90 XJ electrical wiring problem

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18 years ago

Thu, Apr 6, 2006 8:37 PM

Hey this is Troy from my brother's account...

Ok the XJ I bought, was told that the brake lights dont work. (Thankfully not by a cop :) ) The interior dash lights are out also. I remember someone telling me the dash lights go out to let you know the brake lights are out, weird if true. I can't find the brakelight fuse. Looked at the panel under the driver's side dash and couldn't see anything relating to the brakelights or dash. Can anyone point me in the right direction? I'm putting off buying a manual for it until I know it's a keeper.

Troy

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- Mike Romain
  
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18 years ago

Thu, Apr 6, 2006 9:28 PM

You would be looking for fuse #6 or the first to the right of center at the top of the panel. It also is the 4th fuse over from the right side. It is a 15 amp.

Mike

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- L.W.(Bill) Hughes III
  
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18 years ago

Thu, Apr 6, 2006 9:57 PM

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- Earle Horton
  
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18 years ago

Fri, Apr 7, 2006 1:37 AM

I liked the old switches, with the one-eighth inch pipe thread, that fit in the hydraulic line. Every ten years or so, they would start to leak and make the wires turn green, but what the heck. You only needed one replacement part, to fit all vehicles.

Earle

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Fri, Apr 7, 2006 1:49 AM

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18 years ago

Fri, Apr 7, 2006 3:03 AM

Well while looking for the fuse I found the problem:

The brake light switch on the brake pedal had 2 sets of wires coming off, one of them were the crimped connectors to 2 wires coming out of the wiring harness, had been cut short and were hard to work with. Drove it home and when I got out the rear lights wouldn't go out. Disconnected the other pair of wires and they went out. They still work though. What were those 2 wires for?

Troy