Mike Romain or anyone else? Instrument Panel Grounding Screw location?

I am trying to find this screw mentioned in this posting and the
recall.. I think it may be my problem because I have checked
everything else. Still no blowing on highest setting.
Any advice on where to locate the screw. I have removed the panel
below the steering wheel..

Thanks!!!

Mike posted this in an earlier message "There is a recall out for at
least one year of TJ for that problem. In that case it is a bad
ground on the right side of the instrument cluster in the dash which
fails when high amps like the fan on full happens.
Here is the gist of it: Recall 99V117000: Instrument Panel Ground
Screws Loose The left side and right side instrument panel wiring
ground attachment screws could loosen over time. If the left side
screw loosens, the instrument panel gauges may not function when the
headlamps are turned on. If the right side screw loosens, the
defroster blower motor may not function.
Hope this helps,

I gather the grounds are wires bolted to the back of the instrument
cluster itself. The bolts come loose. It should be easy to see, but I
haven't had one apart to know for sure.

Your switch is ok eh? Well when my switch failed on high there was no
mistake, it let the smoke out big time.

Mike

SP wrote:
>
> I am trying to find this screw mentioned in this posting and the
> recall.. I think it may be my problem because I have checked
> everything else. Still no blowing on highest setting.
> Any advice on where to locate the screw. I have removed the panel
> below the steering wheel..
>
> Thanks!!!
>
> Mike posted this in an earlier message "There is a recall out for at
> least one year of TJ for that problem. In that case it is a bad
> ground on the right side of the instrument cluster in the dash which
> fails when high amps like the fan on full happens.
> Here is the gist of it: Recall 99V117000: Instrument Panel Ground
> Screws Loose The left side and right side instrument panel wiring
> ground attachment screws could loosen over time. If the left side
> screw loosens, the instrument panel gauges may not function when the
> headlamps are turned on. If the right side screw loosens, the
> defroster blower motor may not function.
> Hope this helps,

Never smoked.. Just stopped working the high setting on
heat/air/vents .. All other settinsg work. That is why I thought this
ground screw thing might be the answer. I tried all the other fixes..
fuses/relay's etc.

Well I will hunt around some more this evening and see if I can find
the screw.

Thanks!!

On Fri, 16 Sep 2005 09:30:17 -0400, Mike Romain >
wrote:

>I gather the grounds are wires bolted to the back of the instrument
>cluster itself. The bolts come loose. It should be easy to see, but I
>haven't had one apart to know for sure.
>
>Your switch is ok eh? Well when my switch failed on high there was no
>mistake, it let the smoke out big time.
>
>Mike
>
>SP wrote:
>>
>> I am trying to find this screw mentioned in this posting and the
>> recall.. I think it may be my problem because I have checked
>> everything else. Still no blowing on highest setting.
>> Any advice on where to locate the screw. I have removed the panel
>> below the steering wheel..
>>
>> Thanks!!!
>>
>> Mike posted this in an earlier message "There is a recall out for at
>> least one year of TJ for that problem. In that case it is a bad
>> ground on the right side of the instrument cluster in the dash which
>> fails when high amps like the fan on full happens.
>> Here is the gist of it: Recall 99V117000: Instrument Panel Ground
>> Screws Loose The left side and right side instrument panel wiring
>> ground attachment screws could loosen over time. If the left side
>> screw loosens, the instrument panel gauges may not function when the
>> headlamps are turned on. If the right side screw loosens, the
>> defroster blower motor may not function.
>> Hope this helps,

Have you tried putting power directly to the heater motor? I am not
sure on TJ's but on Cherokees and CJs you can put power directly to the
plug to verify the motor will spin up on full power. Although it should
if it works on low, but the way they make these new Jeeps so complex it
might have a second winding or something expensively stupid like that.

Mike

SP wrote:
>
> Never smoked.. Just stopped working the high setting on
> heat/air/vents .. All other settinsg work. That is why I thought this
> ground screw thing might be the answer. I tried all the other fixes..
> fuses/relay's etc.
>
> Well I will hunt around some more this evening and see if I can find
> the screw.
>
> Thanks!!
>
> On Fri, 16 Sep 2005 09:30:17 -0400, Mike Romain >
> wrote:
>
> >I gather the grounds are wires bolted to the back of the instrument
> >cluster itself. The bolts come loose. It should be easy to see, but I
> >haven't had one apart to know for sure.
> >
> >Your switch is ok eh? Well when my switch failed on high there was no
> >mistake, it let the smoke out big time.
> >
> >Mike
> >
> >SP wrote:
> >>
> >> I am trying to find this screw mentioned in this posting and the
> >> recall.. I think it may be my problem because I have checked
> >> everything else. Still no blowing on highest setting.
> >> Any advice on where to locate the screw. I have removed the panel
> >> below the steering wheel..
> >>
> >> Thanks!!!
> >>
> >> Mike posted this in an earlier message "There is a recall out for at
> >> least one year of TJ for that problem. In that case it is a bad
> >> ground on the right side of the instrument cluster in the dash which
> >> fails when high amps like the fan on full happens.
> >> Here is the gist of it: Recall 99V117000: Instrument Panel Ground
> >> Screws Loose The left side and right side instrument panel wiring
> >> ground attachment screws could loosen over time. If the left side
> >> screw loosens, the instrument panel gauges may not function when the
> >> headlamps are turned on. If the right side screw loosens, the
> >> defroster blower motor may not function.
> >> Hope this helps,

you need to test the system using a test lite first the switch then the blower
resistor
you already know the motor works

Mike Romain wrote:

> Have you tried putting power directly to the heater motor? I am not
> sure on TJ's but on Cherokees and CJs you can put power directly to the
> plug to verify the motor will spin up on full power. Although it should
> if it works on low, but the way they make these new Jeeps so complex it
> might have a second winding or something expensively stupid like that.
>
> Mike
>
> SP wrote:
> >
> > Never smoked.. Just stopped working the high setting on
> > heat/air/vents .. All other settinsg work. That is why I thought this
> > ground screw thing might be the answer. I tried all the other fixes..
> > fuses/relay's etc.
> >
> > Well I will hunt around some more this evening and see if I can find
> > the screw.
> >
> > Thanks!!
> >
> > On Fri, 16 Sep 2005 09:30:17 -0400, Mike Romain >
> > wrote:
> >
> > >I gather the grounds are wires bolted to the back of the instrument
> > >cluster itself. The bolts come loose. It should be easy to see, but I
> > >haven't had one apart to know for sure.
> > >
> > >Your switch is ok eh? Well when my switch failed on high there was no
> > >mistake, it let the smoke out big time.
> > >
> > >Mike
> > >
> > >SP wrote:
> > >>
> > >> I am trying to find this screw mentioned in this posting and the
> > >> recall.. I think it may be my problem because I have checked
> > >> everything else. Still no blowing on highest setting.
> > >> Any advice on where to locate the screw. I have removed the panel
> > >> below the steering wheel..
> > >>
> > >> Thanks!!!
> > >>
> > >> Mike posted this in an earlier message "There is a recall out for at
> > >> least one year of TJ for that problem. In that case it is a bad
> > >> ground on the right side of the instrument cluster in the dash which
> > >> fails when high amps like the fan on full happens.
> > >> Here is the gist of it: Recall 99V117000: Instrument Panel Ground
> > >> Screws Loose The left side and right side instrument panel wiring
> > >> ground attachment screws could loosen over time. If the left side
> > >> screw loosens, the instrument panel gauges may not function when the
> > >> headlamps are turned on. If the right side screw loosens, the
> > >> defroster blower motor may not function.
> > >> Hope this helps,