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Jeep Wrangler YJ
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Cool Discovery - Factory Hard-Top Defroster Functions on Non-Heated Tops
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<blockquote data-quote="machoheadgames" data-source="post: 433867" data-attributes="member: 18789"><p>If you pulled the connector out of the top a bit, how many terminal slots are occupied?</p><p></p><p>The full harness you need honestly should only be about $80 via dead Jeep. If you want the one to activate the heater then you need the one that has the red relay in the picture. Pretty certain wipe/wash harnesses are cheaper because they’re way more readily available. The two connectors just plug in above the parking brake and then run down the length of the tub to the top and then down to the tail lamps. </p><p></p><p>You’d have to confirm but I’m pretty sure the defrost switch plug and wiper/washer plugs are already chillin out behind your panel at the 5:00 steering wheel location. It was standard to make all the 92-95 dash harnesses the same except for fog light capability.</p><p></p><p>You definitely have the same standard top I have, with wipe and wash. I expect your defrost wires are in there.</p><p></p><p>As for the struts, yeah I actually didn’t know about those either. When I got my YJ in 2013 the stock struts were dead. I pulled the hardtop and didn’t run it for many years so I never changed them. Randomly one day I was buying something at RockAuto and added some struts to the cart. It didn’t say defrost or anything in the description, yet they were just on there. So I kind of just lucked out that I got the heater ones. My originals had no tab.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="machoheadgames, post: 433867, member: 18789"] If you pulled the connector out of the top a bit, how many terminal slots are occupied? The full harness you need honestly should only be about $80 via dead Jeep. If you want the one to activate the heater then you need the one that has the red relay in the picture. Pretty certain wipe/wash harnesses are cheaper because they’re way more readily available. The two connectors just plug in above the parking brake and then run down the length of the tub to the top and then down to the tail lamps. You’d have to confirm but I’m pretty sure the defrost switch plug and wiper/washer plugs are already chillin out behind your panel at the 5:00 steering wheel location. It was standard to make all the 92-95 dash harnesses the same except for fog light capability. You definitely have the same standard top I have, with wipe and wash. I expect your defrost wires are in there. As for the struts, yeah I actually didn’t know about those either. When I got my YJ in 2013 the stock struts were dead. I pulled the hardtop and didn’t run it for many years so I never changed them. Randomly one day I was buying something at RockAuto and added some struts to the cart. It didn’t say defrost or anything in the description, yet they were just on there. So I kind of just lucked out that I got the heater ones. My originals had no tab. [/QUOTE]
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