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My current one had been wrecked and poorly repaired and the body shop wants $1000 to fix it, fat chance! I've searched and searched for a new bed but now i've got to beg! PLEASE OH PLEASE IF YOU HAVE A SHORT BED IN GOOD SHAPE LEANING AGAINST YOUR BARN YOU WOULD LET GO OF AND YOU ARE IN THE VICINITY OF TENNESSEE PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND I WILL PRAISE YOU LIKE A GOD. :bowdown: :thumbsup: Thanks!

Didn't want to run the wire down there :D

Decided to steal power from the glove box light and just run it along the grove in the dash, :thumbsup: Pics will follow.

:wall: Wrecked my baby :( Luckily the only thing that was damaged that I had not already planned to replace is the radiator. This just forces me to do the 97+ nose job immediately.

Today I decided to fix what I thought was a clogged line for the washer fluid sprayer turns out that the right one wasn't even hooked up :shake: plastic peace the line connects to had broken off in the line; had to melt it back to get it to stay after a few failed super glue attempts. Bought a line splitter hooked it all back up and now both sides of my windshield can get clean :D Oh yeah went to junkyard and got a ranger 3rd parking light to mod up for the 'manche :thumbsup:

Btw- Nice to see someone else from Tennessee on here :clapping:

Thank you all for your idea's i'm going to try a few different things this weekend and see what works best. :thumbsup: Will post final solution when decided.

:wrench: hot glue ftw!

:???: Anyone know where or how I can run a wire from under the dash to power my gps? I hate having the wires all over the place.... :fs1: I'm thinking can I run it thought the vents in the picture below somehow? Any suggestions would be appreciated, though I would prefer not to take the dash out.

I doubt there's room for that behemoth! You wold have to install it elsewhere and run the cables

:eek: You know that's an interesting idea! I bet you could make room for it , a small one at least. I have a no cd player after market stereo in mine and it is a bit smaller than a regular stereo with a cd player so I bet one could make room if they had a really neat space behind the stereo and ac controls, wire wise. or you could just wire it up in the under dash space and run the wires for the jacks to the ashtray. Thanks btw.

Update fail :doh:

19, as of July 18 2011 :USAflag:

:thumbsup: Thanks, that may be a good idea, actually I may redo mine with a little more support in the near future. I find that rough use may cause the plastic to bend in because if the weakness of the hot glue so I will keep that in mind.

:D Absolutely, haven't been stopped yet, plenty of kudos though.

1 1989 jeep Comanche + 4 boxes of Christmas lights + 1 power inverter + several 3m adhesive hooks =

That's all :D , after you hook it up you have 2 extra cigarette lighter sockets for your car electronics, ill get a picture of it installed and post it tomorrow.

Hi guys this is my first DIY write up so let me know how I do. So I bought my first MJ a few months ago and am loving every minute of it but as I was exploring the interior I found that there is a HUGE ash tray. Well I don't smoke so I figured I would put that nice little space to some good use. Pondering what to do with it I realized there is only one cigarette lighter so I decided to make use of the vacant ash tray space to fix that dilemma. This should be easy for anyone with the necessary parts. Here's what you need: Ashtray Cigarette lighter splitter or any acceptable lighter sockets Wire Soldering iron Switch LED with resistor (optional) Plastic sheet (any size will do you will be cutting it) Your favorite rotary tool Hot glue gun (or other adhesive material) Dry erase marker Add a circuit (found at your auto parts store) First things first you'll need to determine the shape of the interior of the ash tray by folding a scrap of paper to fit inside, it’s pretty much a triangle. Also make one in the shape of the left corner and a nice rectangle for the right corner. See picture below. Don't cover the little groves near the bottom or it won't close right. Next you will need to take those forms and trace them onto the plastic, utilizing the edges for straight lines where possible. Then using your rotary tool cut the forms out and trim them to fit. Glue the "triangle" pieces into the ash tray. Next you will need to take apart the cigarette lighter splitter to retrieve the sockets and any leds or switches that may be included.(cut the cord off you won’t be needing it) Please note that some of these adapters have strange multi-part sockets which are not suitable for this application. Additionally, you will want ports that have a bit of a lip at the top for seamless installation Cut all the connections from within the adapter, we will be wiring ours up ourselves. Next take one of the sockets and place it facedown onto the plastic piece cut out for the right corner, trace the circle around the lip onto the plastic. Cut out the circle with your rotary tool or a drill, be sure to periodically check to see if your socket will fit though the hole you've made, you want it to be snug and the circle you drew will be inherently too large due to the lip.] Slide that socket in there and hot glue it from the inside to attach it to the plastic. Lay that aside. For the left hand side it's going to be a bit more difficult if you plan to have a switch and/or led you will need to choose a switch small enough to allow room for the socket and the led, my adapter had a switch so I just harvested it. As for the LED you need to have a little resistor to make sure the 12v power source doesn't fry it once again my adapter had one so I just used it.(you can find these at radio shack or online) Draw/trace your design for your socket/switch/led combination onto the plastic you cut out for the left corner then cut it out with your rotary tool just as before, once again be sure to only cut out just enough slide your components in and hot glue them in place if necessary, my led and switch fit snugly enough to not need further securing with hot glue. Next comes the wiring, for this I used some automotive wire from Wal-Mart which I believe is 9 gauge cigarette lighter sockets have a positive on the bottom and the inner shell is a negative so they are pretty simple to wire up. Here’s a basic diagram showing the wiring: Use your soldering iron to connect the components as shown and the use your hot glue gun to cover the connections (or not, I do so it can't come lose or short) Give yourself a bit of extra wire for the positive and negative wire that will be going to the add a circuit. Keep in mind that these two parts will need to be constructed separately and then connected once they have been glued into position within the ash tray, or you can do one with really long wires on the section that connects it to the other socket then run them to the other side of the ashtray and connect them directly to the solder points of the second socket. Hot glue the plastic to the already in place triangle pieces and the edges of the ash tray, be sure to leave about an inch of space from the top of the ashtray to insure easy opening and closing of the unit Next you will want to cut the end off of the add a circuit or leave it if you have the appropriate connector splice in a nice length of wire, I used about 2 feet, run this wire under your dash to the area where the ashtray is mounted. place your ashtray into its position but do not lock it into place. See that screw behind the ashtray? That's a perfect ground for our unit. Wire up your ground to the screw and wire your positive to the length of wire that you ran from the add a circuit Close the ashtray. Choose a fuse port for your add a circuit to go into, load the old fuse along with another into your add a circuit. Plug in the add a circuit and everything should be functional. PS. depending on which fuse you tap it may work with out the truck being turned on so be mindful of that when choosing where to place the tap.

1989, Comanche, Pioneer. 4.0L/auto on the column Build date: UNKNOWN, unreadable Current Location: Middle Tennessee Status: Daily driver 50m/day 5 days a week, running strong Notes: color-BURGUNDY?PURPLISH-RED? To do list: replace slider window (plastic epoxied in atm) replace or extensive body work on wrecked and poorly repaired bed box. fresh paint (at tax time) new door weather seals paint interior plastic, clean door panels fog lamps and liberty roof lights replace gas tank (leaks past 5/8 full) done: rewire and replace stereo reupholster seat (I like the bench seat) mod ashtray to house two extra cig. lighters replace tailgate remove bed bars, attached toolbox aftermarket b-pillar lights installed replaced driver door ajar switch Current owner: Myself, bought it back in July in bowling-green KY

Love it all :clapping: :clapping: :clapping: Beautiful truck keep up the good work gives me something to drool :drool: over!

I agree with the others that light bar is amazing on there :bowdown: , how is it wired?

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:doh: I should have read this before I tried to do mine, it was very frustrating the way I was doing it....well I got one side in the hard way time to take the easy way out for the other. :D