Finally had a weekend on Road Trip. It was very relaxing, except that I was doing mostly electrical, rewiring the whole thing and I don't know squat about electrical! Ask Serehill, I had him on the phone Saturday and Sunday.
First, I finished up the front lights. I have to wait until I have the new Painless harness installed to finish hooking them up.
Then I went to this.
That my friends is a fully functional tailgate and window. I used Serehill's harness to "upgrade" the electrical in back. However, you may remember that I got a NOS tailgate only to find out it was before Jeep changed to the newer tailgates and I had to re-build the holes for the latches to work. Well, I had to change how the harness fit by adding in these spacers.
You can see it in the top right part of the picture. It shows to be a channel iron I had in the scrap heap, cut to width and then drilled and set in to force the panel to the outside of the tailgate. This worked well and the window goes up and down without a problem.
After hours of electrical, I re-built the side windows. I had some parts from the 79 that I either re-built or painted to use in the side windows. I liked the reflective color of the 82 glass better so I used that glass.
I noticed the windows were not locking down.
With a little persuasion the windows lock nicely and seem to seal, of course only a road test will tell if they do, and only God knows when that will happen!
I also hooked up the thinned out engine harness from PSI, but I had a couple of problems. Like two of the connectors didn't fit, and more importantly, there is a connector on the back of the engine that I can't find where it hooks up.
I've sent PSI an email asking for their help.
Next time I get to work on Road Trip, I'll start the Painless loom installation. I hear I should just hire someone. Anyone?