headlight harness differences

[cherokee]

I've got an 88 and 95 headlight harness and have noticed some differences.

 

The 88 has a ground lead from the left turn signal socket. Is that normal? The side markers also don't blink as a turn signal in this era, correct? I saw power and ground to the side bulbs and that was it.

 

The 95 had no ground lead. Where is it grounded? Within one of the engine harnesses? The side markers have no ground lead but do have power and a wire that matches one going into the turn signal of the same side. Is it normal for the side markers to have no ground?

 

What I need to do is wire up a headlight harness that will work, preferably with the side marker lights serving as a turn signal as well. Neither harness has a good harness plug or good signal sockets, so I will probably wire one from scratch. Except the ground issue has me a little confused. Do I need to ground the headlight harness from within that harness? Is it ok for the side markers to be ungrounded? I'd hate to short something out because I didn't think of it ahead of time.

[rworks]

You can do a little mod to the side markers to make them blink as turn signals. Easy and took all of 20 minutes.

 

http://www.madxj.com/MADXJ/technical/te ... wiring.htm

 

 

Not my site, but the MadXJ guys have done a lot of neat things.