Rear Cargo Light Install

[wearsabrowncoat]

CycloSteve,

Did your 96 have the factory wiring? I heard the later year models with third row seats didn't have it.

 

[96r50]

Mine didn't. I had the headliner down so I dug around in there but I didn't find anything. The wiring harness changed sometime in 95 IIRC.

 

[JerseyCruiser]

I popped the pins out of the connector, swapped them, mounted the light and it works like it should in all switch positions. Go figure, 50 50 chance and they blow it on that one but the other 2 dome lights were fine.

It may not be a manufacturing screw up, the JDM light that goes there is smaller than the other two, it looks and probably is the same one from the back of the 60 series. Does that connector on the harness plug perfectly into the light you used or did it need any modifications other then swapping the wires.

George

 

[ledgend80]

here is a pick of my rear cargo light setup

 

[azTony]

The connector was the right one, no mods needed except for swapping the wires. Mine is a 93 and I am not sure what you mean by a JDM but there are no other lights back there except the third brake light.

 

[Cj80cruiser]

I understand the 93-94s have the harness and some posts are indirectly saying the 91s & 92s have the harness too. Is this true?

 

[azTony]

My 93 had the harness but it was taped to the harness well up inside the roof channel. I dug around until I felt something then I had to get an exacto knife inside to cut it then I had plenty to work with. I also had to swap the PWR and GND wires to the connector as they were wired backwards.

 

[BirfMark]

My 93 had the harness but it was taped to the harness well up inside the roof channel. I dug around until I felt something then I had to get an exacto knife inside to cut it then I had plenty to work with. I also had to swap the PWR and GND wires to the connector as they were wired backwards.

Yup - I added two more LED domes to my 93 this weekend, and ran into the same thing. The harness was there, but I had to switch the pins in order to get the dome lights to work properly in the 'on' position.

 

[Cj80cruiser]

My question wasn't very clear. Do 91-92s also have the described harness?

 

[Aids10]

Great Idea!

THX M8

here is a pick of my rear cargo light setup

 

[RIDEitINTOtheGROUND]

Hi guys,
I've been a lurker for a while, can't remember if I posted up yet or not........ curious if you two with the hatch mounted lights were able to find any constant 12V in there or had to run it yourself from the dome lights/under headliner out through the little tube?

I've got some lights I'm going to install similarly, and so far have failed to find anything constant/not switched by the ignition etc

thanks

 

[1973Guppie]

I put led's into the plastic hatch piece like the pic above, and simply tapped into the existing switch leads on the oem light so everything worked the same as stock and the rear lights come on when the rear doors open, etc.

 

[greentruck]

Like the new guy, I'm curious where people are tapping into the harness for lights on the inside/underneath of the hatch.

Is there a hot wire inside the hatch or did you have to run a wire from inside the truck into the hatch to provide power to the lights?

 

[RIDEitINTOtheGROUND]

I put led's into the plastic hatch piece like the pic above, and simply tapped into the existing switch leads on the oem light so everything worked the same as stock and the rear lights come on when the rear doors open, etc.

Thanks, I'll assume that means via headliner, since it's switched by the dome. I spent a lot of time monkeying with the hatch latch signal wires (12V when open circuit ie hatch is closed, dome off) and think it's going to get too complicated with needing more than one switch (or a more complicated one) so I'm going to suck it up and start removing stuff around the headliner.

I dug around in legend80's photobucket (hope that's ok ) and looks like power came from the DS headliner area. I think I saw in another lighting thread that this harness is not found on '97 models meaning I'll have to go further forward in the headliner? I'll post up when I find out.

from legend:

 

[96Cruiser]

NICE!!!! no 80's in the junkyards around here.......anyone have a oak[tan] light assembly they want to sell?

i will try cruiserparts next........oh and HAPPY HOLIDAYS everyone!!

thanks


doug

 

[1973Guppie]

NO, I hooked tap wires directly into the oem switch rear cargo light. I drilled very small holes in the rear cargo bulb prongs and simply wired it up. Works great and the new rear lights work in synch with the oem switch and the door opening, etc.

Noah

 

[1973Guppie]

pm to remind me and I will post pics later tonight when I am home....

 

[RIDEitINTOtheGROUND]

NO, I hooked tap wires directly into the oem switch rear cargo light. I drilled very small holes in the rear cargo bulb prongs and simply wired it up. Works great and the new rear lights work in synch with the oem switch and the door opening, etc.

Noah

that's a nifty idea, I hadn't considered going straight to the prongs. curious to see where your wiring is run

pm sent, thanks

 

[nuclearlemon]

Hi guys,
I've been a lurker for a while, can't remember if I posted up yet or not........ curious if you two with the hatch mounted lights were able to find any constant 12V in there or had to run it yourself from the dome lights/under headliner out through the little tube?

I've got some lights I'm going to install similarly, and so far have failed to find anything constant/not switched by the ignition etc

thanks

I have a 95 with the foam headliner and used a coathanger to feed wires from the center domelight where i tapped in for power. i also did not cut the headliner like a few have done in the thread, since the headliner forms around the light.

 

[1973Guppie]

here is my setup, bought the leds from superbrighleds.com and wired it up to the stock oem light while also using one of the led setups bought here on mud.....