So to start off this MJ has been in my family since 86. My grandfather within the past 10 years has had somebody working on it and I think they were cutting corners and potentially losing screws and other components as they reassembled things. He’s had an aftermarket radio put in and I believe a car alarm that is problematic.
it doesn’t have functioning running lights, and the turn signals are wonky. So far I’ve upgraded the headlights with sealed LEDs from rock auto, replaced the sockets for the front, turn signals and now replace the sockets for the side indicator lights. The tail lights. I just replaced all of the bulbs.
With the key in the on position, the hazards seem to function just fine, the left turn signal seems to function OK, but it does not have the side indicator light, blinking. When I turn the right, turn signal on, the left front side and rear turn signals blink, very dimly, as well as the shifter lightbulb an instrument panel, dimly flash with an alarm sounding until I turn it off. I was on the phone with somebody walking me through a couple of things and I have replaced the hazard fuse, as well as moved the relays around and I replaced one of them.
I live in Virginia, so running lights are, as I’m told, required to pass safety inspection. I would like to convert this to my daily driver, but there are quite a few other electrical problems. I need to deal with first. For some reason, the door switches for the foot well lights don’t seem to function, and I’ve tried, jumping the switch and completing the circuit and it’s as if they are not recognizing anything. That’s on both the driver and passenger side, the mechanic told my grandfather to just unplug the lightbulbs if he wants them off.
I used my multimeter to see if I’m getting power to the left side indicator with the left turn signal on, and there is no power whatsoever. With the right turn signal on, it seems to flash, because both wires go to and come from the same spot so I think the mechanic who looked at it before may have screwed with some wiring somewhere, I’m at a loss and I’m very color blind so I can’t trace wires and everything, as somebody traditionally could. I really am to the point where I would pay anyone almost anything to just fix all of my electrical issues because that’s my Achilles’ heel.
I attached the pictures that show me holding both blues and blacks of both side indicator lights, and where they’re tied into. Also, the rats nest of a drivers side wire mess from previous work. I took the dashboard apart for easy access, and so I can take a look, so everything is more exposed, and it typically would be. Please help looking for anything.
