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SE Kansas 46 CJ-2A
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Posted: 16 Aug. 2016 at 7:55pm |
Good deal. By the time you purchase the wire in different colors and the right gage, buy the terminals, and figure out where everything goes you will have spent most of what it would take to obtain the right harness...and the right harness will really look nice under the hood.
I have wired one CJ-2A from scratch before and that was one time too many. When replacing the wiring in Ol' Red the only way to go was the new wiring harness. In and done...
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46 CJ-2A #64462 "Ol' Red" (bought April 1969)(second owner)(12 V, 11" brakes, M-38 frame, MD Juan tub)
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CJTWOA
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I got the harness.
It seems like too many people were saying to do it for me not to do it. |
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As always: thank you.
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dluber
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I had a similar problem when I purchased my 1946. Turns out the previous owner had one standard sealed beam and one halogen sealed beam. Simple fix, but I thought I would share in the event this happens to someone else.
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CJTWOA
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Thank you so much - great advice.
Would love that harness - but I'm going ot have to see what I can do with what i have. I can't thank you guys enough for the info...
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As always: thank you.
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SE Kansas 46 CJ-2A
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Lee beat me to the subject at hand! He explained the same thing with fewer words!
If you wire it yourself, make sure you use the right gage wire for each circuit. Too small a gage can cause overheating problems. You will need to find a system for permanent labeling each end of each wire so that if you have a problem later, it can be traced down without sorting through every wire in a bundle of wiring. The $300 for a wiring harness may seem like a lot, but it will come with all the terminations and proper lengths all bundled up neatly so the wires end up in their proper locations and all wire will have the proper gage and have standard original equipment colors and tracers. It will also come with a harness wiring diagram so that the right connections can be made with the proper wires. If you get the wiring harness from Walck's or some other vendor be sure to specify what set up you have; that is, turn signals or not, right hand tail light or not. etc. Either way, good luck with your wiring project... |
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46 CJ-2A #64462 "Ol' Red" (bought April 1969)(second owner)(12 V, 11" brakes, M-38 frame, MD Juan tub)
U.S. Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer(ret.) U.S. Army Vietnam veteran and damned proud of it. |
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SE Kansas 46 CJ-2A
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Look at the wiring harness you have installed and the high beam wire leading to the terminal block should be red insulation with 3 white stripes or "tracers" on the insulation. The low beam wire would have black color insulation with 2 white tracers. If you look at the horn wiring, there is one blue with 2 white tracers and one black wire with 2 red tracers.
I have picked the left fender and an example because it is easy to locate and see those wires. The color and tracer is a system that helps locate which wire goes to what... Now you know...
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46 CJ-2A #64462 "Ol' Red" (bought April 1969)(second owner)(12 V, 11" brakes, M-38 frame, MD Juan tub)
U.S. Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer(ret.) U.S. Army Vietnam veteran and damned proud of it. |
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CJTWOA
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Thank you!
I'm considering using THHN and running the wiring myself - so I guess I wont have a tracer! I want to get the wiring harness but WOW .....$300!!!!!!! Thank you very much.
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As always: thank you.
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Lee MN
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Tracer!, if you have a red wire, wth a white stripe on it, the stripe is the tracer..... This way the engineers can use multiple red wires with different color "Tracers' in the same harness. Or purple/yellow or any other combo.
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CJTWOA
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Hello.
What are "tracers"?
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As always: thank you.
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Bruce W
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In England, under the Lucas system, it is! BW
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It is NOT a Jeep Willys! It is a Willys jeep.
Happy Trails! Good-bye, Good Luck, and May the Good Lord Take a Likin' to You! We Have Miles to Jeep, Before We Sleep. |
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p3ferris
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Close thy headlights and get some sleep
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Ed
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46CJ2A
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As a life time journalist and university journalism professor, I love a good pun. But I have to also admit to "lacking education" when it comes to AC or DC dealings. I've always considered electricity a black art and I never hesitate to ask those who know about it to help me when I have to deal with it.
So, let me reiterate - thanks guys. My Jeep is fixed and I'll be going to bed tonight pleased at the results. I'll not let anyone dim my enthusiasm tonight. Jack
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p3ferris
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I got it right off of the get go. He was talking about the headlights in a joking manner
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Ed
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ralf
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Sorry, I forgot to use the smiley faces. It was a pun, on one is "bright" and one is "dim", ie one light was smarter (brighter) than the other. The internet has no emotion, no inflection, had I said that in your presence you would have known I was joking. My bad for not loading up on the Emoticons.
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I DISAGREE RALF.... THATS WHAT THIS SITE IS ALL ABOUT...HELPING OUT A FELLOW CJ2A OWNER WHO IS DOING A RESTO..... |
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ralf
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Sounds like lack of education to me. Some of us are dimmer than others.
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1948 CJ2A 1953 Ford NAA Golden Jubilee Tractor 1941 J-3 Cub 1957 Farmall Cub Low Boy tractor 1942 Clarktor WW2 tug |
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46CJ2A
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Thanks guys. With your suggestions I solved the problems.
Dim headlight problem = poor ground.
No low beam lights problem = bad terminal on a brand new dimmer switch. VO meter showed I had 12 volts to "power" terminal, 12 volts to high beam terminal when selected and 0 volts to low beam terminal whether selected or not. I checked my wiring/connections with dimmer switch I had previously taken out of another 50+ year old Jeep (I rarely through anything away :) ) and brights and dims both worked.
Great advise. Chalk up another "save" for the forum.
Jack
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rocketeer
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Also double check the wiring at the dimmer switch.
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