What is this? Renix ceiling console?

[JZLAJeep]

Found a guy parting out an '89 Laredo Cherokee. I asked him for sun visors and in the photos he sent I noticed this console between the sun visors. He said it was in this condition when he got it. What is supposed to attach to it? A clock? Reading lights?

 

Is this something worth picking up for the MJ and can it be repaired?

 

 

[eaglescout526]

That is the keyless entry module. It sucks and uses infrared to signal to unlock or lock the Jeep. The first one isn’t he world really made by Renault and was first seen in the R5 I think. If you have the fobs then you are sitting on some gold. 

[JZLAJeep]

Ah, so like an early version of the the little black globe in my 94 and 95 Cherokee Sports.

 

I assume this isn't needed to make the sun visors work and that the bracket in the ceiling of the MJ is spaced the same?

[eaglescout526]

Yup it is an early version of that. 
 

Yes the bracket for the MJ is the same. You don’t really need the housing from the keyless unless you want to get creative and use it and put in a modern keyless module. But if your missing the original plate, it will work in a pinch.