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Hmmm..I hope thats not the case 'cause theres gonna be a lot of cougars with hurt feelings.... 8)

Never really had a problem with folks trying to get into my vehicles. It might have something to do with the fact I live on a dead end street...or maybe the patrol car in the driveway.

After searching the forums is became apparent that there is a lack of information on wiring trailer harnesses to the MJ. Although it would be nice to get one of those 'plug and play' type kits that are available for the newer vehicles, they are in very short supply for the 86-92 trucks we drive (at least down here). Jeepcomj had a great idea in one of his posts, go to the junkyard and get the under body to stop/turn/parking light harness connector (both sides), leaving enough loose wires to create your own 'plug and play' set, but that still does not address our hook-up problem...so: The rear stop/turn/parking harness has 5 actual wires in it, and although there are numerous factory splices to duplicate wires to each of the plugs, the wire codes are as follows: Brown: Right turn and brake light Black: Ground Blue: Tail (parking) lights Brown with white tracer: Backup light Grey with black tracer: Left turn and brake light Another way to explain it: Assuming you are standing at the the back of the truck, the LEFT side being the drivers side, and the RIGHT side being the passenger side, the main body ground will be behind the left tail light, and the plugs on the left side will have the gray w/ blk tracer wire. The right side will have the brown wire. To hook up a six pole receiver you have six wires: White: Ground (Don't ask why...) Brown: Tail (parking) Yellow: Left Turn Green: Right turn Blue: Electric trailer brake Red: Auxillary So Harness TO Receiver: Brown TO Green Blue TO Brown Black TO White Brown w/white TO Red (my choice - my trailer has reverse lights) Grey w/black TO Yellow For a 4 wire flat connection it would be: Harness TO Flat 4: Brown TO Green (sometimes with yellow tracer) Blue TO Brown Black TO White Grey w/ black TO Yellow Hope this helps! :cheers:

WAL MART INTERVIEW Jennifer a manager at Wal-Mart had the task of hiring someone to fill a job opening. After sorting through a stack of resumes she found four people who were equally qualified. Jennifer decided to call the four in and ask them only one question. Their answer would determine which of them would get the job. The day came and as the four sat around the conference room table, Jennifer asked, 'What is the fastest thing you know of?' The first man replied, 'A THOUGHT.' It just pops into your head. There's no warning. 'That's very good!' replied Jennifer. 'And, now you sir?', she asked the second man. 'Hmmm....let me see 'A blink! It comes and goes and you don't know that it ever happened. A BLINK is the fastest thing I know of.' 'Excellent!' said Jennifer. 'The blink of an eye, that's a very popular cliche for speed.' She then turned to the third man, who was contemplating his reply. 'Well, out at my dad's ranch, you step out of the house and on the wall there's a light switch. When you flip that switch, way out across the pasture the light on the barn comes on in less than an instant. 'Yip, TURNING ON A LIGHT is the fastest thing I can think of'. Jennifer was very impressed with the third answer and thought she had found her man. 'It 's hard to beat the speed of light,' she said. Turning to BUBBA, the fourth and final man, Jennifer posed the same question. Old Bubba replied, 'After hearing the previous three answers, it's obvious to me that the fastest thing known is DIARRHEA.' 'WHAT!?' said Jennifer, stunned by the response. 'Oh sure', said BUBBA. 'You see, the other day I wasn't feeling so good, and I ran for the bathroom, but before I could THINK, BLINK, or TURN ON THE LIGHT, I had already s__t my pants.' BUBBA is now the new greeter at a Wal-Mart near you!

A cowboy appeared before St. Peter at the Pearly Gates. 'Have you ever done anything of particular merit?' St. Peter asked. 'Well, I can think of one thing,' the cowboy offered. 'On a trip to the Black Hills out in South Dakota , I came upon a gang of bikers Who were threatening a young woman. I directed them to leave her alone, but they wouldn't listen. So, I approached the largest, uglest and most tattooed biker and smacked him in the face ... Kicked his bike over, ripped out his nose ring, and threw it on the ground . I yelled, 'Now, back off or I’ll kick the s_ _t out of all of you!' St. Peter was impressed, 'When did this happen?' 'Couple of minutes ago….....'

Barak Obama meets with the Queen of England. He asks her, "Your Majesty, how do you run such an efficient government? Are there any tips you can give to me?" "Well," says the Queen, "the most important thing is to surround yourself with intelligent people." Obama frowns "But how do I know the people around me are really intelligent?" The Queen takes a sip of tea. "Oh, that's easy. You just ask them to answer an intelligent riddle." The Queen pushes a button on her intercom. "Please send Tony Blair in here, would you?" Tony Blair walks into the room. "Yes, my Queen?" The Queen smiles. "Answer me this, please, Tony. Your mother and father have a child. It is not your brother and it is not your sister. Who is it?" Without pausing for a moment, Tony Blair answers, "That would be me." "Yes! Very good," says the Queen. Obama goes back home to ask Joe Biden, his vice president, the same question. "Joe. Answer this for me. Your mother and your father have a child. It's not your brother and it's not your sister. Who is it?" "I'm not sure," says Biden. "Let me get back to you on that one." He goes to his advisors and asks every one, but none can give him an answer. Finally, he ends up in the men's room and recognizes Colin Powell's shoes in the next stall. Biden asks Powell, "Colin! Can you answer this for me? Your mother and father have a child and it's not your brother or your sister. Who is it?" Colin Powell yells back, "That's easy. It's me!" Biden smiles, and says, "Thanks!" Then, he goes back to speak with Obama. "Say, I did some research and I have the answer to that riddle. It's Colin Powell." Obama gets up, stomps over to Biden, and angrily yells into his face, "No, you idiot! It's Tony Blair!"

The Top Ten Reasons Men Prefer Guns Over Women #10. You can trade an old 44 for a new 22. #9. You can keep one gun at home and have another for when you are on the road. #8. If you admire a friend's gun and tell him so, he will probably let you try it out a few times. #7. Your primary gun does not mind if you keep another gun for a backup. #6. Your gun will stay with you even if you run out of ammo. #5. A gun does not take up a lot of closet space. #4. Guns function normally every day of the month. #3. A gun does not ask, "Do these new grips make me look fat?" #2. A gun does not mind if you go to sleep after you use it. And the number one reason a gun is favored over a woman... #1. YOU CAN BUY A SILENCER FOR A GUN

Well, look at it this way...it was probably warm in there for a second or two :D

Gotcha. Thanks! Now I need a RENIX engine bay harness preferably an 89 but can use 86-89.

Yeah, My son's is an 89 and I recently replaced the harness in it...but...what about the other half of the C101, and the hole in the firewall? Did you replace the engine bay and the interior harness at the same time? Thanks Jake The C101 connector was a short lived mistake that AMC did on the 86-87 year trucks. It is a two part connector that plugs in at the top right of the firewall (near the master cylinder). It was officially called the 'Engine Harness Disconnect'. What year is your parts XJ? if it's an 89 we could probably make some business 8)

Picked up another MJ and trying to decide whether to rebuild or not. Looking for a 1987 MJ engine bay harness (unfortunately, the one with the C101 connector). Also, a ECM for the same year on a 4.0L with AW4 tranny.

If you get back there pull the rear flares for me and I'll pay ya for your trouble.

Replacing this channel rubber involved removing the track itself. There are two torx screws at the top fo the door frame and two bolts inside the door (behind the door panel). Once it is free you can partially roll down the window and wiggle it towards the back of the truck and pull it out of the door. Replace the rubber and re-insert as it was removed, being careful to align the window back into the track.

The window installation in these (XJ or MJ) doors is relatively straightforward. 1) Remove the interior door panel, arm rest, window crank, and assembly that locks/opens door. If you have electric windows.locks you will need to remove the harness plug. 2) Remove the speaker and inner door seal. 3) Push window crank back on, and roll the main window down, then remove the two torx screws at the top of the door frame that secure the triangle (fixed or operating) window. Remove the two bolts (10mm I believe) that hold the bottom frame of this triangle window as well. This frame is also the front track/support for the main window. 4) Remove the outer window belt rubber (along bottom of window on outside of door). 5) Depending on the size of your arms, you might need to roll the window up slightly to access the window securing fastener. This fastener is at the center of the window glass, and has a peculiar torx bolt on one side and a (usually white in color) plastic nut on the back. Once you have loosened it you will need to hold the glass with one hand and remove the nut with the other (so the glass does not drop and break). Once free, push the glass up and out of the window opening, gently angling it so you can pull it free of the opening. Install is the reverse of above.

Ain't that the daymn truth!

California doesn't like guns. You can't even buy a regular AR-15 in CA, or any semi-auto pistol that holds more than 10 rounds. Forget California. Can't have Jeeps without guns. Yeah, thats true...but you can buy as much dope as you need to make you stupid!

I'm with him :D

Yeah, I thought about that and checked to be sure the black line coming from the HVAC was hooked to the vaccum side. I'm gonna unhook the harness from the back of the controls and see if there is vaccum there...if not its probably pinched in the dash somewhere, or if it does have it I'll have to swap out controls. I did find a used vaccum harness on fleabay for 23.00 (Highway Robbery, I know :oops: ) and picked it up as well. Thanks

Lunchtime!!!! :D

X2 :agree: I actually replaced the existing horns because I thought they were bad, then took the old ones, cleaned them up, and put them on Ralph - where they still work!

We checked the actuators with direct hookup of a vaccum pump after re-assembly (but before installation) because I was worried about the clearance of the new foam insulation in the case by the air doors. I'm almost starting to believe there might be a blockage in the vaccum hoses on the case itself, but don't know of a way to check them.

As posted previously, my son and I have completely overhauled the engine bay harness for the 89 MJ due to the PO having put a WJ A/C system in it and really messing up the wiring under the relays. We used a C4C XJ harness form the same year...it was mostly plug and play after we cleaned it and fixed a few abraded spots. Before that we went through the entire A/C housing in the dash...replacing the foam insulation and the evaporator and heater cores. We also replaced the condensor and the receiver/dryer assembly. All new O rings and fresh compressor...thought we were good to go. The harness went in cleanly, and the truck started right up. After pulling a vaccum on the A/C system and then charging it with freon I noticed that no matter where the selector switch was set on the dash, the air just came out of the defrost. Now, before you say 'vaccum problem' let me say that we replaced the 'blimp' and the lines with a set that came from an XJ that still had a vaccum on it when I disconnected them! With the engine running I can disconnect the cap from the cruise control vaccum line and it has a strong vaccum. When I disconnect the vaccum line for the A/C (black line that goes into the A/C housing) it also has a strong vaccum. The only other thing that I note is when you move the selector lever there is no 'hiss' that you would normally hear, and when you select heat the air gets really hot but the heater control valve in the engine compartment does not cycle (seemingly no vaccum). Does anyone have any other ideas as to what can be checked? We have gone through all the electrical troubleshooting, and the system performs as it's supposed to (A/C blows cold, heater blows hot, etc.) Thanks

Absolutely. If it wasn't for him....things would be very different. Could not have said it better. Semper Fi

Yeah, but if you go to get the tailgate you might wanna snatch the fuel pump/sender out of the tank they have....

You are correct, the cab side of the fuse box is secured with two phillips screws (that do not grasp the engine bay half....only the firewall) and the firewall half is secured by a 7/32 bolt that is about 1 1/2 inches long. It seems to take forever to get it loose because you can't see it, and the space to move the rachet is about 1/2 inch.