Light switch mounting

[jaekl]

After twenty plus years of XJ's and MJ's has anyone experienced the plastic breaking that holds the headlight switch? My wife used the truck and couldn't turn the lights off because the switch was loose. Was it abuse or just fatique over time. The switch is long and has some weight but the plastic is thick. Full repair requires the replacement of the entire dash and I have one in the right color, but I wasn't up to it so I made a metal repair piece. They could have easily made the mounting more like the cigarette lighter.

 

I was just wondering if anyone else has had this failure.

[beaterheep]

yep, mine broke the exact same way, my solution was zip ties lol

[dasbrick]

ditto.

 

My repair: 40 amp switch mounted in the lower dash with heads, parks, and dash wired direct to the 10AWG supply. can't adjust the brightness in the dash... and i think my interior lights are messed up because of it... but works.

 

Anyone have any ideas on a aftermarket or mod to fix this, say in the clock side trim?

[Eagle]

Was it abuse or just fatique over time.

Abuse. I have an '88 Cherokee with 287,000 miles and an '86 Cherokee with 209,000 miles ... neither is broken at the headlight switch mount.

[jaekl]

Thanks, for the responses. My 86 from new is fine but it broke on my 88 that I picked up in 2005 so I don't know the history. It sounds like a rare occurance but does happen.