Eaton E-Locker Switch?

[dan58]

Who has a creative solution for mounting the Eaton switches on the factory TJ switch cluster? I want to use their switch, as it has a safety mechanism. The issue is the size of the switch is larger than that of a stock TJ swtich.

 

[BlueC]

This is where I put mine, and there's room for a second one.

 

[macleanflood]

I just put a red switch down in front of my shifter that interrupts the ground. Master arm switch.

Then I use regular Carling switches on the dash.

-Mac

 

[dan58]

I just put a red switch down in front of my shifter that interrupts the ground. Master arm switch.

Then I use regular Carling switches on the dash.

-Mac

That’s a great idea. I’ll have two spots free on the switch panel.

 

[rasband]

I have the dual stage switches that have a red cover to expose the switch, then the switch. It's pretty hard to accidentally engage my lockers unless a passenger is doing dumb things.

 

[dan58]

I have the dual stage switches that have a red cover to expose the switch, then the switch. It's pretty hard to accidentally engage my lockers unless a passenger is doing dumb things.

In the factory location?

 

[rasband]

In the factory location?

I have a rubicon, so I bypassed the factory switch and put them in the blank plate to the right (that used to be an ash tray I think)

 

[CMBD]

That Eaton switch is cool. But its huge.

My TJ doesnt have the rear defroster option. So I replaced the blank cover with a factory style switch for the front locker

 

[JMT]

I put my Eaton E-Locker switch on the knee bolster trim panel just beyond the key cylinder. Like you I had tried to figure a way to fit it in a factory slot, but I couldn’t figure out a solution that would preserve the whole panel.

 

[lumberjacklloyd]

I made the switch to a 3d printed switch panel with carling switches and cut out the other side of my dash panel. I have to be intentional to activate any switch on the bottom row.

 

[Strizzo]

I just put a red switch down in front of my shifter that interrupts the ground. Master arm switch.

Then I use regular Carling switches on the dash.

-Mac

Thats a great idea. I've been thinking of how to handle this situation on mine as the lockers are switched on the SPOD which can be activated at any time.

Sometime in the next year or two my jeep is going to stay somewhere where it will be an in town runaround car and trail rig when i'm in town, so some protection from someone kicking the lockers on running down the highway and tearing all manner of shit up seems appropriate.