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- Gassaway TN
Awesome!!! You know what to do, give it what it needs!!!!!
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Project: Timber
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Awesome!!! You know what to do, give it what it needs!!!!!
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- Gassaway TN
I got all my interior lights working with LED bulbs.
I installed an under the hood light too.
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I installed an under the hood light too.
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- Gassaway TN
I painted and mounted my center console too but it’s the wrong color. I’ll have to get the right color and repaint it but that’s the easy part.
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Got a new radio put in too.
I need to do a little adjusting to it to make it center the opening though.
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I need to do a little adjusting to it to make it center the opening though.
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- Hartsville, South Carolina
Nice! I want to put a VW 2.0 from my jetta in an mj too. Then I started looking at adapter prices..... :bawl:
- Location
- Gassaway TN
That would be a cool swap.
- Location
- Hartsville, South Carolina
Oh yea I also forgot we have an 87 MJ out back. LG got rear-ended in his 99 Mercedes Diesel. He's fine car not so much. I'm almost got him convinced to take that OM606 and put it in the Mj.... Just thought I would keep the 
tradition of derailing your thread...... :scottm:
tradition of derailing your thread...... :scottm:
- Location
- Gassaway TN
Well. Got the new alternator on it. It was pretty straightforward: 2 mounting bolts, plug in connector, single wire connected and belt routing. Started it up and nothing on the gauge.
Went and got a multi tester and got this.
I know the alternator is working but the stupid gauge shows.....
Nothing.
I’ve ordered upgraded cables and will replace all of them once they come in. I’m hoping that the terrible grounds on this thing will be fixed once and for all.
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Went and got a multi tester and got this.
I know the alternator is working but the stupid gauge shows.....
Nothing.
I’ve ordered upgraded cables and will replace all of them once they come in. I’m hoping that the terrible grounds on this thing will be fixed once and for all.
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- Middle Tennessee
Who did you order cables from?
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- Gassaway TN
JeepCables here on
. He is a vendor. MeanLemons is out of business.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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- Seacoast NH
Well. Got the new alternator on it. It was pretty straightforward: 2 mounting bolts, plug in connector, single wire connected and belt routing. Started it up and nothing on the gauge.
Went and got a multi tester and got this.
I know the alternator is working but the stupid gauge shows.....
Nothing.
I’ve ordered upgraded cables and will replace all of them once they come in. I’m hoping that the terrible grounds on this thing will be fixed once and for all.
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How about the regulator? I think it’s external on that gen XJ.
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- Hartsville, South Carolina
Didn't you put a different cluster in? I assume it died when the alt died and is not the cluster. I would check wiring and the gauge.
- Location
- Gassaway TN
I was thinking the regulator is internal but the alternator is charging the battery so wether it’s internal or not it appears to be working. I had both the leads on the battery cables at the battery. If the regulator was bad I wouldn’t show a charging reading, right?
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- Gassaway TN
I did swap clusters out but the gauge was working after I swapped them. I’m guessing the actual gauge itself went bad. My plan is to pull it out and put 12 volts directly to it and see what it reads. If it reads 12 volts then I have a wiring issue.
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- Seacoast NH
You know, I’m not sure that’s the case. I say that because after I did my motor swap, got it all back together, I didn’t tighten the belt enough. It started fine and ran a few times and all was normal (gauges read as they should). Then, on Th e 3rd or 4th time starting it the belt popped off. The truck stayed running, just not cooling or alternator. The volt gauge read ZERO. Battery was at 12.36, gauge ready ZERO. Only after replacing the belt did the volt gauge come back. My gen has an internal regulator, so it made sense to me. It might be the case for you.
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- Gassaway TN
I’ll recheck the belt but it was routed correctly and was tight but that’s not to say something screwy didn’t happen.
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- Middle Tennessee
What gauge cables did you get from JeepCables?
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- Gassaway TN
I got the 4ga cables. Since the truck is staying stock without a lot of extra draw on the electrical system, these will be way ahead of the stock wiring and do all I need.
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- Gassaway TN
I did recheck the belt and all is good there. I haven't been able to pull the cluster to check the gauge but maybe this weekend I will have time to do that.
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- Seacoast NH
When I mentioned the voltage regulator I wasn’t talking about the belt at all. It is my understanding that the gauge gets its reading directly from the voltage regulator. It being external makes it something to check separately.
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