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#1 92SquareEye

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Posted 15 March 2009 - 08:07 PM

I decided to add a second bulb into the bucket lights to make flat towing an easier process

get a 12v light socket and a trailer wiring harness. i like to use uninsulated terminals, solder where necessary and shrink tubing...

remove the divider from the light bucket and drill a hole large enough to accommodate the light socket...
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drill a hole in the back of the bucket large enough for the wiring to pass through and install a grommet
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drill the hole and install the socket so that it doesn't interfer w/ the other bulbs....
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i decided to put trailer plugs on the end of each of these so they could easily be changed out later...
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crimped and shrink taped for moisture resistance...
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all wired up and ready to install...
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installed at the rear...
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now all you need to do is run the trailer harnesss to the back end connectors and plug them in...

-dave

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Posted 15 March 2009 - 08:12 PM

Nice but do you carry a "Y" to hook the two together then out to the harness seeing they are seperate?

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#3 92SquareEye

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Posted 15 March 2009 - 08:15 PM

nope...i wired it all up and ran it through the loom w/ the others. will take pics tomorrow...

-dave

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Posted 15 March 2009 - 08:17 PM

On my CJ5 I tapped off from the light wires and have the trailer harness comming out of the grille whne needed. I disconnect the batteries on the CJ when flat towing.

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Posted 15 March 2009 - 08:49 PM

i use magnetic lights whenever i flat tow but you get an "A" for putting the time into that dave.

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Posted 16 March 2009 - 06:03 AM

That looks good. I think I would have run a "Y" or two on the main harness where the lights plug into it.

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Posted 03 April 2009 - 01:08 PM

I am a little late responding to this...could you provide a source for the light sockets you used?
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#8 92SquareEye

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Posted 03 April 2009 - 02:43 PM

yeah...i cheated. i used to use magnetic lights like dan suggested so i had a set laying around. i basically canabalized them to make this work, but you can get the light socket w/ pigtails at a-zone, along with a 20' harness...

-dave