AnotherOldJeepGuy Posted August 1 Author Share Posted August 1 Got the new one. Cable moves freely, the old one definitely does not. Seems promising! Install is gonna be Saturday morning, will post how it goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnotherOldJeepGuy Posted August 2 Author Share Posted August 2 New cable is in! Wow that was much harder than I even expected. Getting the cable routed into the cabin with the mounting bracket key lining up was many trial and errors. That thing can't be rotated once routed into the cabin so it's many trial and error attempts removing, rotating, and rerouting trying to hit the alignment. My last attempt got the key close enough that I could twist it a little and line it up. At that point one would have thought the snap on ring would be rotated correctly to line up and snap on pin, but no, still had to rotate it quite a bit. BUT it's in there. Shifting works but it's a little stiff, I am assuming this is because it is twisted some, and my hope is it "gets happy" after some use and shifts better. I'll post back if that happens, or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnotherOldJeepGuy Posted August 3 Author Share Posted August 3 I discovered this loose connection during the job. It looks like it was not connected prior to the work judging from the condition of the connectors. and also because I don't remember pulling on anything hard enough to pull off a connection (but it would not be the first time I did it). Perhaps a connection for an instrument cluster gauge that I don't have since I only have lights in there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gojira94 Posted August 3 Share Posted August 3 Looks like the rear washer motor connector, now missing its plastic. Not used on MJ, the same portion of harness was used for XJs that had an additional washer motor for the rear. Fine just like it is- tuck it or zip tie it to something out of the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llhat Posted August 3 Share Posted August 3 not in disagreement for purpose, but separate wires, insulate them before tying them off out of the way.... looks shorted already Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle_SX4 Posted August 3 Share Posted August 3 2 hours ago, AnotherOldJeepGuy said: I discovered this loose connection during the job. It looks like it was not connected prior to the work judging from the condition of the connectors. and also because I don't remember pulling on anything hard enough to pull off a connection (but it would not be the first time I did it). Perhaps a connection for an instrument cluster gauge that I don't have since I only have lights in there? Those are the wires for the washer level sensor a feature not offered on the Comanche but was present on the Cherokees. Those wires are not attached to anything. The cabin side of the harness was never there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnotherOldJeepGuy Posted August 3 Author Share Posted August 3 1 hour ago, llhat said: but separate wires, insulate them before tying them off out of the way.... a good addition, but in this particular case sounds like it really doesn't matter much... 1 hour ago, Eagle_SX4 said: Those are the wires for the washer level sensor a feature not offered on the Comanche but was present on the Cherokees. Those wires are not attached to anything. The cabin side of the harness was never there. Ah, interesting. My car has that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnotherOldJeepGuy Posted August 4 Author Share Posted August 4 Should I be at all concerned that shifting with this new cable is not as smooth as it was before? Or is this normal for a new cable and it should get smoother with a little use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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