rear light goes out when lights are on
10-28-2005, 03:32 PM
#51
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Re: rear light goes out when lights are on
"Billy Ray" <Billy_Ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
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> Your ground is the black wire in the bundle going to the lamp if it is the
> same as my '02 WJ.
>
> Make yourself a jumper and touch it to a bare piece of metal and see if
> that gets your lights working.
>
> If it does the ground is bad.
>
> The official repair is to track the wiring harness backwards until you
> find where that wire is grounded and repair the ground.
>
The actual repair is to take the lamp housing off and clean it up, then put
it back on.
10-28-2005, 03:32 PM
#52
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Re: rear light goes out when lights are on
"Billy Ray" <Billy_Ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
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> Your ground is the black wire in the bundle going to the lamp if it is the
> same as my '02 WJ.
>
> Make yourself a jumper and touch it to a bare piece of metal and see if
> that gets your lights working.
>
> If it does the ground is bad.
>
> The official repair is to track the wiring harness backwards until you
> find where that wire is grounded and repair the ground.
>
The actual repair is to take the lamp housing off and clean it up, then put
it back on.
10-28-2005, 03:47 PM
#53
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Re: rear light goes out when lights are on
They are all trying to convince me that metal tab under the bolt no
longer exists on the Grand Cherokee Jeff.....
Apparently the plastic housing now uses a wire for the brake light
ground?
I don't know for sure because I haven't had a Grand apart.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Jeff Strickland wrote:
>
> You have a bad ground on the left side light assembly. Remove the lamp
> housing and you should see the trouble. The lamp housing grounds through one
> of the screws that holds it on.
>
> "terp1227" <nickagapis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:c607539e4d90bb58e560f2e4cac819b3@localhost.ta lkaboutautos.com...
> > Jim G
> > While I have my lights on the rear light is on but when I apply my brakes
> > with my lights on the rear light goes out. Do you know how I can fix the
> > problem?
> > It is a Jeep Grand Cherokee 2001
> >
longer exists on the Grand Cherokee Jeff.....
Apparently the plastic housing now uses a wire for the brake light
ground?
I don't know for sure because I haven't had a Grand apart.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Jeff Strickland wrote:
>
> You have a bad ground on the left side light assembly. Remove the lamp
> housing and you should see the trouble. The lamp housing grounds through one
> of the screws that holds it on.
>
> "terp1227" <nickagapis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:c607539e4d90bb58e560f2e4cac819b3@localhost.ta lkaboutautos.com...
> > Jim G
> > While I have my lights on the rear light is on but when I apply my brakes
> > with my lights on the rear light goes out. Do you know how I can fix the
> > problem?
> > It is a Jeep Grand Cherokee 2001
> >
10-28-2005, 03:47 PM
#54
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Re: rear light goes out when lights are on
They are all trying to convince me that metal tab under the bolt no
longer exists on the Grand Cherokee Jeff.....
Apparently the plastic housing now uses a wire for the brake light
ground?
I don't know for sure because I haven't had a Grand apart.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Jeff Strickland wrote:
>
> You have a bad ground on the left side light assembly. Remove the lamp
> housing and you should see the trouble. The lamp housing grounds through one
> of the screws that holds it on.
>
> "terp1227" <nickagapis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:c607539e4d90bb58e560f2e4cac819b3@localhost.ta lkaboutautos.com...
> > Jim G
> > While I have my lights on the rear light is on but when I apply my brakes
> > with my lights on the rear light goes out. Do you know how I can fix the
> > problem?
> > It is a Jeep Grand Cherokee 2001
> >
longer exists on the Grand Cherokee Jeff.....
Apparently the plastic housing now uses a wire for the brake light
ground?
I don't know for sure because I haven't had a Grand apart.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Jeff Strickland wrote:
>
> You have a bad ground on the left side light assembly. Remove the lamp
> housing and you should see the trouble. The lamp housing grounds through one
> of the screws that holds it on.
>
> "terp1227" <nickagapis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:c607539e4d90bb58e560f2e4cac819b3@localhost.ta lkaboutautos.com...
> > Jim G
> > While I have my lights on the rear light is on but when I apply my brakes
> > with my lights on the rear light goes out. Do you know how I can fix the
> > problem?
> > It is a Jeep Grand Cherokee 2001
> >
10-28-2005, 03:47 PM
#55
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Re: rear light goes out when lights are on
They are all trying to convince me that metal tab under the bolt no
longer exists on the Grand Cherokee Jeff.....
Apparently the plastic housing now uses a wire for the brake light
ground?
I don't know for sure because I haven't had a Grand apart.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Jeff Strickland wrote:
>
> You have a bad ground on the left side light assembly. Remove the lamp
> housing and you should see the trouble. The lamp housing grounds through one
> of the screws that holds it on.
>
> "terp1227" <nickagapis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:c607539e4d90bb58e560f2e4cac819b3@localhost.ta lkaboutautos.com...
> > Jim G
> > While I have my lights on the rear light is on but when I apply my brakes
> > with my lights on the rear light goes out. Do you know how I can fix the
> > problem?
> > It is a Jeep Grand Cherokee 2001
> >
longer exists on the Grand Cherokee Jeff.....
Apparently the plastic housing now uses a wire for the brake light
ground?
I don't know for sure because I haven't had a Grand apart.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Jeff Strickland wrote:
>
> You have a bad ground on the left side light assembly. Remove the lamp
> housing and you should see the trouble. The lamp housing grounds through one
> of the screws that holds it on.
>
> "terp1227" <nickagapis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:c607539e4d90bb58e560f2e4cac819b3@localhost.ta lkaboutautos.com...
> > Jim G
> > While I have my lights on the rear light is on but when I apply my brakes
> > with my lights on the rear light goes out. Do you know how I can fix the
> > problem?
> > It is a Jeep Grand Cherokee 2001
> >
10-28-2005, 04:42 PM
#56
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Re: rear light goes out when lights are on
Cleaning the plastic is probably a good idea but I don't think it will
correct a bad ground in this case as there is no metal to metal contact
except through the wiring harness.
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"Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Billy Ray" <Billy_Ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
> news:56b4$43606b3f$4831b233$32150@FUSE.NET...
>> Your ground is the black wire in the bundle going to the lamp if it is
>> the same as my '02 WJ.
>>
>> Make yourself a jumper and touch it to a bare piece of metal and see if
>> that gets your lights working.
>>
>> If it does the ground is bad.
>>
>> The official repair is to track the wiring harness backwards until you
>> find where that wire is grounded and repair the ground.
>>
>
>
> The actual repair is to take the lamp housing off and clean it up, then
> put it back on.
>
>
>
>
correct a bad ground in this case as there is no metal to metal contact
except through the wiring harness.
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"Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:3u6dnVaqI4km4f_eRVn-jw@ez2.net...
>
> "Billy Ray" <Billy_Ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
> news:56b4$43606b3f$4831b233$32150@FUSE.NET...
>> Your ground is the black wire in the bundle going to the lamp if it is
>> the same as my '02 WJ.
>>
>> Make yourself a jumper and touch it to a bare piece of metal and see if
>> that gets your lights working.
>>
>> If it does the ground is bad.
>>
>> The official repair is to track the wiring harness backwards until you
>> find where that wire is grounded and repair the ground.
>>
>
>
> The actual repair is to take the lamp housing off and clean it up, then
> put it back on.
>
>
>
>
10-28-2005, 04:42 PM
#57
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Re: rear light goes out when lights are on
Cleaning the plastic is probably a good idea but I don't think it will
correct a bad ground in this case as there is no metal to metal contact
except through the wiring harness.
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"Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:3u6dnVaqI4km4f_eRVn-jw@ez2.net...
>
> "Billy Ray" <Billy_Ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
> news:56b4$43606b3f$4831b233$32150@FUSE.NET...
>> Your ground is the black wire in the bundle going to the lamp if it is
>> the same as my '02 WJ.
>>
>> Make yourself a jumper and touch it to a bare piece of metal and see if
>> that gets your lights working.
>>
>> If it does the ground is bad.
>>
>> The official repair is to track the wiring harness backwards until you
>> find where that wire is grounded and repair the ground.
>>
>
>
> The actual repair is to take the lamp housing off and clean it up, then
> put it back on.
>
>
>
>
correct a bad ground in this case as there is no metal to metal contact
except through the wiring harness.
--
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2002 Jeep WJ 4 Liter Automatic
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..
"Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:3u6dnVaqI4km4f_eRVn-jw@ez2.net...
>
> "Billy Ray" <Billy_Ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
> news:56b4$43606b3f$4831b233$32150@FUSE.NET...
>> Your ground is the black wire in the bundle going to the lamp if it is
>> the same as my '02 WJ.
>>
>> Make yourself a jumper and touch it to a bare piece of metal and see if
>> that gets your lights working.
>>
>> If it does the ground is bad.
>>
>> The official repair is to track the wiring harness backwards until you
>> find where that wire is grounded and repair the ground.
>>
>
>
> The actual repair is to take the lamp housing off and clean it up, then
> put it back on.
>
>
>
>
10-28-2005, 04:42 PM
#58
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Re: rear light goes out when lights are on
Cleaning the plastic is probably a good idea but I don't think it will
correct a bad ground in this case as there is no metal to metal contact
except through the wiring harness.
--
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2002 Jeep WJ 4 Liter Automatic
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..
"Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:3u6dnVaqI4km4f_eRVn-jw@ez2.net...
>
> "Billy Ray" <Billy_Ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
> news:56b4$43606b3f$4831b233$32150@FUSE.NET...
>> Your ground is the black wire in the bundle going to the lamp if it is
>> the same as my '02 WJ.
>>
>> Make yourself a jumper and touch it to a bare piece of metal and see if
>> that gets your lights working.
>>
>> If it does the ground is bad.
>>
>> The official repair is to track the wiring harness backwards until you
>> find where that wire is grounded and repair the ground.
>>
>
>
> The actual repair is to take the lamp housing off and clean it up, then
> put it back on.
>
>
>
>
correct a bad ground in this case as there is no metal to metal contact
except through the wiring harness.
--
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2002 Jeep WJ 4 Liter Automatic
Sharing is why we are all here....... or should be.
..
"Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:3u6dnVaqI4km4f_eRVn-jw@ez2.net...
>
> "Billy Ray" <Billy_Ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
> news:56b4$43606b3f$4831b233$32150@FUSE.NET...
>> Your ground is the black wire in the bundle going to the lamp if it is
>> the same as my '02 WJ.
>>
>> Make yourself a jumper and touch it to a bare piece of metal and see if
>> that gets your lights working.
>>
>> If it does the ground is bad.
>>
>> The official repair is to track the wiring harness backwards until you
>> find where that wire is grounded and repair the ground.
>>
>
>
> The actual repair is to take the lamp housing off and clean it up, then
> put it back on.
>
>
>
>
10-28-2005, 04:44 PM
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Re: rear light goes out when lights are on
Mike, I just took you some new pix. Some only have to do with the ground
problem because it was part of my path..
Note: Viewing this website requires a rudimentary reading skill.
http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=2118453445
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..
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:4362804D.C1DDFFAF@sympatico.ca...
> They are all trying to convince me that metal tab under the bolt no
> longer exists on the Grand Cherokee Jeff.....
>
> Apparently the plastic housing now uses a wire for the brake light
> ground?
>
> I don't know for sure because I haven't had a Grand apart.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
> Jeff Strickland wrote:
>>
>> You have a bad ground on the left side light assembly. Remove the lamp
>> housing and you should see the trouble. The lamp housing grounds through
>> one
>> of the screws that holds it on.
>>
>> "terp1227" <nickagapis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:c607539e4d90bb58e560f2e4cac819b3@localhost.ta lkaboutautos.com...
>> > Jim G
>> > While I have my lights on the rear light is on but when I apply my
>> > brakes
>> > with my lights on the rear light goes out. Do you know how I can fix
>> > the
>> > problem?
>> > It is a Jeep Grand Cherokee 2001
>> >
problem because it was part of my path..
Note: Viewing this website requires a rudimentary reading skill.
http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=2118453445
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2002 Jeep WJ 4 Liter Automatic
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..
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:4362804D.C1DDFFAF@sympatico.ca...
> They are all trying to convince me that metal tab under the bolt no
> longer exists on the Grand Cherokee Jeff.....
>
> Apparently the plastic housing now uses a wire for the brake light
> ground?
>
> I don't know for sure because I haven't had a Grand apart.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
> Jeff Strickland wrote:
>>
>> You have a bad ground on the left side light assembly. Remove the lamp
>> housing and you should see the trouble. The lamp housing grounds through
>> one
>> of the screws that holds it on.
>>
>> "terp1227" <nickagapis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:c607539e4d90bb58e560f2e4cac819b3@localhost.ta lkaboutautos.com...
>> > Jim G
>> > While I have my lights on the rear light is on but when I apply my
>> > brakes
>> > with my lights on the rear light goes out. Do you know how I can fix
>> > the
>> > problem?
>> > It is a Jeep Grand Cherokee 2001
>> >
10-28-2005, 04:44 PM
#60
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Re: rear light goes out when lights are on
Mike, I just took you some new pix. Some only have to do with the ground
problem because it was part of my path..
Note: Viewing this website requires a rudimentary reading skill.
http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=2118453445
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2002 Jeep WJ 4 Liter Automatic
Sharing is why we are all here....... or should be.
..
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:4362804D.C1DDFFAF@sympatico.ca...
> They are all trying to convince me that metal tab under the bolt no
> longer exists on the Grand Cherokee Jeff.....
>
> Apparently the plastic housing now uses a wire for the brake light
> ground?
>
> I don't know for sure because I haven't had a Grand apart.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
> Jeff Strickland wrote:
>>
>> You have a bad ground on the left side light assembly. Remove the lamp
>> housing and you should see the trouble. The lamp housing grounds through
>> one
>> of the screws that holds it on.
>>
>> "terp1227" <nickagapis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:c607539e4d90bb58e560f2e4cac819b3@localhost.ta lkaboutautos.com...
>> > Jim G
>> > While I have my lights on the rear light is on but when I apply my
>> > brakes
>> > with my lights on the rear light goes out. Do you know how I can fix
>> > the
>> > problem?
>> > It is a Jeep Grand Cherokee 2001
>> >
problem because it was part of my path..
Note: Viewing this website requires a rudimentary reading skill.
http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=2118453445
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2002 Jeep WJ 4 Liter Automatic
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..
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:4362804D.C1DDFFAF@sympatico.ca...
> They are all trying to convince me that metal tab under the bolt no
> longer exists on the Grand Cherokee Jeff.....
>
> Apparently the plastic housing now uses a wire for the brake light
> ground?
>
> I don't know for sure because I haven't had a Grand apart.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
> Jeff Strickland wrote:
>>
>> You have a bad ground on the left side light assembly. Remove the lamp
>> housing and you should see the trouble. The lamp housing grounds through
>> one
>> of the screws that holds it on.
>>
>> "terp1227" <nickagapis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:c607539e4d90bb58e560f2e4cac819b3@localhost.ta lkaboutautos.com...
>> > Jim G
>> > While I have my lights on the rear light is on but when I apply my
>> > brakes
>> > with my lights on the rear light goes out. Do you know how I can fix
>> > the
>> > problem?
>> > It is a Jeep Grand Cherokee 2001
>> >