Murphy's Law.
Ol' Murph got me again today. I had some spare time this afternoon so I decided I was going to pull off my multi-function switch assembly to see if I couldn't figure out why my fog lights weren't working. I'd pull the end of the stalk and get the little green "fog light" would light up on my dash, but alas, not fog lights. Easy 2-beer task, right?
I disassembled the switch assembly assuming I'd see a burnt, melted, or corroded switch, or contact. Well, no. Everything looked really good. I hit it with some electrical contact cleaner and put it all back together. 2 Beers gone. So I decided to check the fuse box. Fuse is good. Check with multi-meter. 12 volts at the fuse. another beer gone. Decide to unplug a fog light and check for power at the plug. 12v at the plug. Check continuity at the plug on the bulb side. ZERO. Checked the other side, same story. Bottom line is I spent three beers (that I would have drank anyway) going from difficult to easy. I had both bulbs burnt out, and a perfectly functioning switch. New bulbs on order (thanks Amazon). Moral of the story is, don't do a search "TJ fog lights not working" and assume that you need to start at the same thing everyone else is having problems with, it may just be the damn bulbs!
-Cheers, Dax.
Wait. I thought the moral of the story is buy more beer?
I spent the night researching grease zerks because the last time I tried to grease the Jeep my gun wouldn't go on. I tried it tonight and it worked fine. I was working all day last time I tried and thought I'd grease it when I was already dirty. But I must have been too tired and gave up thinking it didn't fit.
Sometimes easy is hard.
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