Swapped heater core and now no ignition
04-02-2015, 03:55 PM
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Swapped heater core and now no ignition
Hey guys,
Finally swapped my heater core and evap core today on my '98 XJ 4.0L. Was fun. Anyway, I pretty much have her buttoned up, but I get no action when I put the key in the ignition. From removing the dash I cannot recall anything I forgot to connect. I really didn't remove it though, I just swung it out of the way with the wheel/column dropped to get the heater box out.
My interior light comes on, but no buzzer/dash lights, radio, or anything else.
Anyone else run into this problem after fiddling with dash? Or have an ideas?
My jeep worked perfectly fine yesterday. I had the battery unhooked from about 8:30 this morning to 4:30ish.
Finally swapped my heater core and evap core today on my '98 XJ 4.0L. Was fun. Anyway, I pretty much have her buttoned up, but I get no action when I put the key in the ignition. From removing the dash I cannot recall anything I forgot to connect. I really didn't remove it though, I just swung it out of the way with the wheel/column dropped to get the heater box out.
My interior light comes on, but no buzzer/dash lights, radio, or anything else.
Anyone else run into this problem after fiddling with dash? Or have an ideas?
My jeep worked perfectly fine yesterday. I had the battery unhooked from about 8:30 this morning to 4:30ish.
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04-02-2015, 06:22 PM
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Lord, I am a big dummy. I just had to walk away for a minute and then double check again, for the 15th time.
I found I forgot to screw the big grey connecter thing to the right of the steering column back together.
All good now.
I found I forgot to screw the big grey connecter thing to the right of the steering column back together.
All good now.
04-02-2015, 07:02 PM
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I've heard od double checking, triple checking, quadruple, sextuple, septuple, etc... had to look up what 15 would be...and you just quindecuple checked your XJ. Nice work! LOL
04-02-2015, 07:26 PM
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LOL.
Lord, guys I am exhausted. I knew it was gonna be a job, but geez I am pooped. Now I am in the heater core replacement club. What a fine group to be associated with. Would I do it again? Hopefully not, but if I had to yeah, probably.
Started yesterday night with my son and got the seat and some trim off, and started today at 9:30am. Just sat down inside at 8:30pm. I still haven't got my seat back in or the tools picked up. But I did get the system flushed and refilled. Now that everything in the cooling system is finally new, hopefully I can avoid any overheats this summer. If not, I guess I'll look at the head gasket, even though I don't have any symptoms that go along with it.
I have an AC liquid line to put on still, but I didn't get to it, so it is currently disconnected, any harm in leaving it with a bag zip tied to the open end until I get it replaced probably tomorrow?
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