Good evening,
New guy here. Always wanted a jeep, specifically the YJ, so as the missus and I packed up to go our separate ways, me now needing my own vehicle after years of sharing, bought an 89 on a whim.
She was a weekend ride, and now my daily. Only 7 miles round trip, and the runs to the store, new place, etc. So of course she’s letting some issues that she sat on come to surface.
The most recent was the clutch master cylinder. Got that swapped, we good. But in the process, my big goofy gorilla hands were in a tight spot. So I carefully removed the main wiring harness blocking progress. Everything goes back together, clutch works better than before, but……..now my passenger taillight is very dull but the turn signal blink is bright as it should be, and the driver side rear turn signal won’t work with the lights on, works fine with them off.
I loosened and made sure the alignment of the wiring harness was good, the bulbs look okay…..but I’m lost. Prior to this, a buddy of a buddy wired in a harness for a trailer plug, but was unable to test day of. But when hooked up, the left turn signal had the trailer blinking hazards, right turn signal position was blinking the left trailer light, and regular and brake lights didn’t work at all. I’m going to blame it on whatever I messed up along the line. Kids a jeep tech at the dealership next county over, so I’ll start with my mistakes there and then work towards his work.
Am I changing fuses? Bulbs? Just buying a whole different vehicle because I’ve messed her up beyond repair? (Okay, that last one’s a bit of dramatic hyperbole).
Any and all advice is appreciated, attached is a picture of Betty’s first bath for reference of my current headache.
New guy here. Always wanted a jeep, specifically the YJ, so as the missus and I packed up to go our separate ways, me now needing my own vehicle after years of sharing, bought an 89 on a whim.
She was a weekend ride, and now my daily. Only 7 miles round trip, and the runs to the store, new place, etc. So of course she’s letting some issues that she sat on come to surface.
The most recent was the clutch master cylinder. Got that swapped, we good. But in the process, my big goofy gorilla hands were in a tight spot. So I carefully removed the main wiring harness blocking progress. Everything goes back together, clutch works better than before, but……..now my passenger taillight is very dull but the turn signal blink is bright as it should be, and the driver side rear turn signal won’t work with the lights on, works fine with them off.
I loosened and made sure the alignment of the wiring harness was good, the bulbs look okay…..but I’m lost. Prior to this, a buddy of a buddy wired in a harness for a trailer plug, but was unable to test day of. But when hooked up, the left turn signal had the trailer blinking hazards, right turn signal position was blinking the left trailer light, and regular and brake lights didn’t work at all. I’m going to blame it on whatever I messed up along the line. Kids a jeep tech at the dealership next county over, so I’ll start with my mistakes there and then work towards his work.
Am I changing fuses? Bulbs? Just buying a whole different vehicle because I’ve messed her up beyond repair? (Okay, that last one’s a bit of dramatic hyperbole).
Any and all advice is appreciated, attached is a picture of Betty’s first bath for reference of my current headache.
