Quick amendment - I didn't "crimp" the slider replacement over the wires, I
folded it over the wires so that the wires could move within it, but not
leaving enough room for the end stops to pop out.


--
Dave Milne, Scotland
'91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ
"Paw" <p@p.com> wrote in message news:HLydnQ8F2PuK4tXfRVn-2A@comcast.com...
> Hey Dave - thanks a bunch for the info and idea - sounds good - I'll let
you
> know how my try goes ;) Thanks, again,
> Paul
>
> "Dave Milne" <jeep@_nospam_milne.info> wrote in message
> news:FZ_1e.7391$Ab.3584@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk ...
> > The quality of the pull mechanism is laughable - there is a wire which
> > goes
> > into a cheap plastic box and engages into a slider inside. From the
other
> > end of the slider there are two wires coming out. The problem is that
the
> > wires engage into the slider by a push fit, and wear causes them to pop
> > out.
> > I cut the a hatch into the plastic box , made a slider out of a bit of
> > scrap
> > metal properly crimping it onto all 3 wires, and closed and braced the
> > plastic box with ties and a bit of sheet metal. It has lasted 3 years so
> > far, which is longer than the original did.
> >
> > Dave Milne, Scotland
> > '91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ
> >
> > "Paw" <p@p.com> wrote in message
> > news:iZqdnUyNSIrP3tXfRVn-vA@comcast.com...
> >> har! :) My 98 TJ over the weekend broke just how you describe - can't
> >> get
> >> it to work with the pull tab anymore... If I reach over the top and
push
> > up
> >> on the plastic tab, then I can get it to move... but something below is
> >> either stuck/broke - and w/ the rain like it is today, I am not going
to
> > try
> >> and figure it out now... ;) If I do - I'll let you know asap.
> >>
> >> Paul
> >>
> >> "HG97TJ" <hguarini@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >> news:1112027605.202063.142610@z14g2000cwz.googlegr oups.com...
> >> > I'm back in the Jeep club after a 4 year absence. I bought a '97 TJ
> >> > Sport over the weekend. Looking forward to my first Jeep wave.
> >> >
> >> > Just a quick question:
> >> > As far as the passenger seat goes, Isn't the entire base/seat
supposed
> >> > to tip forward to gain access to the back seat? The seat slides
> >> > forward and the seat back tips forward OK but unless I'm doing
> >> > something wrong I can't get the entire seat/base to tilt forward.
Hell
> >> > - maybe it's not supposed to but I thought it did in my old YJ.
> >> >
> >> > Any tips are appreciated.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks,
> >> > Howie
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>

 

Quick amendment - I didn't "crimp" the slider replacement over the wires, I
folded it over the wires so that the wires could move within it, but not
leaving enough room for the end stops to pop out.


--
Dave Milne, Scotland
'91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ
"Paw" <p@p.com> wrote in message news:HLydnQ8F2PuK4tXfRVn-2A@comcast.com...
> Hey Dave - thanks a bunch for the info and idea - sounds good - I'll let
you
> know how my try goes ;) Thanks, again,
> Paul
>
> "Dave Milne" <jeep@_nospam_milne.info> wrote in message
> news:FZ_1e.7391$Ab.3584@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk ...
> > The quality of the pull mechanism is laughable - there is a wire which
> > goes
> > into a cheap plastic box and engages into a slider inside. From the
other
> > end of the slider there are two wires coming out. The problem is that
the
> > wires engage into the slider by a push fit, and wear causes them to pop
> > out.
> > I cut the a hatch into the plastic box , made a slider out of a bit of
> > scrap
> > metal properly crimping it onto all 3 wires, and closed and braced the
> > plastic box with ties and a bit of sheet metal. It has lasted 3 years so
> > far, which is longer than the original did.
> >
> > Dave Milne, Scotland
> > '91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ
> >
> > "Paw" <p@p.com> wrote in message
> > news:iZqdnUyNSIrP3tXfRVn-vA@comcast.com...
> >> har! :) My 98 TJ over the weekend broke just how you describe - can't
> >> get
> >> it to work with the pull tab anymore... If I reach over the top and
push
> > up
> >> on the plastic tab, then I can get it to move... but something below is
> >> either stuck/broke - and w/ the rain like it is today, I am not going
to
> > try
> >> and figure it out now... ;) If I do - I'll let you know asap.
> >>
> >> Paul
> >>
> >> "HG97TJ" <hguarini@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >> news:1112027605.202063.142610@z14g2000cwz.googlegr oups.com...
> >> > I'm back in the Jeep club after a 4 year absence. I bought a '97 TJ
> >> > Sport over the weekend. Looking forward to my first Jeep wave.
> >> >
> >> > Just a quick question:
> >> > As far as the passenger seat goes, Isn't the entire base/seat
supposed
> >> > to tip forward to gain access to the back seat? The seat slides
> >> > forward and the seat back tips forward OK but unless I'm doing
> >> > something wrong I can't get the entire seat/base to tilt forward.
Hell
> >> > - maybe it's not supposed to but I thought it did in my old YJ.
> >> >
> >> > Any tips are appreciated.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks,
> >> > Howie
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>

 

Quick amendment - I didn't "crimp" the slider replacement over the wires, I
folded it over the wires so that the wires could move within it, but not
leaving enough room for the end stops to pop out.


--
Dave Milne, Scotland
'91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ
"Paw" <p@p.com> wrote in message news:HLydnQ8F2PuK4tXfRVn-2A@comcast.com...
> Hey Dave - thanks a bunch for the info and idea - sounds good - I'll let
you
> know how my try goes ;) Thanks, again,
> Paul
>
> "Dave Milne" <jeep@_nospam_milne.info> wrote in message
> news:FZ_1e.7391$Ab.3584@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk ...
> > The quality of the pull mechanism is laughable - there is a wire which
> > goes
> > into a cheap plastic box and engages into a slider inside. From the
other
> > end of the slider there are two wires coming out. The problem is that
the
> > wires engage into the slider by a push fit, and wear causes them to pop
> > out.
> > I cut the a hatch into the plastic box , made a slider out of a bit of
> > scrap
> > metal properly crimping it onto all 3 wires, and closed and braced the
> > plastic box with ties and a bit of sheet metal. It has lasted 3 years so
> > far, which is longer than the original did.
> >
> > Dave Milne, Scotland
> > '91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ
> >
> > "Paw" <p@p.com> wrote in message
> > news:iZqdnUyNSIrP3tXfRVn-vA@comcast.com...
> >> har! :) My 98 TJ over the weekend broke just how you describe - can't
> >> get
> >> it to work with the pull tab anymore... If I reach over the top and
push
> > up
> >> on the plastic tab, then I can get it to move... but something below is
> >> either stuck/broke - and w/ the rain like it is today, I am not going
to
> > try
> >> and figure it out now... ;) If I do - I'll let you know asap.
> >>
> >> Paul
> >>
> >> "HG97TJ" <hguarini@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >> news:1112027605.202063.142610@z14g2000cwz.googlegr oups.com...
> >> > I'm back in the Jeep club after a 4 year absence. I bought a '97 TJ
> >> > Sport over the weekend. Looking forward to my first Jeep wave.
> >> >
> >> > Just a quick question:
> >> > As far as the passenger seat goes, Isn't the entire base/seat
supposed
> >> > to tip forward to gain access to the back seat? The seat slides
> >> > forward and the seat back tips forward OK but unless I'm doing
> >> > something wrong I can't get the entire seat/base to tilt forward.
Hell
> >> > - maybe it's not supposed to but I thought it did in my old YJ.
> >> >
> >> > Any tips are appreciated.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks,
> >> > Howie
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>