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Wire ?
Topic Started: Jan 15 2013, 09:43 PM (973 Views)
div4gold
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This wire has been there since I got the Jeep. Everything seems to work but I wonder what the purpose of this blue wire was for. It goes to the wire block on the drivers side by the head light.


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Old retired fart living in Ione, WA. I have a 1964 CJ3B. Recently overhauled original motor, transmission and overdrive. 11" Bronco drum brakes on all 4. Needs a new coat of paint but that will have to wait till next summer, it's next summer and I'm working on that now :) UPS & FEDEX will continue to profit :)
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Gee, where does the other end go? that might tell you what that wire was for. Sometimes disconected wires mean that the item was no longer needed, but I am not going to trace it out right now. Something may have been removed from the jeep by you or somebody else. Trace it back to find out what that was conected to and see if it is still a hot wire from ingnition or always hot.
Also look at your wireing schematics you might be able to see if there was something there that is now missing, or removed, like a driving lite or , fog lite or ???. Maybe the dimmer needed to be disconected, it is usally a check this out to find out why this wire is disconected.
I know that getting under the dash of a CJ-3B is a pain in the BU***t but it has to be done.
Dick w. Spokane Wa.
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elawson
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One guess would be the high beam headlight indicator on the dash or in the instrument cluster.

Eric
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Don
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If you need a wiring diagram I posted one here.

http://s577.photobucket.com/albums/ss211/D...current=126.jpg

If you'd like a bigger copy of the diagram send your address to me and I'll send one about 1.7 mb.

donthedickens@aol.com

do your parking lights work up front?
Don Norris
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What I see right off is one terminal on the block is not connected to an "input" or power wire.

Each post should have 3 wires (one in - 2 out) connected based on the wiring diagram.

I'll bet you would notice if the headlights or high beams weren't working. So I'll go along with the question about your parking lights.

But a word of caution! The PO disconnected this for a reason. A suggestion of an item not being needed anymore can be expanded on. It may be an item that stopped functioning properly and instead of fixing it, the PO just disconnected it with a, "don't need that," method of maintenance. I had many mystery wires when I first go my jeep.
Rus Curtis
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2x on what Rus said. My guess is that something shorted and rather than spending the time to find the problem, it was just disconnected. Put an ohm meter on that lead and see it it is indeed shorted to ground-easier than replacing fuse or having glowing wire. I think that lead is the parking lights-I had writen blue as the color code for those in my FSM.
John, SW Montana

55 CJ 3B, transmake, fiberglass/aluminum tub/hood/fenders, 381 sbc, AGE M22W trans, "super" D18/Teralows & Warn OD, D44/ARB/Dutchman front & full float D44/Powrloc rear axles-4.10's, Holbrook springs, 4 wheel power discs, Saginaw PS, Warn 8274

68 CJ5, stock 225, T86AA, D18w/ Warn OD, D27A & stock D44 (heavy duty housing)-4.88's, 11" brakes, stock Ross box, Belleview 6000 (a close to stock vehicle, including the Whitco top)
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Yeah it was for the parking lights. I guess I never checked them as none of them work, but the blue wire does have 12.5 volts when the light switch is just pulled out to the first 'click'. I guess when I tested it before I always had the light switch pulled all the way out or it was all the way in. I don't think I'll mess with getting the parking lights working . Thanks for figuring that out for me.
Old retired fart living in Ione, WA. I have a 1964 CJ3B. Recently overhauled original motor, transmission and overdrive. 11" Bronco drum brakes on all 4. Needs a new coat of paint but that will have to wait till next summer, it's next summer and I'm working on that now :) UPS & FEDEX will continue to profit :)
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div,
Good to hear you've figured out its purpose. Since it has the potential to be "hot" it may be good insurance to wrap it with some tape just to be safe.
Rus Curtis
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oldtime,Jan 16 2013
04:48 PM

Wow, that's handy, Thanks OT
Old retired fart living in Ione, WA. I have a 1964 CJ3B. Recently overhauled original motor, transmission and overdrive. 11" Bronco drum brakes on all 4. Needs a new coat of paint but that will have to wait till next summer, it's next summer and I'm working on that now :) UPS & FEDEX will continue to profit :)
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Rus Curtis,Jan 16 2013
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div,
Good to hear you've figured out its purpose. Since it has the potential to be "hot" it may be good insurance to wrap it with some tape just to be safe.

Did that last night when I found out it was hot in the parking light switch position. :)
Old retired fart living in Ione, WA. I have a 1964 CJ3B. Recently overhauled original motor, transmission and overdrive. 11" Bronco drum brakes on all 4. Needs a new coat of paint but that will have to wait till next summer, it's next summer and I'm working on that now :) UPS & FEDEX will continue to profit :)
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Looking at the picture is the yellow wire broken or is that an illusion?

Lawrence
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Lawrence,Jan 18 2013
08:46 AM
Looking at the picture is the yellow wire broken or is that an illusion?

Lawrence,
Are you asking div4gold about the white plug just above the junction block?

I was going to ask about that too as it appears to be an add-on.
Rus Curtis
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You know I put the junction connecter on there a couple of weeks ago. It had single wire ,original, connecters there before but they wouldn't stay in contact. Anyway I soldered the connections and used shrink wrap on them. All worked fine. Since I haven't been driving the Jeep at night time I haven't used the lights. That wire had broken on the connecter side of the solder joint. I noticed that hanging out there and fixed it with another connecter before you noticed it in the picture. I didn't even notice it in the picture until it came up here. Good eyes :)
Old retired fart living in Ione, WA. I have a 1964 CJ3B. Recently overhauled original motor, transmission and overdrive. 11" Bronco drum brakes on all 4. Needs a new coat of paint but that will have to wait till next summer, it's next summer and I'm working on that now :) UPS & FEDEX will continue to profit :)
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