thejeepmanwithcrocs

I have the manual now. Thank you. Sadly it’s hard for me to wrap my brain around this stuff. I’m trying I really am. Just feeling slightly discouraged just because of a lack of knowledge on how these things work lol. I’m gonna do my best to study this maybe it can lead me in a good direction.

So with the new switch in I still have the same problem. With the lights turned to the on position I checked my front left amber light with the bulb out and I have all ground no power. Is there a way to test the switch with the test light? Obviously I’m getting power. Headlights are on. But what’s blocking the power to the taillights?

Awesome! thank you! oriellys just delivered a new switch and I'm about to head home and see if i can get it replaced before the sun goes down! ill keep ya updated!

Hmmm is it worth it if I’m gonna pull the dash to go ahead and buy a new switch if that’s the case? Watched a video of a guy with the same style Cherokee and looks like I gotta take the bottom dash and the cluster out.

so the last thread on my recent post i was having issues with my brake lights but then my slave cylinder went out so lights were then the least of my concerns. now that me and my buddy got the transmission pulled and new clutch kit installed the truck is back on the road. i got the brake lights fixed because the power wire came out of the terminal to the brake light switch i still have no running lights. hazards, turn signals and brakes all work. headlights too. but when i pull the knob halfway out for running lights (ambers in the front inop aswell) ive got nothing. any tips or ideas to begin would be great! thank you!

Yup getting trans pulled now got a whole new clutch kit and gonna do valve cover gasket and clutch master cylinder.

Oh yeah it’s definitely brake fluid.

theres fluid in the clutch master cylinder. and no signs of leaks there. at least not right now lol. but the pedal doesnt have as much pressure as it did. i can go through all the gears while the truck is shutoff but if i start it i can't get it in any gear. tried pumping the pedal too and got nothing.

its hard to tell from the pic but ill have to out my finger on it when i get home to really tell

No it’s leaking from the bell housing. That’s the slave cylinder gone bad right??

Update: my clutch stopped working on the way home from work today. So tail lights are the least of my worries now. 🤗

ive got a donor truck thats a 4.0 but an automatic 2wd but ill have to look to see if its the same or not. i did rob the t/s flasher out of it but i had some corrosion and was bad.

So i can get my taillights back by going ahead and rerouting that fuse? until i can do a whole new block replacement?

I just reread your thing. Your said clutch. I gotcha!

I have a new master cylinder I’ve been needing to put in because I don’t have brakes until almost to the floor. I just wanted to get my lights working first. So it’s probably not a bad ground but just brake fluid that melted my fuse?

So that’s why every fuse that was bad had some kind of corrosion on them??? Radio and blower motor??

also i have a parts truck with spare taillights i was going to use the sockets off of that truck.

and this is the block with the melted fuse

more shots of the sockets

weird splices here.

so i have a previous thread where i got my brake lights fixed because of a wire to the brake light switch and turn signals not working because of a bad flasher. well radio and blower motor weren't working either so after i replaced those fuses they now work great! but my fuse for "park lamp" socket has melted into the block and i no longer have taillights or brake lights, but the turn signals in the rear still work. ive taken off both lights and they look funky so I'm going to try and upload photos for advice to see if this weird wiring job could be the culprit of my melted fuse or not. i have work around for the fuse but there's no point in doing that yet until i figure out why it melted in the first place. the sockets look real burnt and nasty but i saw a video of a guy with the same thing and no issues. but these ground wires the way they are spliced makes me concerned

i think I'm gonna a new thread with pics about my new issues i have lol

heck yeah thanks i fixed the brake lights the other day. thats exactly what it was. wire broke out the connector. as far as the running lights i pulled off the tail light and where the wires go into the socket look burnt. ive go a parts truck that I'm gonna pull the tailights off of and see if i can fic that. then if that fixes my short ill cut the wires to the park lamp fuse and splice a new fuse socket for it that a guy at work gave me. i can't upload photos from my phone ill figure out how to get some on here.

well got turn signals working and the radio, but now it seams my taillights have stopped working. i have a melted fuse in my block that's labeled park lamps is that the fuse for my taillights or would it be different? If it is then i guess i gotta find the short first then maybe get a new block.