shanester

i have the basic steering column in my 90 xj, no intermittent wipers or anything special, and i hate hot having intermittent wipers and the horn rarely works and its really just falling apart, i was just curious if i can just grab a column off one with the intermittent wipers and just add the wiper control box into the connector and it work no problem i would assume it would all plug in but i hate to go to the jy get one and be sol :P

4x4cherokeexj

Maybe go find a different column or the parts and do your own mod to yours?
I wonder if that would work.

freegdr

yes it would but you dont no if the one you get if the switch is any good in the coloumn, why not buy the switch and install in yours and get the delay box your gonna have to take yours apart for the key cyl any way

shanester

hmm thats true, thanks for the info

blankdeluxe

I just put a whole new column in mine yesterday cause my tilt was broken and it was way easier then trying to pull it apart and just fix parts inside. I just a new column for 50 bucks with a key included. Just make sure you buy one that has the wiper switches that you want. The switch in the column itself is what controls when and how fast the wipers come on.

shanester

ya my old one had the switch, my current one doesnt even have tilt :P its the baseline one its ziptied together haha its so trashed the key doesnt even have the part around it to help turn the key so the keys actually twisting :P i think im gonna get a new one but bring a tester to make sure the switches work

blankdeluxe

Or check craigslist for someone doing a part-out. Thats where I got mine.

rharrison4

Hello, I just purchased a 97 Cherokee sport with the entire column area yanked out. All of the mechanics seem to work, could I just find the column and dash piece at a junkyard and install it myself ( I'm new to this and do not have a wide array of skills). Also, the guy who sold it to me rigged up a push button start because the wires had been tampered with in an attempted theft. Should I just cover up dash and column and use this button ( it doesn't seem to have a negative impact on the starter, etc) or get some expensive electrical work done?

blankdeluxe

I have a push button start on mine too. Doesn't have a negative effect at all. You can get a new column and just plug in all the wires into the new one. That way you use the key on the column to turn on the accessories and the push button to start.

Gee oh Dee

FYI there is a thread specifically about push button starts. Good info in that thread.

rharrison4

Thanks guys. Good stuff. Is plugging in gonna be very difficult? I'll just pay close attention when I remove the junkyard column.

Here is a pic for before and after purposes!

rharrison4

Nothing to it...