This is Hacker Public Radio episode 3,768 for Wednesday the 11th of January 2023.
Today's show is entitled Jeep Ignition Repair.
It is hosted by stash AF, it carries a clean flag.
The summary is replacing Ignition on my 1999 Jeep Wrangler.
Hello Hacker Public Radio, today I'm your host stash AF and today I'm going to be
sharing with you some recordings I made while I was changing out the Ignition module
on my 99 Jeep Wrangler TJ.
The problem I was having with the Jeep was every time I would turn the Ignition, absolutely
nothing would happen.
Didn't click, didn't do anything.
I tested the battery, I tested the starter, I've tested the alternator, all three of
which I have also replaced and it turns out that the Jeep Wrangler of that particular
model has a weak point in the Ignition module so it needed to be replaced and that turned
out to be the problem.
Here are the recordings of me removing and then reinserting those pieces.
Okay, so to start with, I need my standard Phillips screwdriver and remove the three Phillips
screws from underneath the steering column.
There's one, there goes, there's two, I didn't quite get it, there we go, that's
two, all right, the third one is pain, I forgot I have to take the front panel off from
underneath the steering column in order to get to that third screw because it's right
in there, there it goes, there we go, now the screwdriver is biting, all right, so now
the panel's out exposing the underside, oh man, I'm gonna take my T6 screw driver, I'm gonna
use it with a security and I remove one silver screw from the left side of the exposed
area and then the two from underneath, which there are little stiff so I need to get myself
a little bit of leverage here, turn my screwdriver into a T handle here, thank you, I fix
it for giving me the tools to work on my Jeep, drop the screw, got a hold it to make sure
it doesn't pop off because there is a spring inside and then to remove the ignition cylinder
put the key in, the turret, a couple of clicks and then there's a button on the underside
but I can depress and push out with my screwdriver, that comes out and now the rest of the
ignition assembly will just come right out, all right and there went the screw, good
thing, I was holding onto it, all right and that's how you remove the ignition cylinder
on a Jeep TJ, all right now to reinstall the ignition, there's a little plastic piece that
sticks out the back, you have to make sure that that goes in very gently, you don't want
that to snap off, that tells the ignition module that the key is installed, that the key
is inserted into the lock, it's going to be very careful in pushing it in, don't over force
it, I apologize for the sounds of jet engines in the background, oh crap, I just lost a
piece, yeah these whole spring loaded things are very very tricky, let's see, all right let's
get this thing back in and receded, here we go, and then it just clicks in a little bit,
all right then slides up and in, all right to keep it from moving I'm going to reinstall
one of the three silver screws I removed earlier, just kind of hold it in place, if your
screw just slides on in, it's not fully seated, let's try this again, this slide up on in
here, I apologize for the background noise, that's just my phone going off because since
I'm out at my Jeep I'm using my phone instead of my laptop to record this, and I realize
it's probably more than what y'all need to know but I just picked up my dad from having
his port of calf placed, so I've got family members texting me for updates on that, okay
so there's a silver plate that has a divot in it, got these things dirty, and a spring
that goes into that little divot and then a dimple that comes off the bottom of the
ignition, make sure that that spring is in there, all right there's one screw back in,
the other screw, let's get the screwdriver sit back up for a T handle for a little bit
extra force, gotta make sure these screws are tight, and then before I put all the screws
back in for the front plastic cover and the underside of the steering column, let's get
the key back in, which of course that's not lining up correctly, there it goes, right
that's back in, climb up on in here, key in, key forward, brake, clutch, life, it works
and that's how you reinstall the ignition cylinder on a Jeep TJ, the 99, the 1999 model,
and what I didn't include at the end of that was the reinstallation of the underside
cover for the steering column and the knee plate that I had removed earlier to get to the
third screw for the underside of the steering column, so that is just one part of my
adventures with my 99 Jeep Wrangler, have a good day, you have been listening to
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