wiring a XJ hitch

I've got a 88 XJ and I'm wiring a hitch. Do I Need a converter since
the tail lights and brake lights are operated with 2 different wires??

The determing factor is if the Trun Signals and the Brake Lights use the
SAME bulb. If they do, then you do not need a converter, if they each use
their own bulb, then you will need the converter.

Another way to tell is if they have a converter at the store that fits your
vehicle, then you will be needing to buy one.




"AWantz" > wrote in message
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> I've got a 88 XJ and I'm wiring a hitch. Do I Need a converter since
> the tail lights and brake lights are operated with 2 different wires??
>

yes

AWantz wrote:

> I've got a 88 XJ and I'm wiring a hitch. Do I Need a converter since
> the tail lights and brake lights are operated with 2 different wires??

Unless the OP wants to add another pair of lamps to his trailer, then he
can simply use a 6-pin trailer connector and wire it direct. One pair
for turn, one pair for stop and tail, just like his XJ.

I recently finished up my 1948 utility trailer and _wanted_ separate
stop and turn signals on it. I used an after-market in-line connector
on my `96 XJ to get into the wiring harness and then broke into that
upstream of the converter box to get the seperate terminals. I left the
4 pin connector in place in case I ever tow something that uses that
connector.



philthy wrote:
> yes
>
> AWantz wrote:
>
>
>>I've got a 88 XJ and I'm wiring a hitch. Do I Need a converter since
>>the tail lights and brake lights are operated with 2 different wires??
>
>


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It's the stop and turn that are on the same filament.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
http://www.billhughes.com/

Lee Ayrton wrote:
>
> Unless the OP wants to add another pair of lamps to his trailer, then he
> can simply use a 6-pin trailer connector and wire it direct. One pair
> for turn, one pair for stop and tail, just like his XJ.
>
> I recently finished up my 1948 utility trailer and _wanted_ separate
> stop and turn signals on it. I used an after-market in-line connector
> on my `96 XJ to get into the wiring harness and then broke into that
> upstream of the converter box to get the seperate terminals. I left the
> 4 pin connector in place in case I ever tow something that uses that
> connector.

He's got an `88 Cherokee. If it is like my `89 was then he's got
separate brake light and turn signal systems, not the two filament
combination stop/tail/turn lamp houses like the CJs had.


L.W.(Bill) Hughes III wrote:
> It's the stop and turn that are on the same filament.
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> http://www.billhughes.com/
>
> Lee Ayrton wrote:
>
>>Unless the OP wants to add another pair of lamps to his trailer, then he
>>can simply use a 6-pin trailer connector and wire it direct. One pair
>>for turn, one pair for stop and tail, just like his XJ.
>>
>>I recently finished up my 1948 utility trailer and _wanted_ separate
>>stop and turn signals on it. I used an after-market in-line connector
>>on my `96 XJ to get into the wiring harness and then broke into that
>>upstream of the converter box to get the seperate terminals. I left the
>>4 pin connector in place in case I ever tow something that uses that
>>connector.