A rebuild of #miRustyJeep...

Finished checking through the engine harness tonight. Good thing I did. I found two more connectors with corrosion in the pins. One of the terminals was so bad I broke the wire trying to get it out of the connector...

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Strangely, both of these connections were for the A/C system...One for the clutch and one was the high pressure switch. I also found the MAP sensor connector had a couple flip-flopped wires. Not sure if it was a difference from 03 to 04 (my harness came from an 03) but I'm glad I caught it. I repinned the connector and verified it on my jeep. I ordered a few terminals to repair the other wires and I should be able to "wrap" this up...(see what I did there, LOL).

On to the Main Harness!
 
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I'm FINALLY done checking these harnesses. Went through, pin by pin, connector by connector. It was tedious and time consuming, but necessary, based on what I found. I also figured out I have a Canadian Harness with DRL...and my Jeep is an US spec Jeep without it. Not a huge deal, except I don't have the DRL module. I'm actually a fan of DRL so I'm planning on keeping it, if I can get the module somewhere. I'll check with Davey's monday. Already went though Ebay and found Dorman makes a repop, so I'll get on Rock Auto too.

I also took the opportunity to replace my battery cables. Went 2 ga on the Batt to PDC and grounds, 4 Ga on the starter and Alternator (due to not being able to get fusible link wire in 6 ga). Got the stuff from CE auto Electric Supply. Cost about 120 bucks all in and I was REALLY impressed with the cable and what not I got. Very high quality components, thick heat shrink, HD terminals and their wire is SUPER flexible.

Not a great picture...but these are all built and ready to be wrapped.

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Really clean work @Mike_H. It's hard enough to keep desktop computer wiring not be messy. This is a lot of hard work and the results speak for themselves.

You will fully know your jeep inside and out by the time you finish.
 
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Main harness is almost done. Ran out of time tonight

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Another unforeseen issue, A couple fuses in my PDC has gotten hot and melty. Biggest issue was one of the fuses lost its leg in a terminal and it was in the bus side (that doesn’t come apart)

So, after a trip to the local u-pull-it, I liberated a PDC from an 05 liberty. Exact same housing and layout. Came full of relays and fuses for 17 bucks.

Taking the parts I need
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And the broken terminal in my box
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Little bit of reconfiguring, and everything is back in order
 
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Mike_H said:
Went wheeling today with my Jeep club. Fall color tour. Pretty nice day, spent 5 hours on the trail.

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I managed to bend something along the way too. Hit a root on a rutted out climb. Not sure what happened, cuz I didn’t hit that hard, but this is what driving straight is right now

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Wow beautiful colors!
 
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Mike_H said:
Went wheeling today with my Jeep club. Fall color tour. Pretty nice day, spent 5 hours on the trail.

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I managed to bend something along the way too. Hit a root on a rutted out climb. Not sure what happened, cuz I didn’t hit that hard, but this is what driving straight is right now

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Vibrant colors! Too warm this year for us to get anything like that here ☹️

I gotta visit Vermont during this time one of these years ..

Wonder what you hit to turn the steering wheel that far from normal ..
 
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psrivats said:
Vibrant colors! Too warm this year for us to get anything like that here ☹️

I gotta visit Vermont during this time one of these years ..

Wonder what you hit to turn the steering wheel that far from normal ..
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Well it was a root shelf, about half as high as my tire. Stopped me cold. So, that’s a lot of force, even though I was moving slow.
 
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Mike_H said:
Went wheeling today with my Jeep club. Fall color tour. Pretty nice day, spent 5 hours on the trail.

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I managed to bend something along the way too. Hit a root on a rutted out climb. Not sure what happened, cuz I didn’t hit that hard, but this is what driving straight is right now

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Where did y’all meet up this morning? My wife and I passed a bunch of built Jeeps(some on trailers) in a parking lot this morning on our way to Davenport U to watch our son play football. Don’t remember where, maybe Caledonia or Hastings or thereabouts. It was early and we had been driving for 4 hours.
 
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taylormade73 said:
Where did y’all meet up this morning? My wife and I passed a bunch of built Jeeps(some on trailers) in a parking lot this morning on our way to Davenport U to watch our son play football. Don’t remember where, maybe Caledonia or Hastings or thereabouts. It was early and we had been driving for 4 hours.
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We met up in Mesick, so it wasn’t us.

Next time you’re in GR though, gimme a shout. Maybe we can meet for food or drinks!
 
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