Intro and Look what I Found
Dmacd910
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- 75 CJ5, 258, 3 spd, Dana 20.
Two of em, one red, one black.
I thought I would tell you about what I found on my latest Jeep as a way to introduce myself. I have had several Jeep CJ's off and on ever since getting out of high school. The first vehicle I ever bought was a used 73 CJ5 .
I currently have two 1975 CJ-5s. The first one is black and looks good from the outside. However if you look up underneath you will see it is really 2 billion rust molecules holding hands. The "new" one is red and is in much better shape. Since they are the same year, model, engine, tranny, Transfer Case and all, the black one will become a parts supplier for the red one.
The red CJ5 did not have a working horn and the turn signals felt soft. Thank God for this site and YouTube! After lots of looking I decided to try to get the horn working.
The previous owner had pulled a tilt wheel/power steering unit out of a mid 80's S-10 pick up and put it in the Jeep. So I checked the horn, the fuse, the relay, all the stuff I learned here. Still no horn. So I decided to pull the steering wheel. I found that the turn signal switch was cracked and was going to fail at some point so I decided to replace it. I also ordered a new cam and horn wire set as well.
So when the new parts arrive I start taking it apart. Of course the new switch has a nice shiny plug-in attachment. But as I try to remove the old one I see what is in the second photo. The PO cut the plug off and spliced the wires. And if you look close one wire isn't connected to anything. Yep, it's the horn wire.
So I start looking for the other end of the black wire. I finally get my head up under the dash to look for it. I found it. In the third photo you can see what I found. Yes, it's a doorbell switch. Connect the battery, push the doorbell and the horn honks. Understand that this was way up under the dash, above the back of the headlight switch. It wasn't like he was going to bend over, reach up under the dash and ring the doorbell... Oh well, at least I found the horn circuit.
Anyway, I cut the plug off the new switch, connect all the wires and everything works. For now.
I'm considering naming this Jeep "Johnny Dangerously." Because every time I find another one of the PO's doorbells I wanna call him a "Farging Icehole"....
I currently have two 1975 CJ-5s. The first one is black and looks good from the outside. However if you look up underneath you will see it is really 2 billion rust molecules holding hands. The "new" one is red and is in much better shape. Since they are the same year, model, engine, tranny, Transfer Case and all, the black one will become a parts supplier for the red one.
The red CJ5 did not have a working horn and the turn signals felt soft. Thank God for this site and YouTube! After lots of looking I decided to try to get the horn working.
The previous owner had pulled a tilt wheel/power steering unit out of a mid 80's S-10 pick up and put it in the Jeep. So I checked the horn, the fuse, the relay, all the stuff I learned here. Still no horn. So I decided to pull the steering wheel. I found that the turn signal switch was cracked and was going to fail at some point so I decided to replace it. I also ordered a new cam and horn wire set as well.
So when the new parts arrive I start taking it apart. Of course the new switch has a nice shiny plug-in attachment. But as I try to remove the old one I see what is in the second photo. The PO cut the plug off and spliced the wires. And if you look close one wire isn't connected to anything. Yep, it's the horn wire.
So I start looking for the other end of the black wire. I finally get my head up under the dash to look for it. I found it. In the third photo you can see what I found. Yes, it's a doorbell switch. Connect the battery, push the doorbell and the horn honks. Understand that this was way up under the dash, above the back of the headlight switch. It wasn't like he was going to bend over, reach up under the dash and ring the doorbell... Oh well, at least I found the horn circuit.
Anyway, I cut the plug off the new switch, connect all the wires and everything works. For now.
I'm considering naming this Jeep "Johnny Dangerously." Because every time I find another one of the PO's doorbells I wanna call him a "Farging Icehole"....
