Dash Clock

[BookspanS]

Exactly that. How do I wire in the dash clock since my 86 didn't come stock with one :huh???:

[ParadiseMJ]

You can buy a fashionable stick-on clock that lasts forever and isn't affected by disconnecting the battery etc. OR you can buy a stereo/CD player with a clock in it, or wear a watch, or look at your cell phone...Sundial?

 

Seriously though...you don't have a clock "area". I always thought my clock was broken or non existent...I replaced the bulb...works fine.

[HOrnbrod]

It didn't come wiyh one (it was an option) but the plug for it is wired in behind the dash. Pick up the correct clock for your model from a donor at the yard and plug it in.

 

http://gojeep.willyshotrod.com/HowtoDashClock.htm

[jpnjim]

It didn't come wiyh one (it was an option) but the plug for it is wired in behind the dash. Pick up the correct clock for your model from a donor at the yard and plug it in.

 

http://gojeep.willyshotrod.com/HowtoDashClock.htm

 

Good read & good info Don (as usual :cheers: ).

 

Seems all the '88 XJ's I've seen have the 'total black clock' as I call it. It's easily recognized by two facts: Factoid #1: it's all black! Factoid #2: it has 'QUARTZ' written between the hrs and min button holes. I've found in my research that the dash side connectors are very similar to the '90 dash side version. A wiring, and the '88, '89, and '90 use the same Molex connectors.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The '89 clock versions I've found are the flat back bulb lit type clock. Of the two bulb types, this one is the brightest lit of the two styles. I attribute this to it's design, with the light being put flush into the back like the gauge cluster lights, and shining directly behind the clock face, compared to being pulled back from the clock face like the '90 model. Both use the same light bulb type, No.74 . It also uses the same Molex connectors as the '88 and '90 clock versions.

 

 

Neither of my MJ's had clocks,

I put the 88' style in my 89', and the 89' style in my 88'. :dunce:

 

This webpage gives me one more reason to swap them (also the 89' style I have shows the clock with the ignition in the acc position, but the 88' style does not).