jeep guys.....

[CAP1]

my jeep wrangler's acting up a bit.

89 2.5L 4 cylinder, 5 speed manual, 4x4, no a/c.

this morning on the way in to work, she started acting up a lil. headlights flashing, radio won't stay tuned, etc.

 i took a look at basics, and thought i had it, as she was near perfect on the way home...then it started again.

 i figure it has to be a bad ground, or something shorting. gonna pull her in the bay tomorrow and find it.

 have any of you guys had this type of problem? what i mean, is there a common problem like this with the older wranglers? this is my first one, and i've not worked on many.

 thanks doods@!!

[Masherbrum]

YJ's are the most finicky.   I'd go with the ground issue.

[kotrenin]

I have a '97 SE 5 speed manual  4 Banger.  Occasionally the dash stops working. Speedometer and tach stop and airbags light turns on. I give it a good thump on top and that solves it. As for the noises I just turn up the radio.

*hijack *
Anybody want to buy a '97 Jeep wrangler SE 5 speed manual 4x4, 60000 miles and broken a/c?  It seats 4 and I have a family of 5. Great firehouse car, never get stuck in the snow. Black, soft top, hard top doors, steal trunk lid, steal glove box, cut in driver side rear window and it's dirty (it's a Jeep what do you expect?) In chicago.
$6000

[CAP1]

I have a '97 SE 5 speed manual  4 Banger.  Occasionally the dash stops working. Speedometer and tach stop and airbags light turns on. I give it a good thump on top and that solves it. As for the noises I just turn up the radio.

*hijack *
Anybody want to buy a '97 Jeep wrangler SE 5 speed manual 4x4, 60000 miles and broken a/c?  It seats 4 and I have a family of 5. Great firehouse car, never get stuck in the snow. Black, soft top, hard top doors, steal trunk lid, steal glove box, cut in driver side rear window and it's dirty (it's a Jeep what do you expect?) In chicago.
$6000

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i'll actually mention that to a friend of mine. she was pissed that i bought a jeep, because she's wanted one for quite awhile. she's in philly, but i'm sure if she were interested, she'd work that out.

 and i tried the thump on the dash thing too. 

[AAJagerX]

Hey CAP, I hate to say it but your Jeep is possessed.  You need a Priest. 

You could tell the Priest to bless a stream, then drive your Jeep through it.  That's the fun way.  The other way involves Linda Blair and pea soup, but is not advisable.

[crazyivan]

Real jeep people call A/C putting the top down. Heat is alittle different.

03' rubi and yes ac is broke hehe next it'll be the radio gah, oh well I have the wind.

[Dichotomy]

and the voices in your head as usual 

 

[kotrenin]

i'll actually mention that to a friend of mine. she was pissed that i bought a jeep, because she's wanted one for quite awhile. she's in philly, but i'm sure if she were interested, she'd work that out.

 and i tried the thump on the dash thing too.  

Let me know, I've needed a reason to get out that way so I can bother Pipz and Henchman  .  I'm actually waiting to replace it until May roughly. 1- to get me out of the winter and 2- I'm waiting on my retro check from the city for pack pay and my tax return so I have more to put down on a new/used car.

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As you can see, it comes with a security system.

[CAP1]

Let me know, I've needed a reason to get out that way so I can bother Pipz and Henchman  .  I'm actually waiting to replace it until May roughly. 1- to get me out of the winter and 2- I'm waiting on my retro check from the city for pack pay and my tax return so I have more to put down on a new/used car.

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As you can see, it comes with a security system.

dam...that looks pretty nice.

 pipz works right around the corner from my shop.

[68ZooM]

Here's a pic of Cap1 going offroading for the first time   

[kotrenin]

Here's a pic of Cap1 going offroading for the first time   

 

The exterior doesn't look too bad but it's down right scary under the hood and I won't even crawl underneath it anymore.  It has passed emissions every time and as recently as this last fall.  Also my coworker washed half of it in the fall of '09 so now it looks like 1 of those cars from the Nu Finish commercials.  I hose it down every once in a while but that's about it.

[VonMessa]

Cap, take it out to 1/4 mile, perhaps it just needs to eat some mud 

Let me know, I've needed a reason to get out that way so I can bother Pipz and Henchman  .  I'm actually waiting to replace it until May roughly. 1- to get me out of the winter and 2- I'm waiting on my retro check from the city for pack pay and my tax return so I have more to put down on a new/used car.

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As you can see, it comes with a security system.

Awfully clean...       

Buy his Jeep.  You will have a means to help the less fortunate (intelligent may be a better word)  My final tally was up to 7 on Wednesday night

(sorry about the wipers, I was the only one in the Jeep so I had to set the camera down)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuPGY6PS-Mc

[CAP1]

so far, i found a bad ground on the interior, 2 bad(although they still worked) brake light bulbs, and all of the underhood grounds i could find were oil soaked, and corroded. it still does funky things to the gas gauge when i put my foot on the break, and when i reconnected the battery, the alarm went off.....that made me think of the fact it flashes the lights too. gonna remove that tonight.

it's pissin me off, because this is an 89. not much to it. this should be a simple find/fix. i think i spend so much time on the hard stuff, i've forgotten how to trouble shoot the simple stuff.

[VonMessa]

so far, i found a bad ground on the interior, 2 bad(although they still worked) brake light bulbs, and all of the underhood grounds i could find were oil soaked, and corroded. it still does funky things to the gas gauge when i put my foot on the break, and when i reconnected the battery, the alarm went off.....that made me think of the fact it flashes the lights too. gonna remove that tonight.

it's pissin me off, because this is an 89. not much to it. this should be a simple find/fix. i think i spend so much time on the hard stuff, i've forgotten how to trouble shoot the simple stuff.

Alarm?   

[CAP1]

Alarm?   

i bought it from my cousin. he went to college in princeton.