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Old Aug 6, 2011 | 09:56 PM
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It's happened twice now in the past month or so. All other light work, it's just the 15 amp fuse in the block under the hood that keeps going.. I do have an irregular idle and an odd hesitation that occurs every time I start the jeep... So idk.. It's got me stuck.
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Old Aug 6, 2011 | 10:18 PM
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I sympathies with you as I also have an electrical gremlin mines my ac blowing it's fuse. I'm not sure if trailer wiring would cause your problem, but if you have trailer wiring I'd recommend checking the plug out, mine was really nasty.
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Old Aug 6, 2011 | 10:39 PM
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Originally Posted by VTJeep
It's happened twice now in the past month or so. All other light work, it's just the 15 amp fuse in the block under the hood that keeps going.. I do have an irregular idle and an odd hesitation that occurs every time I start the jeep... So idk.. It's got me stuck.
Not sure if this could be your irregular idle and hesitation but in my fuse box under the hood one time i had a rough idle i tightened up my ignition fuse by bending the prongs and it helped me out
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Old Aug 6, 2011 | 10:51 PM
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Cool. Good call on bending prongs to get Better contact. I don't have the tow light hook up so no worries there. It's gotten both o2 sensors replaced twice now and about everything else involved in the air/fuel/spark department. Other odd electrical gremlins: twice my tach and spedo have suddenly dropped as if jeep was off. Then they would each take turns jumping to the wrong amount of speed or rev, respectfully. A quick tap on the dash above the cluster and they came back.
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