63 cj5

The FIRST thing you should have learned was that JEEP stands for Just Empty Every Pocket! I'm sure you've got a handle on that by now though!

Oh hey, I have details from Beachwood Canvas about seat covers. PM me if ya wanna hear.

 

i wanna hear.

 

Item number is 5L2302. Price for four covers for two front seats is $375, for plain black vinyl, no stitched pattern. Man says the plain lasts much longer, the stitched patterns will wear out quicker (tears along the seams sooner). Stitched covers have to be ordered, 4-6 week lead time, more $$$.

They're going on sale in a week to $300 for the set of four covers. They have one set in stock right now, I'm ordering them tomorrow (said he'd give me the sale price early). I'm sure the sale price will generate production of some more.

I believe that part number includes covers for the rear seat too, but I told him I don't have one, and these are the prices he gave me for just the front seats. Covers are two separate ones for each seat - top cushion and bottom cushion are separate items. I sent him photos for verification, he said "yep, for those frames".

Asked for photos of the kits, and a covered seat, if possible. Haven't seen any yet, but it was late.

 

it turns out that i didnt fix the brake lights.
i started at the battery and tested my way to the switch itself.
then got rained out.
fuses are fine.
i have dual filament bulbs.
what would be the next step in checking the wires?
should i jam a stick on the brake pedal and start checking the wires to figure out which one is the brake?

 

Do the turn signels work? The brake lights also go though that switch.

 

everything but the brake lights work.
it's disconnected somewhere i guess.

 

after work i will go a hunting.

i am draining the transfer case now and i am going to pull the cover and gently hammer it flat.
it has dimples from over tightening.
i wanna get this leak under control.

 

Or the brake light switch...

Hook the 2 wires together, check the rear lights.

This has been rewired, hasn't it?

 

it has been rewired

 

i held the t/c cover to a straight edge.
no wonder it leaks!

 

Well, you know how Bubba's are...."if it's still leakin', it ain't tight enough!"

 

i set it on a straight hard block of wood and gave it a number of love taps.
i am trying to knock them down a little bit.

 

they both look fine.
i replaced one just for the heluvit
the other ones in great shape.


this kinda s#!t gets me so mad.
it drives me crazy.
get under the jeep
do something
crawl out to see if it worked
get under the jeep
repeat

 

i dont know what wires to test or what to look for.
i checked the ground by depressing brake pedal with key on
skinning the groundwire and putting my tester on bare wire with tester grounded to frame.
no light up on tester

 

One of the wires to the brake switch should be hot (has 12v) all the time, the other goes to the brake lights via the turn signal switch, regardless of the ignition switch position.
If neither wire at the brake switch is hot, that's the first problem.
Try hooking a jumper wire from your battery (+) to one of the terminals on the brake switch, one won't do anything, the other should light up your brake lights if the TS switch is good and the rest of your wiring and bulbs are good.
The terminal that didn't do anything should be the 12v source to the brake lights, it flows through the switch when there is enough hydraulic pressure in the brake system to close the switch.
I assume that yours is still a pressure switch down on the front of the master cylinder.
Now my head hurts too.
Hope this helps.

 

thank you
i guess i will just redo all the connections.
they all look fine to me.
it's all new wiring.
but something got disconnected when i pulled the steering column

 

I reread your thread this A.M., You have that wiring diagram so all of that shouldn't be too hard.
No need to redo the connections, just check them.
Since the last thing you did is the steering, it's looking more like something around it is suspect.
Let us know what you find.

 

Look for pinched wires too. Easy to pinch one and cause grief.

 

im glad none of you guys know where my house is.
it keeps me from gettin slapped.
it was the inline fuse under the dash that i forgot about.......