nasonguy

what is it doing?

bsflipfrontflip

i left my lights on and killed my battery well when i jumped it smoke came out from behind my dash and now my running lights are always on, the doom lights wont work, dash lights always stay on and the power locks dont work.

i have checked fuses ripped the dash out checked wires and changed the light **** and still nothing

got any idea nason

nasonguy

that smoke was most likely from wiring insulation burning.
You say it come from your dash?

Go to home depot and get a 100ft spool of 16 or 18 ga wire, and a 100 pack of butt splices and a wire stripping tool that has a splice crimper built in, all that should run you under $40.
...then...
Take that dash off and find all the fried wires, they're probably shorting together or shorting to some metal under the dash.


It's gunna take a few hours, but just splice in all new wires where you see burnt insulation, play it safe, if it even looks halfway iffy, splice in a new wire.

I'd bet that will fix it.

Also, look at all the wires you can under the hood and make sure they look O.K.


ah, I just read the rest of your post and saw you already checked out all the wires under the dash...

Maybe all the ones that run IN the dash and not just on top of it...
I'm still willing to bet there are some fried wires some where...

bsflipfrontflip

yeah i will go through and tear that apart i was afraid you were going to say that so yay wiring

Monster48

Damn! Thats weird...
:/This is going to suck if you cant go.
I think i can go my jeep dont seem to be over heating.
idk
Im going up to mt lemon to play in the snow haha
How hard do you think it is to chang moter mounts?

jdahnk3

Motor mounts are pretty easy to change, the passenger side is a little hareder cause of the limitd space. Use a floor jack and block of wood and raise the engine/trans. just a little bit. You will have it done in no time.

nasonguy

yeah, mounts are easy.

The way were headed, it's going to be nice and chilly this weekend, especially up redington, better bring some sweat shirts...

And yeah BS, I had to say it, it doesn't sound like anything else. I've got pretty thorough experience with vehicle electronic (not formal, just from having to fix so many dang electrical gremlins), and it sounds to me like you fried a few wires. Good luck finding them...

bsflipfrontflip

so no luck today will continue working tomarrow

Monster48

Hmm:/
****ty
Hey if you guys have texting hit me up (520)304-4495
I need to get fuel Pump:/ And get stop leak for my radator and new Motor mounts and i should be good to go haha
shouldnt cost to much i hope cuz i have no money haha

nasonguy

*cringes*
Maybe we should put it off another week to get stuff fixed?
And by fixed, I don't mean jury rigged...

Monster48

yeah sounds good cuz i ****ed something up hella bad on my jeep.
I went up mt lemon and i over heated on the waay down somehow idk and now my **** wont start.
and i got a knocking noise too so i ****ed something up bad.

nasonguy

Dude, that sucks something hard...

I wouldn't think you would get rod knock just from over heating, but who knows, it's worth checking out.

Your head is probably warped too...

So, sorry BS, even if you got your stuff sorted out, looks like we are not going.

We'll have to do Chiva falls some other time (Not Janurary, everyone is gunna be busy...).

Am I the only guy who actually fixed his jeep last weekend instead of breaking it? Lol, jk.

bsflipfrontflip

lol yeah alright lets do it anther week because i still cant figure it out i have been disconnecting my battery every time i turn it off

nasonguy

I blew up computers all day saturday, hehe. You guys ever heard of something called tannerite, aka, ALAN, or it's close relative, ANFO?

My brothers beater 1985 Celica does someting like that, the head lights never turn off, everything we have checked is OK, and believe me, we have checked EVERYTHING. He has to pull the relay for the headlights every time he parks his car lest his battery die...

bsflipfrontflip

that sucks nasonguy i am still having problems with mine i still havent figured out what is wrong with mine but i am trying to find it