Emergency! Mass electrical system failure, help needed - Pirate4x4.Com : 4x4 and Off-Road Forum

JJJZJ · 06-14-2002, 08:38 PM

I just screwed up my electrical system bad. I was installing a CD player and somehow when i plugged in the harness, it sparked, all interior lighting went out, and then there was a bad burning smell coming from the right side. So far all fuses checked in the fuse block and power distribution center seem all right. Nothing works, but the headlamps, dash gauges, and the ABS light and check engine light in the dash. The fuel pump doesnt work, dome lamps dont work, radio, wiper, seats, just about everything else. This all resulted from a radio being plugged in improperly, so my question is what happened and how do i fix it. I need my jeep working tomorrow for work at 9, so any fast help is appreciated. Its a 93 Jeep grand cherokee with the 4.0 if it matters.

Josh 89XJ · 06-14-2002, 09:46 PM

Welcome to my world, not a single damned electrical component runs.

Travis Waldher · 06-14-2002, 10:07 PM

Start looking for fusable links. Last time I had a massive electrical failure, I had one of those go out on me. I only assume that the "wire" type fusible links are still used on 93 Grands.

06-14-2002, 08:38 PM	#1 (permalink)
JJJZJ Registered User Join Date: Sep 2001 Member # 7155 Location: SLC, UT and/or Lake Forest, IL Posts: 5	Emergency! Mass electrical system failure, help needed I just screwed up my electrical system bad. I was installing a CD player and somehow when i plugged in the harness, it sparked, all interior lighting went out, and then there was a bad burning smell coming from the right side. So far all fuses checked in the fuse block and power distribution center seem all right. Nothing works, but the headlamps, dash gauges, and the ABS light and check engine light in the dash. The fuel pump doesnt work, dome lamps dont work, radio, wiper, seats, just about everything else. This all resulted from a radio being plugged in improperly, so my question is what happened and how do i fix it. I need my jeep working tomorrow for work at 9, so any fast help is appreciated. Its a 93 Jeep grand cherokee with the 4.0 if it matters.

06-14-2002, 09:46 PM	#2 (permalink)
Josh 89XJ Registered User Join Date: Sep 2001 Member # 7051 Location: The thriving metropolis known as Pullman Posts: 661	Welcome to my world, not a single damned electrical component runs. __________________ There's no time like the present....well, except for that time you did two chicks at once. That was WAY better than the present!

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06-14-2002, 10:07 PM	#3 (permalink)
Travis Waldher Pirate4x4 Addict! Join Date: May 2001 Member # 4878 Location: Bremerton, WA Posts: 7,523	Start looking for fusable links. Last time I had a massive electrical failure, I had one of those go out on me. I only assume that the "wire" type fusible links are still used on 93 Grands.