thechief86
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- White House, TN
1984 jeep cherokee Pioneer, 4cylinder, 5spd, 4x4, dana 30 & 35, 2door
so the other day i was on the way to the hospital to see my dad when out of nowhere some serious rain popped outta nowhere. i've only had this jeep for a couple of weeks, so i haven't had the pleasure of driving this one in the rain yet. so i turn my headlights and wipers on, and continue on my way. the headlights were as bright as ever, but the wipers(which i had never turned on before) were slow at best, even on hi. oh well, i kept going. as the rain got harder, the jeep started to run like crap- missing, backfiring, and just overall losing power- until it died about 30 seconds in. so i coast to a parking lot, and as i come to a stop, my fusebox starts smoking pretty bad. so i shut everything off- ignition, lights, and wipers, and get out and un hook the battery. i got it towed home, and now it won't start, the headlights work, but the parking lamps and taillamps don't. brakelights still work.
then the fusebox starts smoking again while i'm checking things out, and the parking light fuse is just cooking- smoking, sparking and glowing.:flame:
so i turn the lights back off, and it quits, but has burned the fuse, and melted part of the fusebox. i can tell where the heater blower motor had done this before, thus there was no fuse in that spot.
i turn the key, and get nothing but a groaning, grinding sound from the starter, but no engine turney
so the other day i was on the way to the hospital to see my dad when out of nowhere some serious rain popped outta nowhere. i've only had this jeep for a couple of weeks, so i haven't had the pleasure of driving this one in the rain yet. so i turn my headlights and wipers on, and continue on my way. the headlights were as bright as ever, but the wipers(which i had never turned on before) were slow at best, even on hi. oh well, i kept going. as the rain got harder, the jeep started to run like crap- missing, backfiring, and just overall losing power- until it died about 30 seconds in. so i coast to a parking lot, and as i come to a stop, my fusebox starts smoking pretty bad. so i shut everything off- ignition, lights, and wipers, and get out and un hook the battery. i got it towed home, and now it won't start, the headlights work, but the parking lamps and taillamps don't. brakelights still work.
then the fusebox starts smoking again while i'm checking things out, and the parking light fuse is just cooking- smoking, sparking and glowing.:flame:
so i turn the lights back off, and it quits, but has burned the fuse, and melted part of the fusebox. i can tell where the heater blower motor had done this before, thus there was no fuse in that spot.
i turn the key, and get nothing but a groaning, grinding sound from the starter, but no engine turney
