument
>>>> >> Panel". This area was leaking in my Jeep, so I will now go check
>>>> >> how
>>>> >> "grounded" that ground really is.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Any other advice also appreciated.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Nick
>>
>>
>
>
but him loves stompin in mud puddles LOL
"billy ray" <billy_ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
news:2708b$44ee6c98$48311eaf$31087@FUSE.NET...
> Ajax is stronger than dirt.
>
>
> "Kate" <svtkate@spam.filter.selby.ws> wrote in message
> news:WbmHg.9810$w7.4318@bignews5.bellsouth.net...
>> Thanks Mike,
>> I'll put that on the top of my list.
>>
>> Though I only dream of someday getting to play with my TJ as much as you
>> do, I have still ahd some fun in it this summer. Heck, I've only had it 6
>> months and have been remodeling all summer... point is.. I believe in
>> preventitive maintenance.
>> Will go buy a new tube of grease and get to stuffing connectors. Thanks
>> for the advice.
>>
>> Kate
>> and an ugly ol white mudball named Ajax
>>
>>
>> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>> news:44ECD066.CE13F302@sympatico.ca...
>>> Because I take my Jeeps out to play and they do run into or across
>>> puddles and creeks and rivers and swamps (Have had the Cherokee buried
>>> up to the lights both front and back in a 'puddle' with muck coming
>>> through the door speakers, let alone the CJ7), I opened 'every'
>>> connection I could get my mitts on and stuffed them all full of
>>> dielectric grease. This keeps the biggest failure cause, corrosion, at
>>> bay.
>>>
>>> Lots of the new connections are just mini computer pins designed to pass
>>> low current computer signals. These connections get corroded so easy it
>>> isn't the least bit funny. Look at how many cases to you see posted
>>> that complain about dead vehicles just after a wash! Or CPS's that
>>> start to work after unplugging them and plugging them back in which
>>> scratches a new contact usually or TPS's and shifting issues on
>>> automatics.
>>>
>>> This isn't Jeep only, I worked at a garage just up the road from a car
>>> was that has pressure washers and we had 'tons' of tow in from there of
>>> all makes!
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>> Kate wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hey Mike and Nick,
>>>>
>>>> Do you guys suppose this is something that has been addressed in the
>>>> newer
>>>> models?
>>>>
>>>> I read so much in this group about bad wiring in the Jeeps that it
>>>> makes me
>>>> think I should be looking for things all along or even now to be sure
>>>> they
>>>> stay tight.
>>>>
>>>> Kate
>>>> 06 Rubee-Kahn
>>>>
>>>> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>>>> news:44ECC72C.3B407A9@sympatico.ca...
>>>> > Maybe this recall might help??
>>>> > ------------------------
>>>> >
>>>> > Recall 99V117000: Instrument Panel Ground Screws Loose
>>>> >
>>>> > The left side and right side instrument panel wiring ground
>>>> > attachment
>>>> > screws could loosen over time. If the left side screw loosens, the
>>>> > instrument panel gauges may not function when the headlamps are
>>>> > turned
>>>> > on. If the right side screw loosens, the defroster blower motor may
>>>> > not function.
>>>> >
>>>> > Dealers will remove the ground screws, drill a new pilot hole
>>>> > adjacent
>>>> > to the original hole, and the screws will be reinstalled in the new
>>>> > holes.
>>>> >
>>>> > Owner notification began May 31, 1999. Owners who take their vehicles
>>>> > to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not
>>>> > receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact
>>>> > Chrysler at 1-800-992-1997. Also contact the National Highway Traffic
>>>> > Safety Administration's Auto Safety Hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT
>>>> > (1-888-327-4236).
>>>> > ----------------------------
>>>> >
>>>> > Mike
>>>> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>>>> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>>>> > Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
>>>> > Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
>>>> > (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>>>> >
>>>> > Nick ------ wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Folks,
>>>> >>
>>>> >> The service manual indicates that A/C Heater Control, Headlamp
>>>> >> Switch
>>>> >> and Blower Motor relay are all connected to the same ground point
>>>> >> (G200). A faulty ground connection may explain why these connectors
>>>> >> are melting.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> According to the manual, G200 is located "Left Rear of Instrument
>>>> >> Panel". This area was leaking in my Jeep, so I will now go check
>>>> >> how
>>>> >> "grounded" that ground really is.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Any other advice also appreciated.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Nick
>>
>>
>
>
08-25-2006, 07:06 PM
#76
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Melted switches and connectors?!! 2000 Jeep TJ
May beeee ...
but him loves stompin in mud puddles LOL
"billy ray" <billy_ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
news:2708b$44ee6c98$48311eaf$31087@FUSE.NET...
> Ajax is stronger than dirt.
>
>
> "Kate" <svtkate@spam.filter.selby.ws> wrote in message
> news:WbmHg.9810$w7.4318@bignews5.bellsouth.net...
>> Thanks Mike,
>> I'll put that on the top of my list.
>>
>> Though I only dream of someday getting to play with my TJ as much as you
>> do, I have still ahd some fun in it this summer. Heck, I've only had it 6
>> months and have been remodeling all summer... point is.. I believe in
>> preventitive maintenance.
>> Will go buy a new tube of grease and get to stuffing connectors. Thanks
>> for the advice.
>>
>> Kate
>> and an ugly ol white mudball named Ajax
>>
>>
>> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>> news:44ECD066.CE13F302@sympatico.ca...
>>> Because I take my Jeeps out to play and they do run into or across
>>> puddles and creeks and rivers and swamps (Have had the Cherokee buried
>>> up to the lights both front and back in a 'puddle' with muck coming
>>> through the door speakers, let alone the CJ7), I opened 'every'
>>> connection I could get my mitts on and stuffed them all full of
>>> dielectric grease. This keeps the biggest failure cause, corrosion, at
>>> bay.
>>>
>>> Lots of the new connections are just mini computer pins designed to pass
>>> low current computer signals. These connections get corroded so easy it
>>> isn't the least bit funny. Look at how many cases to you see posted
>>> that complain about dead vehicles just after a wash! Or CPS's that
>>> start to work after unplugging them and plugging them back in which
>>> scratches a new contact usually or TPS's and shifting issues on
>>> automatics.
>>>
>>> This isn't Jeep only, I worked at a garage just up the road from a car
>>> was that has pressure washers and we had 'tons' of tow in from there of
>>> all makes!
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>> Kate wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hey Mike and Nick,
>>>>
>>>> Do you guys suppose this is something that has been addressed in the
>>>> newer
>>>> models?
>>>>
>>>> I read so much in this group about bad wiring in the Jeeps that it
>>>> makes me
>>>> think I should be looking for things all along or even now to be sure
>>>> they
>>>> stay tight.
>>>>
>>>> Kate
>>>> 06 Rubee-Kahn
>>>>
>>>> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>>>> news:44ECC72C.3B407A9@sympatico.ca...
>>>> > Maybe this recall might help??
>>>> > ------------------------
>>>> >
>>>> > Recall 99V117000: Instrument Panel Ground Screws Loose
>>>> >
>>>> > The left side and right side instrument panel wiring ground
>>>> > attachment
>>>> > screws could loosen over time. If the left side screw loosens, the
>>>> > instrument panel gauges may not function when the headlamps are
>>>> > turned
>>>> > on. If the right side screw loosens, the defroster blower motor may
>>>> > not function.
>>>> >
>>>> > Dealers will remove the ground screws, drill a new pilot hole
>>>> > adjacent
>>>> > to the original hole, and the screws will be reinstalled in the new
>>>> > holes.
>>>> >
>>>> > Owner notification began May 31, 1999. Owners who take their vehicles
>>>> > to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not
>>>> > receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact
>>>> > Chrysler at 1-800-992-1997. Also contact the National Highway Traffic
>>>> > Safety Administration's Auto Safety Hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT
>>>> > (1-888-327-4236).
>>>> > ----------------------------
>>>> >
>>>> > Mike
>>>> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>>>> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>>>> > Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
>>>> > Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
>>>> > (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>>>> >
>>>> > Nick ------ wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Folks,
>>>> >>
>>>> >> The service manual indicates that A/C Heater Control, Headlamp
>>>> >> Switch
>>>> >> and Blower Motor relay are all connected to the same ground point
>>>> >> (G200). A faulty ground connection may explain why these connectors
>>>> >> are melting.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> According to the manual, G200 is located "Left Rear of Instrument
>>>> >> Panel". This area was leaking in my Jeep, so I will now go check
>>>> >> how
>>>> >> "grounded" that ground really is.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Any other advice also appreciated.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Nick
>>
>>
>
>
but him loves stompin in mud puddles LOL
"billy ray" <billy_ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
news:2708b$44ee6c98$48311eaf$31087@FUSE.NET...
> Ajax is stronger than dirt.
>
>
> "Kate" <svtkate@spam.filter.selby.ws> wrote in message
> news:WbmHg.9810$w7.4318@bignews5.bellsouth.net...
>> Thanks Mike,
>> I'll put that on the top of my list.
>>
>> Though I only dream of someday getting to play with my TJ as much as you
>> do, I have still ahd some fun in it this summer. Heck, I've only had it 6
>> months and have been remodeling all summer... point is.. I believe in
>> preventitive maintenance.
>> Will go buy a new tube of grease and get to stuffing connectors. Thanks
>> for the advice.
>>
>> Kate
>> and an ugly ol white mudball named Ajax
>>
>>
>> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>> news:44ECD066.CE13F302@sympatico.ca...
>>> Because I take my Jeeps out to play and they do run into or across
>>> puddles and creeks and rivers and swamps (Have had the Cherokee buried
>>> up to the lights both front and back in a 'puddle' with muck coming
>>> through the door speakers, let alone the CJ7), I opened 'every'
>>> connection I could get my mitts on and stuffed them all full of
>>> dielectric grease. This keeps the biggest failure cause, corrosion, at
>>> bay.
>>>
>>> Lots of the new connections are just mini computer pins designed to pass
>>> low current computer signals. These connections get corroded so easy it
>>> isn't the least bit funny. Look at how many cases to you see posted
>>> that complain about dead vehicles just after a wash! Or CPS's that
>>> start to work after unplugging them and plugging them back in which
>>> scratches a new contact usually or TPS's and shifting issues on
>>> automatics.
>>>
>>> This isn't Jeep only, I worked at a garage just up the road from a car
>>> was that has pressure washers and we had 'tons' of tow in from there of
>>> all makes!
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>> Kate wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hey Mike and Nick,
>>>>
>>>> Do you guys suppose this is something that has been addressed in the
>>>> newer
>>>> models?
>>>>
>>>> I read so much in this group about bad wiring in the Jeeps that it
>>>> makes me
>>>> think I should be looking for things all along or even now to be sure
>>>> they
>>>> stay tight.
>>>>
>>>> Kate
>>>> 06 Rubee-Kahn
>>>>
>>>> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>>>> news:44ECC72C.3B407A9@sympatico.ca...
>>>> > Maybe this recall might help??
>>>> > ------------------------
>>>> >
>>>> > Recall 99V117000: Instrument Panel Ground Screws Loose
>>>> >
>>>> > The left side and right side instrument panel wiring ground
>>>> > attachment
>>>> > screws could loosen over time. If the left side screw loosens, the
>>>> > instrument panel gauges may not function when the headlamps are
>>>> > turned
>>>> > on. If the right side screw loosens, the defroster blower motor may
>>>> > not function.
>>>> >
>>>> > Dealers will remove the ground screws, drill a new pilot hole
>>>> > adjacent
>>>> > to the original hole, and the screws will be reinstalled in the new
>>>> > holes.
>>>> >
>>>> > Owner notification began May 31, 1999. Owners who take their vehicles
>>>> > to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not
>>>> > receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact
>>>> > Chrysler at 1-800-992-1997. Also contact the National Highway Traffic
>>>> > Safety Administration's Auto Safety Hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT
>>>> > (1-888-327-4236).
>>>> > ----------------------------
>>>> >
>>>> > Mike
>>>> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>>>> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>>>> > Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
>>>> > Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
>>>> > (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>>>> >
>>>> > Nick ------ wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Folks,
>>>> >>
>>>> >> The service manual indicates that A/C Heater Control, Headlamp
>>>> >> Switch
>>>> >> and Blower Motor relay are all connected to the same ground point
>>>> >> (G200). A faulty ground connection may explain why these connectors
>>>> >> are melting.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> According to the manual, G200 is located "Left Rear of Instrument
>>>> >> Panel". This area was leaking in my Jeep, so I will now go check
>>>> >> how
>>>> >> "grounded" that ground really is.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Any other advice also appreciated.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Nick
>>
>>
>
>
08-25-2006, 07:06 PM
#77
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Melted switches and connectors?!! 2000 Jeep TJ
May beeee ...
but him loves stompin in mud puddles LOL
"billy ray" <billy_ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
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> Ajax is stronger than dirt.
>
>
> "Kate" <svtkate@spam.filter.selby.ws> wrote in message
> news:WbmHg.9810$w7.4318@bignews5.bellsouth.net...
>> Thanks Mike,
>> I'll put that on the top of my list.
>>
>> Though I only dream of someday getting to play with my TJ as much as you
>> do, I have still ahd some fun in it this summer. Heck, I've only had it 6
>> months and have been remodeling all summer... point is.. I believe in
>> preventitive maintenance.
>> Will go buy a new tube of grease and get to stuffing connectors. Thanks
>> for the advice.
>>
>> Kate
>> and an ugly ol white mudball named Ajax
>>
>>
>> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>> news:44ECD066.CE13F302@sympatico.ca...
>>> Because I take my Jeeps out to play and they do run into or across
>>> puddles and creeks and rivers and swamps (Have had the Cherokee buried
>>> up to the lights both front and back in a 'puddle' with muck coming
>>> through the door speakers, let alone the CJ7), I opened 'every'
>>> connection I could get my mitts on and stuffed them all full of
>>> dielectric grease. This keeps the biggest failure cause, corrosion, at
>>> bay.
>>>
>>> Lots of the new connections are just mini computer pins designed to pass
>>> low current computer signals. These connections get corroded so easy it
>>> isn't the least bit funny. Look at how many cases to you see posted
>>> that complain about dead vehicles just after a wash! Or CPS's that
>>> start to work after unplugging them and plugging them back in which
>>> scratches a new contact usually or TPS's and shifting issues on
>>> automatics.
>>>
>>> This isn't Jeep only, I worked at a garage just up the road from a car
>>> was that has pressure washers and we had 'tons' of tow in from there of
>>> all makes!
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>> Kate wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hey Mike and Nick,
>>>>
>>>> Do you guys suppose this is something that has been addressed in the
>>>> newer
>>>> models?
>>>>
>>>> I read so much in this group about bad wiring in the Jeeps that it
>>>> makes me
>>>> think I should be looking for things all along or even now to be sure
>>>> they
>>>> stay tight.
>>>>
>>>> Kate
>>>> 06 Rubee-Kahn
>>>>
>>>> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>>>> news:44ECC72C.3B407A9@sympatico.ca...
>>>> > Maybe this recall might help??
>>>> > ------------------------
>>>> >
>>>> > Recall 99V117000: Instrument Panel Ground Screws Loose
>>>> >
>>>> > The left side and right side instrument panel wiring ground
>>>> > attachment
>>>> > screws could loosen over time. If the left side screw loosens, the
>>>> > instrument panel gauges may not function when the headlamps are
>>>> > turned
>>>> > on. If the right side screw loosens, the defroster blower motor may
>>>> > not function.
>>>> >
>>>> > Dealers will remove the ground screws, drill a new pilot hole
>>>> > adjacent
>>>> > to the original hole, and the screws will be reinstalled in the new
>>>> > holes.
>>>> >
>>>> > Owner notification began May 31, 1999. Owners who take their vehicles
>>>> > to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not
>>>> > receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact
>>>> > Chrysler at 1-800-992-1997. Also contact the National Highway Traffic
>>>> > Safety Administration's Auto Safety Hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT
>>>> > (1-888-327-4236).
>>>> > ----------------------------
>>>> >
>>>> > Mike
>>>> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>>>> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>>>> > Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
>>>> > Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
>>>> > (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>>>> >
>>>> > Nick ------ wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Folks,
>>>> >>
>>>> >> The service manual indicates that A/C Heater Control, Headlamp
>>>> >> Switch
>>>> >> and Blower Motor relay are all connected to the same ground point
>>>> >> (G200). A faulty ground connection may explain why these connectors
>>>> >> are melting.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> According to the manual, G200 is located "Left Rear of Instrument
>>>> >> Panel". This area was leaking in my Jeep, so I will now go check
>>>> >> how
>>>> >> "grounded" that ground really is.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Any other advice also appreciated.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Nick
>>
>>
>
>
but him loves stompin in mud puddles LOL
"billy ray" <billy_ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
news:2708b$44ee6c98$48311eaf$31087@FUSE.NET...
> Ajax is stronger than dirt.
>
>
> "Kate" <svtkate@spam.filter.selby.ws> wrote in message
> news:WbmHg.9810$w7.4318@bignews5.bellsouth.net...
>> Thanks Mike,
>> I'll put that on the top of my list.
>>
>> Though I only dream of someday getting to play with my TJ as much as you
>> do, I have still ahd some fun in it this summer. Heck, I've only had it 6
>> months and have been remodeling all summer... point is.. I believe in
>> preventitive maintenance.
>> Will go buy a new tube of grease and get to stuffing connectors. Thanks
>> for the advice.
>>
>> Kate
>> and an ugly ol white mudball named Ajax
>>
>>
>> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>> news:44ECD066.CE13F302@sympatico.ca...
>>> Because I take my Jeeps out to play and they do run into or across
>>> puddles and creeks and rivers and swamps (Have had the Cherokee buried
>>> up to the lights both front and back in a 'puddle' with muck coming
>>> through the door speakers, let alone the CJ7), I opened 'every'
>>> connection I could get my mitts on and stuffed them all full of
>>> dielectric grease. This keeps the biggest failure cause, corrosion, at
>>> bay.
>>>
>>> Lots of the new connections are just mini computer pins designed to pass
>>> low current computer signals. These connections get corroded so easy it
>>> isn't the least bit funny. Look at how many cases to you see posted
>>> that complain about dead vehicles just after a wash! Or CPS's that
>>> start to work after unplugging them and plugging them back in which
>>> scratches a new contact usually or TPS's and shifting issues on
>>> automatics.
>>>
>>> This isn't Jeep only, I worked at a garage just up the road from a car
>>> was that has pressure washers and we had 'tons' of tow in from there of
>>> all makes!
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>> Kate wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hey Mike and Nick,
>>>>
>>>> Do you guys suppose this is something that has been addressed in the
>>>> newer
>>>> models?
>>>>
>>>> I read so much in this group about bad wiring in the Jeeps that it
>>>> makes me
>>>> think I should be looking for things all along or even now to be sure
>>>> they
>>>> stay tight.
>>>>
>>>> Kate
>>>> 06 Rubee-Kahn
>>>>
>>>> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>>>> news:44ECC72C.3B407A9@sympatico.ca...
>>>> > Maybe this recall might help??
>>>> > ------------------------
>>>> >
>>>> > Recall 99V117000: Instrument Panel Ground Screws Loose
>>>> >
>>>> > The left side and right side instrument panel wiring ground
>>>> > attachment
>>>> > screws could loosen over time. If the left side screw loosens, the
>>>> > instrument panel gauges may not function when the headlamps are
>>>> > turned
>>>> > on. If the right side screw loosens, the defroster blower motor may
>>>> > not function.
>>>> >
>>>> > Dealers will remove the ground screws, drill a new pilot hole
>>>> > adjacent
>>>> > to the original hole, and the screws will be reinstalled in the new
>>>> > holes.
>>>> >
>>>> > Owner notification began May 31, 1999. Owners who take their vehicles
>>>> > to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not
>>>> > receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact
>>>> > Chrysler at 1-800-992-1997. Also contact the National Highway Traffic
>>>> > Safety Administration's Auto Safety Hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT
>>>> > (1-888-327-4236).
>>>> > ----------------------------
>>>> >
>>>> > Mike
>>>> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>>>> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>>>> > Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
>>>> > Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
>>>> > (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>>>> >
>>>> > Nick ------ wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Folks,
>>>> >>
>>>> >> The service manual indicates that A/C Heater Control, Headlamp
>>>> >> Switch
>>>> >> and Blower Motor relay are all connected to the same ground point
>>>> >> (G200). A faulty ground connection may explain why these connectors
>>>> >> are melting.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> According to the manual, G200 is located "Left Rear of Instrument
>>>> >> Panel". This area was leaking in my Jeep, so I will now go check
>>>> >> how
>>>> >> "grounded" that ground really is.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Any other advice also appreciated.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Nick
>>
>>
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