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Old 01-08-2011, 05:48 PM
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so after playing in the snow with the jeep i come home an notice smoke coming from the back.....my jeep is chopped....an the wire harness tht goes to the tail lights i gues had a short an wuz melting the plug so i disconect the battey an start curseing.so im going to the junk yard an cut out a wire harness from another heep an redo it.....the worse part is i just filled it up with gas an swaped tires an front ds from my 96 xj an now it has to sit to i fixed it... .so i spent a hour swapping back to the 96.......i love my jeeps but damn there pushing there luck
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easy there, ya need to slooowww down and explain a lil better
Old 01-08-2011, 07:24 PM
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lol sorry kind of ranting....but i notice smoke coming from the rear qaurter panel..which is open,i look an its coming from the taillight wires ...an started to melt the plastic plug so i unhooked the battery ,so know im going to get new harness from jy an rewire it
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Sounds like its your fault for not water proofing your chopped jeep.
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ive drove all summer rain shine ...down pouring doors off an no prob.....im thinking 2 wires started touching an got a little hot
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