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Jeep Wrangler YJ
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<blockquote data-quote="machoheadgames" data-source="post: 432154" data-attributes="member: 18789"><p>If it's got the dome light then at least you know the wiring path is there. How tough that might be to fish the guts through, who knows. And you'd probably need to swap the glass over too because I believe the glass has the wiper and motor mounted to it. Recalling from memory here as I'm not home to look.</p><p></p><p>Also, I don't remember but the panel with the wiring plug might be riveted to the fiberglass? But yeah all the tops use the same big plug, they should be wired the same too, just missing the wiring for things they don't have. Like your 93 and my 94 are missing the heater wiring, but everything else is there. The dome wiring on the 88 should be in the same spot as the dome wiring on the 93, just the 93 has the extra stuff for wash/wipe. You could confirm by comparing your 93 to 88, seeing what wires are taken up in each one and even the colors might match. </p><p></p><p>that last paragraph basically comes from verifying the 95 service manual against my jeep. The service manual shows the whole plug populated, and mine matched it exactly except for the heater stuff mine doesn't support. I would think they did all the years the same way to keep it simple on their end.</p><p></p><p>They basically supplied all hardtop functions in the dash harness (red dangly plug next to the steering column included), then gave you the rear top/tail light harness that matched your top and functions. So if you had a soft top, you had no plug at the rear corner, if you have a hardtop dome only, a plug with only a few wires, a hardtop with dome/wipe/wash, a plug with medium amount of wires, and if you had heat/dome/wash/wipe, you had all the wires. The only difference in the rear harnesses being how many wires. they all go to some large plugs above the parking brake which is where the dash transfers everything to the top and tail lights. the boxy plugs at that connection on the rear harness side are either populated with more or less wires to carry what the dash supplies out to the top. The only difference in YJ dash harnesses being fog light support or no fogs, but they all support all top options. Confusing mess for sure.</p><p></p><p>I know nothing about fixing fiberglass personally but I have seen some people say "working on fiberglass is cake". Not sure how true or not true that is, but maybe worth a call to a few good shops.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="machoheadgames, post: 432154, member: 18789"] If it's got the dome light then at least you know the wiring path is there. How tough that might be to fish the guts through, who knows. And you'd probably need to swap the glass over too because I believe the glass has the wiper and motor mounted to it. Recalling from memory here as I'm not home to look. Also, I don't remember but the panel with the wiring plug might be riveted to the fiberglass? But yeah all the tops use the same big plug, they should be wired the same too, just missing the wiring for things they don't have. Like your 93 and my 94 are missing the heater wiring, but everything else is there. The dome wiring on the 88 should be in the same spot as the dome wiring on the 93, just the 93 has the extra stuff for wash/wipe. You could confirm by comparing your 93 to 88, seeing what wires are taken up in each one and even the colors might match. that last paragraph basically comes from verifying the 95 service manual against my jeep. The service manual shows the whole plug populated, and mine matched it exactly except for the heater stuff mine doesn't support. I would think they did all the years the same way to keep it simple on their end. They basically supplied all hardtop functions in the dash harness (red dangly plug next to the steering column included), then gave you the rear top/tail light harness that matched your top and functions. So if you had a soft top, you had no plug at the rear corner, if you have a hardtop dome only, a plug with only a few wires, a hardtop with dome/wipe/wash, a plug with medium amount of wires, and if you had heat/dome/wash/wipe, you had all the wires. The only difference in the rear harnesses being how many wires. they all go to some large plugs above the parking brake which is where the dash transfers everything to the top and tail lights. the boxy plugs at that connection on the rear harness side are either populated with more or less wires to carry what the dash supplies out to the top. The only difference in YJ dash harnesses being fog light support or no fogs, but they all support all top options. Confusing mess for sure. I know nothing about fixing fiberglass personally but I have seen some people say "working on fiberglass is cake". Not sure how true or not true that is, but maybe worth a call to a few good shops. [/QUOTE]
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