Cargo light

[btm24]

So with in the week I'm going to try and install my cargo light. Any do's and donts I need to know about? Are there any tips any body would share from when you did this? Thanks

 

Brandon

[MJCARENA]

Measure twice and cut once. Sorry, not much help.

[fiatslug87]

http://comancheclub.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=12371&hilit=Cargo+light

[glundblad]

So your truck didnt come with a factory cargo light but you are installing one? You have more courage than I ever will.

Good luck. :cheers:

[flint54]

Courage, plus the incredibly good fortune to actually find one!

I remember when I had my interior gutted (and regret now not

making any images) and looking at that spot on the shell wondering

if I could really pull that (drill) trigger. Speaking of cargo lights,

I'm curious if anyone has ever contacted Chrysler to learn if

there's a chance of finding build records from the Toledo assembly

plant. Neat to know how many trucks ever got this light, and,

who the supplier was.

[Akula69]

Installed one on Junior just last weekend, and had installed the one on the '89 last August. After I measured and found the center of the window (and the correct height) I put a thin coating of silcone gasket sealer on the back of the rubber seal for insurance.

I did not seal between the plastic housing and the rubber seal as the screws should pull it tight enough to keep water out.

 

Neither have leaked yet.

[xjrev10]

So your truck didnt come with a factory cargo light but you are installing one? You have more courage than I ever will.

Good luck. :cheers:

agreed

[ParadiseMJ]

I wanted to go with the cargo light/3rd brake light combo off of a Ford Ranger. Just settled for the 3rd brake light alone which I got the light and connectors and about 2 ft, of wire off an XJ. Very easy, one wire off the trailer wiring and a ground.

 

My mantra is more like measure 5 or 6 times, cut once. It can leave quite a gap in just the wrong place if it's off.

 

My under dash wiring has a plug for the cargo light switch and as far as I know it's the skinny pink wire up along the b-pillar.

 

Pictures please.

[Cajun]

I WOULD HESITATE ON CUTTING THE METAL. I MOUNTED A FOG LIGHT ON TO THE BED AND REVERSED IT WHERE IT WAS HIDDEN IN THE CORNER. WIRE WAS EASY TO RUN TO THE BATTERY AND GROUND, AND I PUT A PUSH/PULL SWITCH ON THE LOWER PART OF THE DASH. IT WORKS JUST FINE AND YOU KEEP THE INTEGRITY OF THE CAB. IT'S A CHEAP SETUP...-CAJUN