The Homebrew Jeep Mod Thread
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Year: 1996
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L
#1023
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Year: 2001
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
Change dish switch panel. Started as a 1/8 plate of aluminum. Cut, sanded and bend to fit the spot, center drilled and did as much cutting with a jig saw then had to resort to a hand file to finish the switch cut outs, wired up (pulling ground and ignition on from stereo harness which then goes through the switches to the engine bay into relays). Actually finishing the engine bay wiring today lol.
Initial fitting
After hand filing to fit switches
Primer, 3 coats
Ultra flat black, 4 coats
Clear coat finish, 6 coats
Adding my wiring harness to the mess. Used connectors from random junk yard cars to add my switch harness without making it permanent
Ignition on the bottom lights up
Switch on the top part lights up
Bench top test of the harness. One connector goes to my radio harness, the other goes to the engine bay
Initial fitting
After hand filing to fit switches
Primer, 3 coats
Ultra flat black, 4 coats
Clear coat finish, 6 coats
Adding my wiring harness to the mess. Used connectors from random junk yard cars to add my switch harness without making it permanent
Ignition on the bottom lights up
Switch on the top part lights up
Bench top test of the harness. One connector goes to my radio harness, the other goes to the engine bay
Last edited by InitialForce; 07-25-2015 at 08:55 AM.
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Year: 2001
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
Thank you
Still working on the engine bay side of things but its coming along nicely.
Start of the relay cluster
Making the bracket
Adding the connectors
Soldering in the connectors to the wires coming from inside of the jeep
Battery connections (well, positive is tied into the fuse box power lug). Choose to do a direct ground to the battery body ground point as well as a body ground by the relay cluster. Overkill just in case
Couldn't figure out how to mark what was what because i used the same type of connector harvested from junk yard vehicles so i did color coded shrink wrap
Still working on the engine bay side of things but its coming along nicely.
Start of the relay cluster
Making the bracket
Adding the connectors
Soldering in the connectors to the wires coming from inside of the jeep
Battery connections (well, positive is tied into the fuse box power lug). Choose to do a direct ground to the battery body ground point as well as a body ground by the relay cluster. Overkill just in case
Couldn't figure out how to mark what was what because i used the same type of connector harvested from junk yard vehicles so i did color coded shrink wrap
Last edited by InitialForce; 07-29-2015 at 08:17 AM.
#1029
No, I don't lick fish.
Agreed, very good job. Gives me more of an idea on what to do with my setup now! I did have my relays hidden up under the dash, but I think I'll relocate mine to a similar location now for the purpose of ease of access.
#1035
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