Karin77777
Basic User
- City
- Nashville
- State
- TN
Hi all,
I have been a long time lurker of this forum and I am doing a 1982 scrambler restoration. I have an automatic transmission and an inline 6cyl engine.
My problem is that I took off the dash and all the gauges to redo the dash and since then I cannot get my jeep started. I have put back all the gauges and wiring that I know of and I just have a few connectors that I am not sure what they go to, even though I have scoured the internet I just can't seem to find the answers. I'm leaving to go out of the country on an overland expedition on November 1st so I am getting to the desperate point, hence posting to the forum.
The jeep will crank and almost turn over but it seems like something is keeping it from doing so. I have the team rush upgrade so it has an upgraded coil and ford distributor cap and rotor, and it has an msd ignition. It was running fine before I parked it and took the dash off. Also I had to take the steering wheel off to get the dash off, so maybe I didn't connect something properly. I am thinking maybe it's a ground issue, but I'm not sure if something not being grounded in the dash would cause the engine not to start.
Basically I need to know where the neutral safety switch is exactly. I know where it comes off the transmission, but I cannot find it on my steering column anywhere. I thought maybe that could be preventing it from starting.
Also, please see these pics below:
Here is a connector with an yellow, violet and black wire that I'm not sure what it goes to:
http://www2.snapfish.com/snapfish/s...otsc=SHR/otsi=SPIClink/COBRAND_NAME=snapfish/
Also near the light switch, there is another connector that looks important that is grey, orange, black and white, with the white cable cut:
http://www2.snapfish.com/snapfish/s...otsc=SHR/otsi=SPIClink/COBRAND_NAME=snapfish/
Also there is a random orange connector near the light switch:
http://www2.snapfish.com/snapfish/s...otsc=SHR/otsi=SPIClink/COBRAND_NAME=snapfish/
And an orange and black connector coming right off the fuse panel:
http://www2.snapfish.com/snapfish/s...otsc=SHR/otsi=SPIClink/COBRAND_NAME=snapfish/
And this pink and red connector coming off another connector (maybe brake connector) :
http://www2.snapfish.com/snapfish/s...otsc=SHR/otsi=SPIClink/COBRAND_NAME=snapfish/
And if you need to see the full wiring harness, here is a link to the album I created that has some more pictures:
http://www2.snapfish.com/snapfish/t...otsc=SHR/otsi=SALBlink/COBRAND_NAME=snapfish/
Thanks so much for any help that anyone can provide. Also if you're near Nashville and know a lot about this, then I would pay for someone to come take a look at this and help me out. I think it is something pretty simple.
I have been a long time lurker of this forum and I am doing a 1982 scrambler restoration. I have an automatic transmission and an inline 6cyl engine.
My problem is that I took off the dash and all the gauges to redo the dash and since then I cannot get my jeep started. I have put back all the gauges and wiring that I know of and I just have a few connectors that I am not sure what they go to, even though I have scoured the internet I just can't seem to find the answers. I'm leaving to go out of the country on an overland expedition on November 1st so I am getting to the desperate point, hence posting to the forum.
The jeep will crank and almost turn over but it seems like something is keeping it from doing so. I have the team rush upgrade so it has an upgraded coil and ford distributor cap and rotor, and it has an msd ignition. It was running fine before I parked it and took the dash off. Also I had to take the steering wheel off to get the dash off, so maybe I didn't connect something properly. I am thinking maybe it's a ground issue, but I'm not sure if something not being grounded in the dash would cause the engine not to start.
Basically I need to know where the neutral safety switch is exactly. I know where it comes off the transmission, but I cannot find it on my steering column anywhere. I thought maybe that could be preventing it from starting.
Also, please see these pics below:
Here is a connector with an yellow, violet and black wire that I'm not sure what it goes to:
http://www2.snapfish.com/snapfish/s...otsc=SHR/otsi=SPIClink/COBRAND_NAME=snapfish/
Also near the light switch, there is another connector that looks important that is grey, orange, black and white, with the white cable cut:
http://www2.snapfish.com/snapfish/s...otsc=SHR/otsi=SPIClink/COBRAND_NAME=snapfish/
Also there is a random orange connector near the light switch:
http://www2.snapfish.com/snapfish/s...otsc=SHR/otsi=SPIClink/COBRAND_NAME=snapfish/
And an orange and black connector coming right off the fuse panel:
http://www2.snapfish.com/snapfish/s...otsc=SHR/otsi=SPIClink/COBRAND_NAME=snapfish/
And this pink and red connector coming off another connector (maybe brake connector) :
http://www2.snapfish.com/snapfish/s...otsc=SHR/otsi=SPIClink/COBRAND_NAME=snapfish/
And if you need to see the full wiring harness, here is a link to the album I created that has some more pictures:
http://www2.snapfish.com/snapfish/t...otsc=SHR/otsi=SALBlink/COBRAND_NAME=snapfish/
Thanks so much for any help that anyone can provide. Also if you're near Nashville and know a lot about this, then I would pay for someone to come take a look at this and help me out. I think it is something pretty simple.