This is what it looks like. No circuit breakers, no position 30.
In any case, our two hours of daylight is over. I won’t be able to look at it again until Saturday.
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Actually, I’ve always thought cars should have a circuit breaker panel.
Looks like you have one of Suzuki Vitaras with fake Jeep badges. 
But that would make things too simple. :smack:
That diagram is FUBAR. The left park light has a fuse (#7), but no fuse for the right side?
personally I would expect the wiper to maybe be on fuse #22, as 20A seems a mite large for just the rear wiper. But in anycase I don’t believe what you linked to.
BTW do you have a 12V test light? Worth it for this type of quick fault tracing. Small enough to carry in the glovebox.
It says the right park light is in #23.
The rear wiper works, so if both motors are on the same circuit it’s not the fuse. i don’t have a test light.
Check out the post on the bottom of the page on JeepForm that Johnny linked to posted by a poster with a 2000 Cherokee Sport: “i have a 2000 the manual says to look on the fuse box cover for the diagram and the fuse box cover says to look in the manual for the diagram”
I had a 1990 Jeep YJ (I think it may have been a Wrangler in the US). The manual was useless. I had much better luck understanding my Jeep when I got a Haynes manual. I did follow its instructions to do some repairs and maintenance, but it was also useful for simply being a much better informational resource than the manual that came with the vehicle.
Got a VM from the shop today. Looks like it was the ignition switch. I guess that kind of makes sense, since the accessories are what aren’t working. Tune-up and oil change are done. Switch comes tomorrow.
It has other problems. Front U-joints need replacing, rear drums (?) are leaking, front brake pads need replacing. A couple of other things I’ll find out when I call back.
Ignition buggering up the wipers – that’s why I could never be a mechanic. I take my hat off to guys like Rick.
Do I win?
I guess you do!
Actually makes sense. You only need wipers when driving. Think of the ignition switch this way
Position 0 = off
Position 1 = accessories
Position 2 = engine on
Position 3 = starter
The only time you need wipers (wipers, heater, etc) is position 2 with the engine running. Now if Johnny had mentioned that his heater fan also wasn’t working…
The heater and fan worked fine. 
(Which is good, since it’s been in the 30s here.)
Turns out the U-joints don’t have to be done yet, so that saves $600. The front brake rotors are below minimums, and of course the pads are shot. The rear wheel cylinders are leaking, but they have not contaminated the brake drums yet. I don’t know if I’ve ever had the brake fluid replaced, so I’m having that done as long as they’re doing brakes.
The service guy said that all of these things are things that would have to be done if I was driving the Jeep regularly. Though it has 208,000+ miles on it, it’s in good condition. There’s one small, noticeable scratch where I got into a position I had to back out of when off-roading, and the rear bumper’s paint is not perfect from loading and unloading equipment. Other than that, and the inevitable sand pits in the front, the finish is in nice shape and shines up like new. I snagged the back of one of the front seats with a nail, so there’s a small hole. Some liquid latex spilled on the carpet in the cargo bay. It has plenty of power, though not as much as it did when it was new. There’s oil and grime on the engine, so gaskets will need replacing eventually. The exhaust manifold is cracked, which is a common problem with this engine. Nothing to worry about, other than a small amount of soot on the tailpipe from the richer mixture. When and if I reach 250,000 miles I’m thinking that would be a good time for an overhaul.
For most of the year, when I look at the Jeep, I think I should sell it. But then Winter comes, and I’m glad I have it. I’ll have to be sure to drive it more often – just not on the Seattle trips. SO has a red 2000 Toyota Tacoma with faded paint. She’d might want to drive the Jeep when she finishes school and gets a job because it looks nicer than her truck.
Make sure the motor case is grounded. Maybe run a wire from one of the screws to a solid ground.
Easy to do and costs nothing.
Meanwhile, a year later…
The SO had been driving the Jeep; not so much recently, since she’s not getting enough hours at work and her truck gets better mileage, but it’s not just sitting. She reported that the accessories were intermittently in-op. She’d start it up and everything would work, then drive it to get some gas, then start it again to find the windows, wipers, radio, fan, etc. were not working. She’d shut down and restart, and they’d be operational again. Once, she said, the accessories stopped working as she was driving. The Jeep is back in the shop, and they know about the previous issue that was corrected with a new ignition switch.
We also told them about the air conditioning problem that I mentioned in a different thread. Last Summer the SO said that she’d be driving along with the a/c on, and the temperature indicating the normal 214º-216º range. Then the gauge would jump to maximum and the warning chime would sound. Turning off the a/c caused the temperature gauge to return to normal in about 30 seconds. One of the mechanics happened to be in the lobby, and he hypothesised that there may be an intermittent short that occurs when the a/c compressor starts, and that causes an erroneous reading on the gauge that activates the warning chime. The SO and I suspected that the engine was not actually overheating, since the indication returned to normal so quickly. If it had actually been overheating, it would have taken longer and there would likely be nasty smells and noises and it would lose power.
Oh, about the last paragraph in my last (12/13/2011) post: I recently looked up the value of the Jeep on a couple of sites. They say it’s worth about $2,500. It’s worth more than that to me, if only for when it snows. The mechanic said I must have taken good care of it (despite my not having driven it for two years!) when he found out how many miles it has on it.
Before clicking, I guessed it was about a Jeep!
What do I win?