I am perplexed -- all of the videos and anecdotes I have read insist that the connector for the cruise control module is near or tucked below the fuse box. I searched and searched and could not find the connector. This is a 1997. Am I going crazy here? This thing does seem to have a new or repaired harness as one of the PO's experienced somewhat of an engine compartment fire at one point. It looks like I will have to run the wires myself to the clockspring connector. I did compare photos of the connector at the clockspring with my factory installed cruise on my '00 and the '97 here has identical wiring at that connector. Maybe I'm not looking in the correct place? I did find an OE wire wrapped up that appears to be for an underhood lamp.

 

Want to say that mine was more under the battery tray in front of where the actuator would be when I put cruise in my '00.
Any chance the XJ is an SE?
Cause I could kind of see an SE not having then connector there.

 

I did further research and it is indeed a SE; build sheet reads, "SE DECOR GROUP (97-02-26)". Looks like I'll be running some wires.

 

Well apparently my SE does have the wiring. I took a look at that wire harness that runs along the fender and under the cruise vacuum module and then toward the passenger-side headlamp area. I thought, "why does the wire loom get smaller when it is in the area of the cruise vacuum booster". I split open the split-loom and saw a unit colored wire that I knew for a fact went to the vacuum module connector - dark blue with red that was blunt cut. I then tugged on all of the wires and also found a tan w/red, light-green with red, and a black that were all blunt cut and coincidentally all match the wires that go to the connector pigtail that I cutoff of the donor vehicle. I just purchased some 18 AWG primary wire and I'll crimp the connector up tomorrow. Unfortunately I didn't cut the pigtail long enough so I'll have to add about 4" of wire.

 

I installed the factory connector today with extended-pigtails and it WORKS GREAT! Also, for future reference, I was missing a nut on the cruise server. I can confirm that it is a M6 x 1.0 flange hex nut. Thank God my local Ace Hardware has a massive nut/bolt/washer section that takes up several aisles.

 

Love my local ace hardware for that. They're the last local place with the isle of bolts/nuts/screws/washers.