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Re: Things are sure slow around here, huh? [tsjay] by wheelsdown
Jul 17, 2008 (8:53 pm)
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Replying to: tsjay (Jul 17, 2008 6:30 pm)

Tom,
 
Many insurance companies have a low mileage rate. You should check with yours.
 
Keep hanging around. this thread doesn't get as many posts mas it used to. I see a lot of posts on the '97 to '06 maintenance thread where you can offer a lot (along with Paul and Martin).
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Re: Things are sure slow around here, huh? [tsjay] by tidester HOST
Jul 17, 2008 (9:52 pm)
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Replying to: tsjay (Jul 17, 2008 6:30 pm)

I only put about 2000 miles per year on Thelma Jane nowadays.
 
That should qualify you for a low mileage discount! I had checked that out once a very long time ago. I don't remember the exact figures but it was far less than average of 12,000 or miles the average person puts on a car each year and it was certainly greater than 2,000 miles. Of course, that is subject to change since I last checked.
 
tidester, host
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Re: Things are sure slow around here, huh? [tidester] by erickpl
Jul 18, 2008 (5:39 am)
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Replying to: tidester (Jul 17, 2008 9:52 pm)

Tom, I'm still here. Just not posting as much. Many posts seem to be about issues that I can't really answer w/o sounding dumb or flat out giving wrong advice. I miss the just random things we'd discuss here that were Jeep-related.
 
Haven't heard much of you going to TB lately. I know my wife and I would love to go wheeling with ya some time, perhaps in a small group with you, Hank, Jim M., and a few others. Things have definitely changed a bit.
 
-Paul
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Re: Things are sure slow around here, huh? [erickpl] by mac24
Jul 18, 2008 (8:03 pm)
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Replying to: erickpl (Jul 18, 2008 5:39 am)

I look in here (the original Jeep Wrangler forum) quite often, and occasionally on the many other new ones, though I rarely post now.
I have to admit that most of my 'chat' time is now taken up on a very active H1 forum.
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Rear Brake Light (above spare) non functional by shamokin
Jul 21, 2008 (9:05 pm)
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2000 Wrangler; 50,000 miles on it.
 
Was rear ended a year ago. Damage repaired. However, I noticed the brake light was non fuctional. I returned to the shop that repaired the damage. They got the light working. They advised that, if the problem happens again, I was to make sure that the two pins in the door were extended and in contact with the two pins in the frame. When the light became non-functional, I pulled the pins out of the frame and inserted a test light as a probe. It feels like there is nothing in these holes.
 
My question: is there a switch or something that may have not been attached properly when the vehicle was repaired that may have become disconnected from the frame? How does one get behind to reattach? From under the vehicle or in back of the paneling?
 
The bulb and fuse for the circuit are functional.
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Re: Rear Brake Light (above spare) non functional [shamokin] by erickpl
Jul 22, 2008 (6:06 am)
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Replying to: shamokin (Jul 21, 2008 9:05 pm)

No switch... just button connectors. Should have 2 on your TJ tailgate contacting 2 button-looking things on the tub. if you hvae nothing there, they may have fallen out, though I'm not sure how - they are pulled out in the direction of the tailgate...
 
-Paul
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Re: Rear Brake Light (above spare) non functional [erickpl] by shamokin
Jul 22, 2008 (9:39 pm)
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Replying to: erickpl (Jul 22, 2008 6:06 am)

Button connectors are there, and you can pull them out. How do the buttons on the tub get their power? Tester does not light, and, when the buttons are removed, there does not appear to be any electrical connections.
 
BTW, thanks for your help on this one.
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Re: Things are sure slow around here, huh? [wheelsdown] by tsjay
Jul 23, 2008 (6:04 am)
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Replying to: wheelsdown (Jul 17, 2008 8:53 pm)

Terry and All:
 
State Farm has a policy with a 7500 mile maximum annual usage on the vehicle that saves me $60 per six month premium. I switched to that policy for Thelma Jane, since I can very easily stay below 7500 miles per year on her.
 
Saving $120 per year on insurance for one vehicle isn't huge, but it's better than a stick in the eye, right?
 
Tom
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Re: Rear Brake Light (above spare) non functional [shamokin] by erickpl
Jul 23, 2008 (6:58 am)
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Replying to: shamokin (Jul 22, 2008 9:39 pm)

There's your problem. Those buttons get power via wiring behind the passenger rear tail light. 2 wires feed those buttons. My guess is that they got cut somehow. You can remove the trim piece at the bottom (plastic 'bolts') and reach up there and connect em. You may need to expose some wire and reattach em.
 
I deactivated mine when I did LED tail lights and put my 3rd taillight on a swingaway tire carrier. But I left the buttons and such in place.
 
-Paul

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