Trying to troubleshoot a sudden electrical problem on my 83 CJ-7. Is it common for the tail lights / park lights to not be on a fuse? With all of the fuses pulled I still get tail lights. Something has been draining the battery, and I suspect it is being drained even with all of the fuses pulled.
CJ taillight not fused?
Nov 19, 2005
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The running lights and headlights are on a fuse link wire off the solenoid post on the fender.
On sneaky battery 'drain' on my CJ7 is a polished up fan belt. The sucker looks good and is tight, but the sides get polished up so it slips. This only puts about a third of a charge into the battery so it will start die after a cold night.
I test mine by seeing if I can hand slip the alternator pulley on a cold off engine. If I can hand slip it, it is a dead belt. The alternator takes several HP to spin up under load.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail >I do not believe that breaker affects the running lights Bill. I think it's only the headlights on the breaker. Both are on the fuse link though.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail >
Yup, that' the puppy and I have cooked a bunch of them over the years including the one in mine now. I have an aux switch triggering a relay for my headlights right now.
That happens easy from using halogen bulbs in place of normal ones with that old style switch. You really need a relay to run anything hotter than what came stock. GE bulbs.
The running lights still work fine and still are on the stock switch. That way I can just have my low beams on as 'daytime' driving lights.
The running lights and dash lights have stayed on every time I have blown the breaker including right now.....
Mike
"L.W.(ßill) Hughes III" wrote:
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