removing the trailer harness is a good start...and I thought of that, but it was a pain in the butt to pull everything out of the cargo area, remove the side panel and tail light to get to the plug to install it...but guess I will bite the bullet and possibly do that this weekend.

Steve, would a manual trans have a NSS? If so, it's broken as I have used the starter to "drive" the Jeep off the road when the ignition coil gave out.