Re: 1988 cherkoee cigarette lighter issues

On Jan 30, 11:16 am, Mike Romain <roma...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Matt wrote:
> > On Jan 30, 1:44 am, Will Honea <who...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >> Matt wrote:
> >>> On Jan 23, 9:09 am, Matt <crackers819...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >>>> new lighter in, problem solved...it must have just been that the
old
> >>>> one was so rusted and corroded that it couldn't make a connection.
> >>>> everything works perfectly now... :-)  well, except for the fact
that
> >>>> i have no little cigarette lighter light...but such is life. 
that's
> >>>> less im****tant to me than having a working power source...
> >>> alright, more problems...now with the new lighter...
> >>> went to my bowling league tonight, all was well when i turned the
car
> >>> off to go in.  came back out, turned the car back on - NOTHING
power-
> >>> wise from the lighter.  my xm would not turn on.  took the power
> >>> adapter out and put the cigarette lighter back in to hold the place
> >>> until i had a chance to look at it...pushed the lighter in - POOF
goes
> >>> the fuse.  cigarette lighter and radio both out now.
> >>> any ideas??  im not that well versed in all of this - what would
cause
> >>> the fuse to blow?  a poor ground connection?  would that also have
> >>> caused my power adapter to suddenly stop working (if the ground
> >>> connection behind the lighter came loose)??
> >> Just a WAG, but look inside and see if one of the "fingers" near the
bottom
> >> has folded over and shorted to the center button.  I've seen this
once or
> >> twice - the bimetal fingers form a detent to hold the lighter in
until it
> >> gets hot enough to pull back and release the lighter.  They are
fairly
> >> brittle, so if the end of the plug gets hold of them just right they
will
> >> either break or fold over.  Cheap replacement lighter?
>
> >> --
> >> Will Honea
>
> >> --
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>
> > i wouldn't necessarily say "cheap", but yeah...it was an auto-zone
> > one.
>
> > what "fingers" exactly are you talking about, and where am i looking?
>
> I am also thinking the guts failed.  There is a clip down inside that is
> just held on with a rivet.  I think this clip has bent or has come loose
> maybe.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 'New' frame in the works for '08.  Some Canadian Bush Trip and Build
> Photos:http://mikeromainjeeptrips.shutterfly.com

does this mean i need to replace it again?