NewbieJeepGuy

Recently I had the wiring in my jeep taken care of or thought I did.
What the issue was, there were some wires that looked kind of melted
and had some shorts happening but anyway. All was taken care of except
for a couple of things. The rear wiper on the hard top stays on no
matter what when its plugged in, in the back. (hope that makes sense)
I bought a new switch but that didn't fix the problem any ideas on it?

Also the interior light isn't working and I will check the bulb this
weekend but didn't know how hard it might be to trace that out as well.

Since I'm asking a lot of random questions, the jeep has 31" tires on
it and that is how I bought it. I put a matching spare tire on the
back but cannot open up the back glass now on the hard top. Has anyone
had any experience with adapting something for that or is there an
adapter kit I haven't seen that would drop it just a bit so the glass
could lift up?

Also on the tire issue the current (oem) fender flares obviously don't
keep the windows very clean when raining or just messy outside. Would
6" flares be enough or should I go with 7" flares if anyone has input I
would appreciate it.

Thanks to all.

Mike Romain

The interior light should be a 'hot' wire with the switch grounding it
to complete the circuit.

From that I would guess you have the wires to the hardtop wrong with the
always hot one powering the wiper.

Some wiper parking circuits also have an 'always hot' wire so when the
wiper reaches it's park, a ground is broken and it stops moving. Maybe
the wiper's 'park' wire got switched or melted with it's 'power' wire.

Just guesses...

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)

NewbieJeepGuy wrote:
>
> Recently I had the wiring in my jeep taken care of or thought I did.
> What the issue was, there were some wires that looked kind of melted
> and had some shorts happening but anyway. All was taken care of except
> for a couple of things. The rear wiper on the hard top stays on no
> matter what when its plugged in, in the back. (hope that makes sense)
> I bought a new switch but that didn't fix the problem any ideas on it?
>
> Also the interior light isn't working and I will check the bulb this
> weekend but didn't know how hard it might be to trace that out as well.
>
> Since I'm asking a lot of random questions, the jeep has 31" tires on
> it and that is how I bought it. I put a matching spare tire on the
> back but cannot open up the back glass now on the hard top. Has anyone
> had any experience with adapting something for that or is there an
> adapter kit I haven't seen that would drop it just a bit so the glass
> could lift up?
>
> Also on the tire issue the current (oem) fender flares obviously don't
> keep the windows very clean when raining or just messy outside. Would
> 6" flares be enough or should I go with 7" flares if anyone has input I
> would appreciate it.
>
> Thanks to all.

Mike Romain

The interior light should be a 'hot' wire with the switch grounding it
to complete the circuit.

From that I would guess you have the wires to the hardtop wrong with the
always hot one powering the wiper.

Some wiper parking circuits also have an 'always hot' wire so when the
wiper reaches it's park, a ground is broken and it stops moving. Maybe
the wiper's 'park' wire got switched or melted with it's 'power' wire.

Just guesses...

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)

NewbieJeepGuy wrote:
>
> Recently I had the wiring in my jeep taken care of or thought I did.
> What the issue was, there were some wires that looked kind of melted
> and had some shorts happening but anyway. All was taken care of except
> for a couple of things. The rear wiper on the hard top stays on no
> matter what when its plugged in, in the back. (hope that makes sense)
> I bought a new switch but that didn't fix the problem any ideas on it?
>
> Also the interior light isn't working and I will check the bulb this
> weekend but didn't know how hard it might be to trace that out as well.
>
> Since I'm asking a lot of random questions, the jeep has 31" tires on
> it and that is how I bought it. I put a matching spare tire on the
> back but cannot open up the back glass now on the hard top. Has anyone
> had any experience with adapting something for that or is there an
> adapter kit I haven't seen that would drop it just a bit so the glass
> could lift up?
>
> Also on the tire issue the current (oem) fender flares obviously don't
> keep the windows very clean when raining or just messy outside. Would
> 6" flares be enough or should I go with 7" flares if anyone has input I
> would appreciate it.
>
> Thanks to all.

Mike Romain

The interior light should be a 'hot' wire with the switch grounding it
to complete the circuit.

From that I would guess you have the wires to the hardtop wrong with the
always hot one powering the wiper.

Some wiper parking circuits also have an 'always hot' wire so when the
wiper reaches it's park, a ground is broken and it stops moving. Maybe
the wiper's 'park' wire got switched or melted with it's 'power' wire.

Just guesses...

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)

NewbieJeepGuy wrote:
>
> Recently I had the wiring in my jeep taken care of or thought I did.
> What the issue was, there were some wires that looked kind of melted
> and had some shorts happening but anyway. All was taken care of except
> for a couple of things. The rear wiper on the hard top stays on no
> matter what when its plugged in, in the back. (hope that makes sense)
> I bought a new switch but that didn't fix the problem any ideas on it?
>
> Also the interior light isn't working and I will check the bulb this
> weekend but didn't know how hard it might be to trace that out as well.
>
> Since I'm asking a lot of random questions, the jeep has 31" tires on
> it and that is how I bought it. I put a matching spare tire on the
> back but cannot open up the back glass now on the hard top. Has anyone
> had any experience with adapting something for that or is there an
> adapter kit I haven't seen that would drop it just a bit so the glass
> could lift up?
>
> Also on the tire issue the current (oem) fender flares obviously don't
> keep the windows very clean when raining or just messy outside. Would
> 6" flares be enough or should I go with 7" flares if anyone has input I
> would appreciate it.
>
> Thanks to all.