TheManch
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- mckinleyville ca
the headlights didn't quite work right on my 96 xj, i only had the flash to pass feature. i figured it was the headlight switch in the dash after reading what some people had told me. well earlier tonight i pulled the entire outer dash and pulled my headlight switch too. as soon as i plugged in the new one everything worked as it should. great i'm home free....well not quite, one of the connections in the middle of the whole plug got hot at some point, hot enough to melt the surrounding plastic and some of the casing off of the wire that goes into the back of the plug, explains why the headlights didn't work and also explains why the plug was so hard to remove. my question is this, obviously i need to get a new plug, but i was thinking that this might be caused by a short in the wire somewhere, and who know's where that harness goes too, i cant trace it back into the dash yet. however i would think that a short of that capacity which could heat the wire enough would blow a fuse? so that leads me to believe that the problem is in my wiring plug right? i'm no electrical genius but i'm just going on basic knowledge. and it's 2 o clock in the morning, this makes sense to me now but i'll have to re read it tomorrow.
thanks for your help
mike
thanks for your help
mike