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Wondering why your wiper in the back isn't working?,Or why your hatch light doesn't come on when it's open?, Having issues with the lights in back of your jeep? The back hatch won't lock?Well your issue is most likely your wiring harness.The way I fixed the wiring harness in the back of the jeep. Pictures are worth a thousand words! Hope this help you out!
Pointers:
Unplug that battery no one want to get shocked!
There are two black wires, make sure you know witch is witch, I kinda just guessed..Hopefully I won't be paying for my mistake later.
There are 13 wires total, 11:size18 and 2:size14
Remove the boot, this helps you have more room to work with the wires.
Let me know if you have any questions.
This fixed my wiper, locking of the hatch, and some light issues I was having.
You'll need 18(white) and 14(orange) wire, as well as Butt connectors, Blue is size 16-14 and Red is size 18. As well as a good pare of wire cutters and pliers.<br/>
One idea would be to take off the boot before you put the butt connectors on.
Because the wires were cracked and no good I decided to put new wire in.
It's a mess but just make sure each wire matches with the one on the other end.
Beautiful new wire that has years of wear and tear ahead of it..
Put the boot on.
Throw on some tape and put everything back together again.
Last edited by ammonllewis1; 08-17-2015 at 10:54 PM.
I have the same exact problem in my jeep right now. Thank you for posting this. once i do this I can stop getting pulled over for my 3rd brake light being out.
the mods should make this a sticky in the write up/how to section. this is some great info.
Soldering would be the only improvement I could mention.
Its mostly a pain in the butt, but I hate having to come back and trace an issue twice. I guess I am kind of rough on my jeep though (washboard and rocky roads), and electrical connections in general seem to also take a hit just like other components.
Soldering would be the only improvement I could mention.
Its mostly a pain in the butt, but I hate having to come back and trace an issue twice. I guess I am kind of rough on my jeep though (washboard and rocky roads), and electrical connections in general seem to also take a hit just like other components.
Which I did with mine.
The only other thing I did was go to a heavier gauge wire for the repair and made every repair wire 18" long. This way there was all new (heavier) wire passing through the boot and there was no tension being placed on the repair parts of the wire.
The wire I used also had more strands. You can get stranded wire with fewer conductors in it for wire that will never see movement or many strands that will see movement.
This 14 AWG wire has 7 conductors.
This 14 AWG wire has considerably more conductors in it and will not fatigue as fast as the 7 conductor wire.
Which I did with mine.
The only other thing I did was go to a heavier gauge wire for the repair and made every repair wire 18" long. This way there was all new (heavier) wire passing through the boot and there was no tension being placed on the repair parts of the wire.
The wire I used also had more strands. You can get stranded wire with fewer conductors in it for wire that will never see movement or many strands that will see movement.
This 14 AWG wire has 7 conductors.
This 14 AWG wire has considerably more conductors in it and will not fatigue as fast as the 7 conductor wire.
08-17-2015, 10:41 PM
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