Jeep Wrangler: Turn Signal Stops Working When The Headlights Are On
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My daily driver is a 3-on-the-tree. more than once I have driven into a parking lot, parked and while getting out have someone walk over and say cool is that an automatic? I say nope its manual a. and then they proceeded to tell me I am wrong it can't be a manual transmission. because the shifter is on the column and not in the floor.
Date: 2023-05-20
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Great, video, great fix. OK, in detail, you should not solder crimped connectors because you are turning a stranded wire into a solid wire. If house wiring would work in a car, everybody would do it because solid-core is cheaper. In detail, I used to think lack of soldering was because car companies were cheap. I was an electrical engineer at Ford and GMC so I knew they were cheap. But then I quit Detroit and went to Silicon Valley, working for a military contractor, ESL, later acquired by TRW. They explained to me that a properly crimped connection is more reliable than a soldered one. I noted our satellites had soldered connections, and they said the operators had spent six months in NASA soldering school down in Huntsville. They had to learn to use a microscopic amount of solder so it did not wick up the wire, and they had to learn to solder only the ring side of the crimp. Now, in detail, properly crimped also meant using one of the 400-dollar ratcheting crimpers that were replaced at the slightest sign of wear. In detail, I tried using 19-strand mil-spec Teflon wire on my Harley all soldered up. The Teflon would open gaps, and the soldered crimps would fail. When I stopped soldering, the wires stopped breaking. When I went to PVC wire, the insulation did not crack open. Teflon is good in bundles inside a wing, since it is slippery with no UV light, and carefully harnessed. Hand crimping is pretty uncontrolled, but you are very smart to only solder from the ring. You kept the solder from the strain relief so you are probably OK. So in this case, you did not lower the reliability, but you also wasted time soldering a gas-tight crimp. If it makes you feel better, go right ahead. Stay strong, stay stubborn, you have earned it.
That same military contractor taught me lockwashers wear out. After 5 uses, you mind as well not have a washer at all. So I always put new lockwashers on. Nyloks are not quite as bad, but re-using those is a bad idea too. And yeah, WD-40 is Water Dispersant -40. It is an emulsifier mixed with a light oil. In high humidity it absorbs water (hydrophilic) and hold the water against the metal, rusting it. I use Tri-Flow for lube, and Kroil for penetration, giving it hours and some heat to really work. It was my machinist friends that warned me off of WD-40. The water absorption also makes it bad to coat ignition wires. WD-40 is great to spray on the floor when you want to slide your Bridgeport around to a new location. That is about all it is good for.
You know a lot about a lot and you deserve your millions of views. But there are people that know a lot about a little, and you might want to pay them some attention when they are just trying to help you be even better.
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Great, video, great fix. OK, in detail, you should not solder crimped connectors because you are turning a stranded wire into a solid wire. If house wiring would work in a car, everybody would do it because solid-core is cheaper. In detail, I used to think lack of soldering was because car companies were cheap. I was an electrical engineer at Ford and GMC so I knew they were cheap. But then I quit Detroit and went to Silicon Valley, working for a military contractor, ESL, later acquired by TRW. They explained to me that a properly crimped connection is more reliable than a soldered one. I noted our satellites had soldered connections, and they said the operators had spent six months in NASA soldering school down in Huntsville. They had to learn to use a microscopic amount of solder so it did not wick up the wire, and they had to learn to solder only the ring side of the crimp. Now, in detail, properly crimped also meant using one of the 400-dollar ratcheting crimpers that were replaced at the slightest sign of wear. In detail, I tried using 19-strand mil-spec Teflon wire on my Harley all soldered up. The Teflon would open gaps, and the soldered crimps would fail. When I stopped soldering, the wires stopped breaking. When I went to PVC wire, the insulation did not crack open. Teflon is good in bundles inside a wing, since it is slippery with no UV light, and carefully harnessed. Hand crimping is pretty uncontrolled, but you are very smart to only solder from the ring. You kept the solder from the strain relief so you are probably OK. So in this case, you did not lower the reliability, but you also wasted time soldering a gas-tight crimp. If it makes you feel better, go right ahead. Stay strong, stay stubborn, you have earned it.
That same military contractor taught me lockwashers wear out. After 5 uses, you mind as well not have a washer at all. So I always put new lockwashers on. Nyloks are not quite as bad, but re-using those is a bad idea too. And yeah, WD-40 is Water Dispersant -40. It is an emulsifier mixed with a light oil. In high humidity it absorbs water (hydrophilic) and hold the water against the metal, rusting it. I use Tri-Flow for lube, and Kroil for penetration, giving it hours and some heat to really work. It was my machinist friends that warned me off of WD-40. The water absorption also makes it bad to coat ignition wires. WD-40 is great to spray on the floor when you want to slide your Bridgeport around to a new location. That is about all it is good for.
You know a lot about a lot and you deserve your millions of views. But there are people that know a lot about a little, and you might want to pay them some attention when they are just trying to help you be even better.
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Chaddz3
Free Tip Friday for those terminals that have the wings like that. If you use a crimp tool that is designed for doing non insulated terminals. you can use the curved part of the crimp die to fold the wings over. it does help it crimp tighter and if your patient and careful it'll look like a machine crimped termination when its all said and done. and for a little extra security pinch the crimp from the side. just a little. dont need to crush the snot out of it. just a wee bit to make sure shes good and tight. of course. dribble a drop or two of your favorite flavor of solder and seal her up with a piece of meltable wall sleeving to keep the liquid vehicle disolving fluid out of it come winter. works much better than trying to fight it with a needle nose and a vise grip. and looks much nicer when done.
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Free Tip Friday for those terminals that have the wings like that. If you use a crimp tool that is designed for doing non insulated terminals. you can use the curved part of the crimp die to fold the wings over. it does help it crimp tighter and if your patient and careful it'll look like a machine crimped termination when its all said and done. and for a little extra security pinch the crimp from the side. just a little. dont need to crush the snot out of it. just a wee bit to make sure shes good and tight. of course. dribble a drop or two of your favorite flavor of solder and seal her up with a piece of meltable wall sleeving to keep the liquid vehicle disolving fluid out of it come winter. works much better than trying to fight it with a needle nose and a vise grip. and looks much nicer when done.
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Danamis
Hey Mr Eric O. I think you're totally not like our government. Fun to watch and I always learn something. AND you don't solder bad.
But I can help you with one small thing. When I was building electronic parts we learned to tin the ends of the wires first, before crimping or connecting.
Tinning is just adding some solder to the stripped end. It makes a way stronger never cold joint after the final solder to the junction.
If I can do it, you can do it. Cheers.
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Hey Mr Eric O. I think you're totally not like our government. Fun to watch and I always learn something. AND you don't solder bad.
But I can help you with one small thing. When I was building electronic parts we learned to tin the ends of the wires first, before crimping or connecting.
Tinning is just adding some solder to the stripped end. It makes a way stronger never cold joint after the final solder to the junction.
If I can do it, you can do it. Cheers.
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William
as a 07 jkur owner and having many jeep friends this is a common repair ive done on all of the stud grounds in the engine compartment along that rail there. theres also one on the bottom of the block on the 3. 8 with the ground from the battery that has 4 in it and last but not least lets not forget the 2 on each kick panel in the front. i agree with u about the chevy grounds.
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as a 07 jkur owner and having many jeep friends this is a common repair ive done on all of the stud grounds in the engine compartment along that rail there. theres also one on the bottom of the block on the 3. 8 with the ground from the battery that has 4 in it and last but not least lets not forget the 2 on each kick panel in the front. i agree with u about the chevy grounds.
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Bryan
If you understood soldering it would have never occurred to you to put solder there. I thought you were going to use a shitbird ring terminal though, so you get a pass. Incidentally, if you simply had the correct dies in your crimper, those connections would be gastight. If you think solder will prevail where copper has failed, metallurgy ain't your thing.
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If you understood soldering it would have never occurred to you to put solder there. I thought you were going to use a shitbird ring terminal though, so you get a pass. Incidentally, if you simply had the correct dies in your crimper, those connections would be gastight. If you think solder will prevail where copper has failed, metallurgy ain't your thing.
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Pat
That was clearly a violation and improper infraction. An infringement of the laws of PRNY canon, laws, ordinances, precepts, regulations, and statutes. There is a three step process that must be followed.
Rule 1. Have a cold drink in one hand.
Rule 2. Maintain a steady posture on a lounge chair.
Rule 3. Contemplate menu items from the Local Cafe
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That was clearly a violation and improper infraction. An infringement of the laws of PRNY canon, laws, ordinances, precepts, regulations, and statutes. There is a three step process that must be followed.
Rule 1. Have a cold drink in one hand.
Rule 2. Maintain a steady posture on a lounge chair.
Rule 3. Contemplate menu items from the Local Cafe
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Daniel
A better theft deterrent than a manual transmission, is a manual without synchros (if you think you get blank looks when you explain the purpose and use of the third pedal, try explaining how to double-clutch up-shifts AND down-shifts to someone who's never driven a manual - or has only driven manuals with buttery-smooth gear synchronizers!
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A better theft deterrent than a manual transmission, is a manual without synchros (if you think you get blank looks when you explain the purpose and use of the third pedal, try explaining how to double-clutch up-shifts AND down-shifts to someone who's never driven a manual - or has only driven manuals with buttery-smooth gear synchronizers!
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Brian
Love that you keep doing what pisses fokes off, I would have done it the exact same way, maybe added a pice of heatshrink, only for look of it. and also torqued the bolt to right arm spec. we can't all call chrisfix all the time to ask for the torque specs. (maybe I would have use water pump pliers to crimp that instead)
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Love that you keep doing what pisses fokes off, I would have done it the exact same way, maybe added a pice of heatshrink, only for look of it. and also torqued the bolt to right arm spec. we can't all call chrisfix all the time to ask for the torque specs. (maybe I would have use water pump pliers to crimp that instead)
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Rich
Nice. You said I had to explain how you did it wrong. I think you should have relocated each ground separately to a different corner of the vehicle, Like left front should be grounded to the right rear, yeah that's it! Oh, and also use a different color for each one with plenty of extra wire hanging around!
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Nice. You said I had to explain how you did it wrong. I think you should have relocated each ground separately to a different corner of the vehicle, Like left front should be grounded to the right rear, yeah that's it! Oh, and also use a different color for each one with plenty of extra wire hanging around!
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autos
I love the manual antitheft device thing. my car got stolen and it was a manual my dads truck got stolen, manual. brothers car got stolen, manual. and then our mutual friend got his car stolen too and his was a manual luckily they found his a couple ours later in a parking lot with only the radio stolen.
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I love the manual antitheft device thing. my car got stolen and it was a manual my dads truck got stolen, manual. brothers car got stolen, manual. and then our mutual friend got his car stolen too and his was a manual luckily they found his a couple ours later in a parking lot with only the radio stolen.
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Don
Chrysler and their grounds. lest we forget, AMC was even worse with their grounds. Any amc vehicle I ever worked on with electrical issues had at least an 80 percent chance that it was a ground issue. I ended up putting 6 diferent, seperate grounds on my own YJ because I got tired of the failures. LOL
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Chrysler and their grounds. lest we forget, AMC was even worse with their grounds. Any amc vehicle I ever worked on with electrical issues had at least an 80 percent chance that it was a ground issue. I ended up putting 6 diferent, seperate grounds on my own YJ because I got tired of the failures. LOL
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Dave
Year s ago Holts made a great product called Holts No Corrode. After cleaning the terminals with a clean finger smear the No Corrode on the bear wires crimp the tags
on the wires then put some lastly on the bolt or screw. The No Corrode lowers the resistance which also improves the connection.
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Year s ago Holts made a great product called Holts No Corrode. After cleaning the terminals with a clean finger smear the No Corrode on the bear wires crimp the tags
on the wires then put some lastly on the bolt or screw. The No Corrode lowers the resistance which also improves the connection.
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Jeff
Yep, you did it all WRONG! 8 ) Just jokin, great video. Is it true that tin/lead solder and resin flux are the new vaping? (warning - The Association of Worldwide Proctologists have said vaping and soldering are harmful to health - but fried foods, smokes, and booze are all OK)
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Yep, you did it all WRONG! 8 ) Just jokin, great video. Is it true that tin/lead solder and resin flux are the new vaping? (warning - The Association of Worldwide Proctologists have said vaping and soldering are harmful to health - but fried foods, smokes, and booze are all OK)
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The
Soldering temperatures are not anywhere near the heat needed to vaporize lead. The smoke & fumes are the flux burning off. No danger of lead poisoning, but flux smoke can aggravate asthma, bronchitis, Memphisema and other respiratory benaffleck-tations.
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Soldering temperatures are not anywhere near the heat needed to vaporize lead. The smoke & fumes are the flux burning off. No danger of lead poisoning, but flux smoke can aggravate asthma, bronchitis, Memphisema and other respiratory benaffleck-tations.
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