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Old Sep 18, 2016 | 12:29 PM
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ac quit working, check blower motor fuse under the steering wheel, wasn't blown, checked connection for electric cooler fan and didn't help at all.
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Old Sep 18, 2016 | 07:32 PM
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are you saying you have no air conditioning? or are you simply just not getting power to your dash switch?
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Old Sep 18, 2016 | 08:27 PM
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I posted this earlier, don't know what happened to that. Check your resistor bank. The part is readily available and somewhat easy to change out.
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Old Sep 19, 2016 | 01:56 PM
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i turn the ac on and it doesn't blow anything, just put in a new blower resistor blower pack and still doesn't work.
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Old Sep 19, 2016 | 03:21 PM
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ok. does it work with the heat on?
you keep saying a/c, so i'm trying to figure out what it is exactly that you are saying.

does your fan selector work on high?
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Old Sep 19, 2016 | 03:26 PM
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no it doesn't blow anything at all.
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Old Sep 19, 2016 | 06:56 PM
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No it doesn't blow anything at all says he.


Replace the blower motor says I.
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Old Sep 19, 2016 | 07:43 PM
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Originally Posted by CCKen
No it doesn't blow anything at all says he.


Replace the blower motor says I.
I have no direct jeep experience, but in this situation I'd look to supply 12v directly to the blower motor to confirm operation.
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Old Sep 19, 2016 | 11:00 PM
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ok thank you guys, got curious, took the dash apart and it was unplugged.. thanks for the feedback
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Old Sep 20, 2016 | 05:07 AM
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Cool. It's always a good feeling to find and fix the problem.
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Old Sep 20, 2016 | 08:01 AM
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wonder why it was unplugged?
i know on my 99 tj, the control unit used to get hot enough to melt the plug and wires. i went through 3 head units and had to splice in a new plug once when i was using it as my daily.
i just wonder if the xj may fall into the same problems. my 99 xj that i used as my latest daily worked fine, but my resistor is shot and i only get power on high.

if your plug looked good, and the back of the head unit where it plugs in looks fine, with no discoloration, then i'd say it should be fine.
maybe the po just forgot to plug it back in if he had it apart. is it still a stock stereo?
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Old Sep 20, 2016 | 03:40 PM
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no it isn't a stock stereo i put another one in a few weeks ago and i'm guessing i someone knocked it loose or from off-roading
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