What did you do to your TJ today?

Looking to add a light for the glovebox.
Is there a pin-type switch that some models used, or is this one of the many “gonna have to make it myself” situations?

My Charger didn’t have a switch, but the harness was there because it was the same as the 300, which had a light.
For that I was able to just buy the factory part, cut the hole and plug it in.

I suspect I’ll need to make this myself but figured I would ask to see what others have done.

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WestCoastDan said:
Looking to add a light for the glovebox.

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Finished up the front bumper facelift… more like a blast of Botox than an actual facelift, but it’s amazing what a fresh coat of texture paint will do to these stock bumpers.
I used vinyl/fabric paint on the bumperettes & the filler.

Came out nice given the low cost/effort factor.

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Mousy Orla said:
I've not done a whole lot to my Jeep lately due to IRL stuff going on, but I built my own third brake light finally, just gotta connect it up sometime is all. Might spray-paint the green wire black so the wire colours all match up. This will be put in the lug holes on the spare tire.
I'd sell my OEM TBL but I doubt someone would want that hideous monstrosity.


Mine doesn't look pretty, but it should work, so who cares? lol

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Black heat shrink it!
 
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WestCoastDan said:
Looking to add a light for the glovebox.


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1997 + Cherokee (pictured below) with the same dash had a glove box light , find a pull-a-part and see what you need to scavenge to convert yours
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The plunger and the light are all one piece and snap fits into a "D" shaped hole in that metal support. You may have to make the hole through the plastic and metal backer piece. I don't think it's there on the TJ , take some measurements while you are taking the parts. Hope this helps , running some power to it shouldn't be much trouble. Hint: I have read they are not in all of them , may have been a part of some add on lighting package.
 
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WestCoastDan said:
“Yes, Officer… I just need to forage about in this pitch black glovebox to find my registration.
The first thing I’ll pull out is just going to be a Mag-Lite, it’s not a weapon, I swear…”
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Well just move out here , I would have to be chasing women with baby buggies down the side walk to get pulled over . Damn it Will that's the second time this week , better not be a third !
 
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New exhaust valves lapped. The intake valves all looked good so I’m reusing them after getting them lapped and checking the seats. Gave the head a bath in the kitchen sink to make sure all the grit and grime were out of all the holes. I cleaned up the springs and retainers and assembled all the valves into the head and got it ready to go back on the block whenever it’s done.

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kincaid.0678 said:
New exhaust valves lapped. The intake valves all looked good so I’m reusing them after getting them lapped and checking the seats. Gave the head a bath in the kitchen sink to make sure all the grit and grime were out of all the holes. I cleaned up the springs and retainers and assembled all the valves into the head and got it ready to go back on the block whenever it’s done.

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My wife would kill me, revive me, and kill me again if I did that in the kitchen sink.
 
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WestCoastDan said:
Looking to add a light for the glovebox.
Is there a pin-type switch that some models used, or is this one of the many “gonna have to make it myself” situations?

My Charger didn’t have a switch, but the harness was there because it was the same as the 300, which had a light.
For that I was able to just buy the factory part, cut the hole and plug it in.

I suspect I’ll need to make this myself but figured I would ask to see what others have done.

Show me your solutions.
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Somebody did a thread on here a few years ago with how to fix a small LED light to the inside of your glovebox….by all accounts lasted well
 
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Screw City Jeep 815, a Jeep club in Northern Illinois held a ‘Jeep Freeze’, a fund raiser for a local non-profit which was an opportunity for you to pull your doors, drop a top and decorate a Jeep then ride through town. 100 of us took the plunge, collected around $2,500! Temperature yesterday was in the low 20’s!

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Installed front and rear Detroit Truetrac, Currie currectlynx, front and rear adjustable control arms, front track bar, change front wheel bearings, and axle u-joints and finished off with a regear to 4.56. Think I’m done for a while.
 
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All 4 Wheelin' said:
My wife would kill me, revive me, and kill me again if I did that in the kitchen sink.
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My wife just about took my head off testing the mustard coming out to see if it was watery in the sink. I did it in the drain part not the sink, no way I'm staining her sink... well okay then , better be glad you didn't get it on the sink.
 
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PJOJeep said:
Screw City Jeep 815, a Jeep club in Northern Illinois held a ‘Jeep Freeze’, a fund raiser for a local non-profit which was an opportunity for you to pull your doors, drop a top and decorate a Jeep then ride through town. 100 of us took the plunge, collected around $2,500! Temperature yesterday was in the low 20’s!

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Still got my 815 number but I said ADIOS to that stupid weather a few years ago. Where was this? Looks like Rockford.
 
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