Rock Slide at US129 "The Dragon" U.S. 129/SR-115 is closed

DRTHVDR · 03-25-2010, 07:40 AM

You have a bad ground somewhere. "Do the dome lights stay on and the ignition circuit won't shut down? Does it ever shut down? I'd go to the dealership and photocopy the pages that show the ground locations. Then I'd go check each one.
The factory manual has a section with each ground desgnation (i.e. G206) and tells what components ground through that connection. Then another section will show you a pic of G206 to help you phisically look at that connection.

eppo37 · 03-25-2010, 08:46 AM

Worst DGRR thread EVER!

DRTHVDR · 03-25-2010, 08:54 AM

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Worst DGRR thread EVER!

LMAO!
It's very intriguing how fast a thread or topic can change.

BACK ON TOPIC!
Let's limit XJ work to PM's.

***TitaniumTT*** · 03-25-2010, 01:26 PM

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I also thought it may be a stuck on relay, but since nothing is labeled and I have no diagrams, I dont know what is what. Guess it is time to start blindly pulling relays one by one and see what happens...but that is a hard way to troubleshoot.

It's a decent way to find the relay, but not so good for tracing all the wires back and forth to find the short if one exists. If a burning smell was present, likely something rubbed through and or melted.

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I dont really see how a bad ground could cause circuits to function when they are not supposed to. If those items were on a common ground that was bad, then those circuits would not be able to carry power even when you wanted them to...no?

I don't either unless the relay was gnd triggered which is rare in american cars. Usually a bad gnd causes circuits to stop functioning, not keep functioning.

It could be as simple as the ign switch itself went bad, or one of the wires leading away from it went to shit. There's alot of movement around the colomn and the earlier ones are known for getting loose. As in the wheel moves up and down becuase the column nuts became loose. That could easily short something out.

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