I picked up this xj a couple of months ago and have been slowly working on fixing the issues with it. I read about cleaning and dielectric greaseing the electical connections under the hood which I spent acouple of hours doing last week ,now I don't have any dash lights or tail lights, I've searched the fourm and know that it could be several diffrent things like the headlight switch, but also read about a connection under the hood that could also cause it, but don't know which one to check. Any info where to look on a Renix era xj would be greatly appreciated.

 

Check yor fuses under the driver side dash, shoudl be 15 amp fuse thats prob blown. happened to me last week.

 

If u don't have reverse lights wen u shift it into reverse that is caused by your nss switch being overloaded by grease. Coukd use a taking look at and I cleaning and regreasing just a thought might not help but just a thought

 

First off, check the taillamp fuse in the fusebox.

 

Thanks for input guys, I checked the fuses they are fine. Im thinking it might be headlight switch but just seems strange that it happened after cleaning connections under hood

 

Wiggle the headlamp switch stalk and see what happens.

 

I tried that noting happens with dash lights but my buzzer wanted to start working intermitanly

 

How did you check the fuse?

 

pulled fuse out and looked at it, looked fine maybe I should switch it out to make sure.

 

Good idea. Another way to check is to leave the fuse in and check each side of it with a test light. They're made to be tested that way.

 

Thanks for the suggestion cruiser, i checked the fuses and plugs for fuses everything has power except a 5 anp fuse in top right corner marked INS LPS fuse is good but no power coming to it. I think I remember something about power coming back from headlight switch to the fuse panel. Would this indicate that the headlight swithch is bad?

 

turn lights on and check that fuse for power

 

is headlight switch **** turned counter clock wise ,dimming the lights????

 

I did check it with lights turned on and off, no power to that fuse so I replaced headlight switch, contact cleaner on connections and dielectric grease,connector was alittle melted but I made sure all terminals connected, still no tail lights or dash lights

 

are those fuses in the same area on fuse box