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Old 02-05-2010, 08:26 PM   #1
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97 tj sport has fluctuations intermittent shorts searched days

Hey everyone I'm about ready to drive my jeep off a bridge into the ocean without me in it of course...ok I've been having these intermittent fluctuations where my volt gauge would spike, but not every time and my lights would dim speakers would pop and hids would cut in and out now only one h.I.d since a bulb blew due to insufficient power supply during those times and they are on a harness relayed the battery signaled by my headlight switch. Also wipers would randomly cut on off during the fluctuations but not every time. I had my alt tested and was good replaced battery ignition switch and multifunction blinker switch today...yet I hear a faint ringing from the dash or under and still my blinkers once in a while will stick and hold a solid light as if its shorting out...plus earlier I threw a code 11 and 12 one for intermittent pcm power failure and int pwr failure to crankshaft or camshft but codes went away after I replaced battery but still seems to short...

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Old 02-06-2010, 09:47 PM   #2
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Well I finally found "A" problem!(Just happy hopefully to of located the problem). The pnk/wt 12+ constant wire only pushes 3-4volts. I never used that wire alone since I had a relay running from the batt for my radio to ensure power delivery and when I hooked the wire to memory on my radio it didn't provide the power needed even power my clusters or the radios memory and when I ran a meter to that wire alone its insufficient. Does anyone know where that wire runs to, such as a relay, obviously that wire must be shorted out somewhere and the manual gives horrible wiring diagrams
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Old 02-07-2010, 01:08 AM   #3
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What did you add or do just before this all started to happen? Check all your grounds, you would be surprised what a bad ground will cause.
Not sure what that pink/wt wire is supposed to do but not all wires will carry 12v. Some of the wires from the computer are only 5v or so. Careful what you splice into.
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Old 02-07-2010, 09:22 AM   #4
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Well I had my radio jacked and installed a new one, but I had wired it up exactly the same using a relay from the batt for a better source of power(although I was thankful the thief left the harness intact and took time to not break anything haha). I had replaced my ignition switch, Batt, and Multifunction hazard blinker switch, yet it seems my blinkers when I turn right sometimes will stay solid as if it still shorts which I don't see how. The pnk/wt wire goes to the radios memory(its the Constant v12+, but I never realized it had a low voltage (3-4v). I always paired it with the wire from the relay for my radio memory otherwise my gauges wouldn't work until I rechecked the wires. I assume the constant 12+ for the radio is somehow linked to the cluster gauges to power them and I have tried to wire it up with the 12+ but there's not enough power to turn the gauges on or save memory. My H.I.D's, amplifier, gauge cluster all have a solid connection and ground to Batt and same with the radio...Do you think that wire alone could have a pinhole somewhere causing it to lose voltage
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