Tailgate motor

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Longjohn61
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Tailgate motor

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Hi, i am doing a restoring on my 1980 cherokee chief .
But i forgot to lower the window in my tailgate and now most of the electric are not on the car.
Tried to hotwire the tailgate motor but nothing happens sure its me.
The motor has 2 wires a yellow and a brown i thought one is upp the other down
I grounded the motor and put +12v on one of the wires but nothing what am i doing wrong?

/Nils
1980 Cherokee Chief 4.0L Fuel injected

GrandW
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Re: Tailgate motor

Post by GrandW »

The 2 wires should make it go both up and down. So ground one, power to the other. If it's already up, and that's up, it won't go anywhere. Try switching the wires, should make it go down.

Also, when it says "grounded the motor", assume the 2nd wire you're grounding back to the battery you're running the hot wire from? Since it's all in unknown condition, sometimes it's easiest to try to keep it as a close loop system. Hope that helps.
1987 Jeep Grand Wagoneer

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Longjohn61
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Re: Tailgate motor

Post by Longjohn61 »

Thanks got it down thought both of the motor wires where + and ground thru the frame.
Så got it all out now thanks again.

Greetings from sweden
/Nils
1980 Cherokee Chief 4.0L Fuel injected
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