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Old May 28, 2012 | 03:42 AM
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On the far far left slightly hidden, what is that for?!?!

I bought the jeep sometime ago and noticed it was gone! Then today i found the big blue fuse and it fits!! What could it be to???
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Old May 28, 2012 | 12:19 PM
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Ohhhh kay.
I'm going to respond to this on the basis that there are a lot of young people on here with no mechanical background, and this isn't a joke.
If you're talking about the big blue thing on the far right of the picture, The guy with the big circled in the side, it's the "chime", it makes the annoying buzzing noise when you open the door with the keys in the ignition.
If your 91 has the same fuse layout as my 96, and you're talking about the blue 15a fuse in the slot marked 4, it's for a feature called "Passing Light". It's an over-ride for the headlight relay so you can flash the headlights by pulling back on the turn signal lever.

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Old May 28, 2012 | 12:31 PM
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Ohhhh kay.
I'm going to respond to this on the basis that there are a lot of young people on here with no mechanical background, and this isn't a joke.
If you're talking about the big blue thing on the far right of the picture, The guy with the big circled in the side, it's the "chime", it makes the annoying buzzing noise when you open the door with the keys in the ignition.
If your 91 has the same fuse layout as my 96, and you're talking about the blue 15a fuse in the slot marked 4, it's for a feature called "Passing Light". It's an over-ride for the headlight relay so you can flash the headlights by pulling back on the turn signal lever.
I have mechanical experience...i dont see the need to dog on us... but thanks for the reply
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Old May 28, 2012 | 01:26 PM
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I didn't mean to dog on you.
How would I have any clue as to your level of mechanical or electrical skills?
As the item obviously isn't a fuse, I figured it was either a joke or the person posing the question didn't have a lot of experience.

I learned "seat of my pants" too, and asked a lot of questions where the answers made me look dumb.
I'd never down anybody for what they don't know,
only those who mess stuff up because they're too proud to ask and those that don't know but answer anyway.

and you're welcome.
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Old May 28, 2012 | 01:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Marcucco
Ohhhh kay.
I'm going to respond to this on the basis that there are a lot of young people on here with no mechanical background, and this isn't a joke.
If you're talking about the big blue thing on the far right of the picture, The guy with the big circled in the side, it's the "chime", it makes the annoying buzzing noise when you open the door with the keys in the ignition.
If your 91 has the same fuse layout as my 96, and you're talking about the blue 15a fuse in the slot marked 4, it's for a feature called "Passing Light". It's an over-ride for the headlight relay so you can flash the headlights by pulling back on the turn signal lever.
I guess it takes more than mechanical backround to tell left from right, lol.

In all seriousness, you did teach me something new. Thanks for the heads up.
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Old May 28, 2012 | 01:49 PM
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Got me there!
Good luck with it.
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Old May 28, 2012 | 04:54 PM
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Jeepguy, a better way to do this is to open the image in MS Paint (or a similar image editing tool), and use one of the drawing tools (like the circle) to draw a nice big red line around the part you are talking about, or an arrow pointing to it. Then everybody knows exactly what you're talking about.


It really helps when the situation is more complicated than your "big blue thing".



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Old May 28, 2012 | 05:30 PM
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Originally Posted by BlueRidgeMark
Jeepguy, a better way to do this is to open the image in MS Paint (or a similar image editing tool), and use one of the drawing tools (like the circle) to draw a nice big red line around the part you are talking about, or an arrow pointing to it. Then everybody knows exactly what you're talking about.

It really helps when the situation is more complicated than your "big blue thing".



Like this:
I dont have a working camera or i would have done this, plus i did it on my phonee, i just pulled this pic of the internet and it was the only obe i could find... and people understood what i meant! Thanks

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Old May 28, 2012 | 07:05 PM
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That ain't no problem. I snagged your picture just like you snagged it, and then added the lines.

Anyway, just a suggestion for future reference.
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