98 xJ all gauges stopped working :(
09-02-2008, 02:09 PM
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98 xJ all gauges stopped working :(
So I had my battery disconnected to reset my CEL when i replaced my cat and o2 sensor this weekend. I re connect the battery, and none of my gauges work. ... any ideas? all fuses checked out good..
09-02-2008, 02:56 PM
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09-03-2008, 12:10 AM
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09-03-2008, 08:25 AM
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So if I'm reading right, the fuel gauge, voltmeter, oil pressure gauge, temp guage, speedometer, and tachometer are all in-op?
09-03-2008, 10:14 AM
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The older XJs had a fusible link that may have recieved a voltage spike and melted. Don't know if the later 98s Jeep vehicles had those as well.
09-03-2008, 11:01 AM
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09-03-2008, 12:03 PM
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If yours has one (still not sure on that) it would be on the passenger side fenderwell near the PDC. Thats where mine are. They just look like a regular wire with a fat spot in the wire.
09-03-2008, 01:24 PM
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97+'s are very prone to the clusters working sporadically....it's because the connections on the back of the cluster have corrosion on them. Some people can get away with pushing in on the cluster and get them to come back, to buy some more time before pulling the cluster out. Ultimately you need to pull the cluster out, and clean all the connections on the back.
May just be a coincidence that it happened after you unhooked the battery.
May just be a coincidence that it happened after you unhooked the battery.
09-03-2008, 01:40 PM
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97+'s are very prone to the clusters working sporadically....it's because the connections on the back of the cluster have corrosion on them. Some people can get away with pushing in on the cluster and get them to come back, to buy some more time before pulling the cluster out. Ultimately you need to pull the cluster out, and clean all the connections on the back.
May just be a coincidence that it happened after you unhooked the battery.
May just be a coincidence that it happened after you unhooked the battery.
09-03-2008, 02:55 PM
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