Tj new loom price

[EvilMonkey]

Hi guys, so I got my tj in December, been having fun wheeling it and learning the limits of this capable little thing..
Anyway, over the last few months I've been developing some pretty serious electrical issues.
Only one brake light works(checked globe's, keeps blowing them), left hand blinker stopped working, right hand side blinker intermittently cuts off(pulled the blinker stalk off, noticed some blackened parts on the connector that are from it arcing, looks like a short circuit somewhere), dash lights have stopped, keep getting intermittent check engine lights(been over the engine with a fine tooth comb, nothing wrong with it I can see), and some other issues I can't think of right now...

In short it looks to me as if the entire system has some significant issues, and I might be best off picking up a loom from painless or similar and paying an auto electrician to install it... Just a few questions

Would a US loom work? I figure the cars, apart from the rhd conversion, would be extremely similar, surely the loom can be modified easily to suit?

What ballpark figure would I be looking at to get this done?
I figure if it's going to be around 2g or so for labour, for me it's worth the cost... If it's going to be some ridiculous price on the other hand, maybe I should look at other avenues..

My main reason for wanting the electricals fully sorted is because I'm looking at installing a triple battery system, bigger alt, fridge, sub winch and some other stuff later in the year.
So I need this issue fully sorted so I'm not catching on fire lol

Any info would be greatly appreciated
Cheers

[wes]

An entirely new loom seems excessive for the faults you are encountering.
1.Rear lights can do strange things if the taillights are not earthed properly - usually just means the screws holding the taillights on are not tight.
I have done away with the factory screws and replaced them with bolts which I cranked down like a goddam mofo so no earthing issues (and erratic taillights) for me

2. Is your CHMBL not working? - this is usually due to the wires to the contacts falling off - pull down the rear-most part of the drivers side rear fender liner - reach up and feel for the back end of the tub contacts - I'm guessing one or both wires have fallen off.
The wires need to be pushed back on with some authority or they will fall off again - I feel a definite 'click' when they are connected properly.
Doesn't matter which wire is connected to which contact.

3. Dash lights - is your dimmer turned down?

4. CEL - This could be coming on for dozens of reasons - you need to extract the codes to determine why it is coming on.
Google 'key trick' to display fault codes in the odometer on the dash.
Note - if you have a 98, 99 or 2000 TJ, the 'key trick' will not work and you will a scan tool to extract the codes.
If your TJ isn't a 98, 99 or 2000 model, I can describe the key trick here if you want.

[EvilMonkey]

Hey mate, cheers for the info
1, I went over the earths, but haven't checked those, will do tmrw, thanks for the info
2,CHMBL? Not sure what that is..
3, nah, nothing so simple mate, I watched it flicker and die while I was driving it
4, I've done that, no codes have popped up(I've got an 01), decided to check the motor over anyway, everything's fine

[wes]

Originally Posted by EvilMonkey

2,CHMBL? Not sure what that is..

Centre high mount brake light.

[Classic Boy]

I once knew a guy who did small scale imports and RHD conversions of yankee pickup trucks. He always had to cut the loom and place an extension to the wires because he was moving instruments and controls from the LH side to the RH side, it was straight forward task he did it simply with the dash loom out cutting one wire at a time and adding about a 500mm of wire soldering it in and resealing the joins.
In fact his missus did it whilst sitting in front of the telly in the evening.