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Help With Dome Light Switch, Driver's Side, 93 YJ

I recently got my Jeep back from a shop after they replaced my Banks TorqueTube header for the 4th time (part only under warranty, not labor). In any case, I did not notice it at the time, but my dome light switch is missing at least one wire, and when the door opens, the light does not come on. Rolling the dimmer wheel to the click-stop causes the light under the left dash to come on, but opening the door doesn't. Not a big deal, except that my alarm monitors this door switch, and now my alarm will reset itself, even when I have the door open and I'm getting something out of the Jeep. Needless to say, the alarm goes off, while I'm standing there with the door open. Which wires should be connected to the two pin switch spade terminals on the driver side? Any help here greatly appreciated.

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D Gavilanes
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They may have pulled the fuse from the block that powers the dome light via door switch ground. God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O mailto: snipped-for-privacy@aol.com

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L.W. (Bill) Hughes III

As I'm sure you're aware, those wires designed to be easily unplugged from the switch for when you are running doorless. One lead is the "door ajar" buzzer for when your keys are in the ignition and the door is open (I always leave this one disconnected). The other lead is the dome light.

If the dome light lead has been disconnected, it should be hanging from the loom behind the switch, or perhaps it was tucked up behind the dash. Just shine a flashlight up there, and look for a wire with a large plastic-covered terminal that isn't plugged into anything. :)

-- ~/Garth - 1993 Wrangler S 2.5 { }|||||||{ } "MukYJ"

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Garth Almgren

Garth, thanks for the reply. I didn't see wires that were disconnected (I was suggesting that the mechanic disconnected the switch since the door was probably left open all day, and they didn't bother reconnecting the switch). In any case, do you know what the wire colors are for the wires to that switch? I need to find those wires that belong to the two spade terminals in the rat's nest next to the switch. Thanks in advance.

Doug

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D Gavilanes

No prob. I'll take a look when I get home tonight.

-- ~/Garth - 1993 Wrangler S 2.5 { }|||||||{ } "MukYJ"

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Garth Almgren

Most disconnect the door switches via pulling that fuse. God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O mailto: snipped-for-privacy@aol.com

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L.W. (Bill) Hughes III

The lights are connected to the yellow wire, and the buzzer is the black wire with a light blue stripe. Both should be coming off that thick loom that heads to the back of the tub:

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washed out the color, but that's a yellow wire)

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Garth Almgren

reconnecting

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L.W. (Bill) Hughes III

"L.W. \(Bill\) Hughes III" wrote in news:OtadnQx38aZEjaDanZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@giganews.com:

Ooops, wrong Billy!

Bertie

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Bertie the Bunyip

"L.W. \(Bill\) Hughes III" wrote in news:7bKdnQGvrrlHdaHanZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@giganews.com:

You mean you don't know how to replace a fuse.

Bertie>

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Bertie the Bunyip

You're thinking TJ. In the YJ, the dome lamp shares #16 (fed by #8) in the power distribution center under the hood.

Pulling #16 from the PDC would disable the dome and courtesy lights completely, so that you couldn't turn them on even using the dimmer switch. It would also kill the clock and radio memory, and in my Jeep, the CB as well. The owners manual calls this an "ignition off draw" circuit.

All in all, it is _way_ easier to just yank the wire on the door switch like Chrysler intended.

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Garth Almgren

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L.W. (Bill) Hughes III

Garth Almgren wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@mid.individual.net:

Yanker yer wire eh?

At last, some honesty from Bily goat

Bertie

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Bertie the Bunyip

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