YJ, thanks for the advice! Bounty, you are welcome to come to Miami and work on my Jeep anytime you feel bored!!! HAHAHA!!!
Anyway, a little update on my weekend...
I first installed my KC SlimLites Fog Lights on the stock bumper (for now; the bumper is still on the "things to change" list), and routed and connected all the cables.
Since I wanted these lights to be on only when I turn on the headlights, I connected them to the main beam of the headlights. But since I also wanted them on with my high beams, I used two diodes (fuses at the mean beam and hi-beam cables are 3A, so I used 3A diodes) and put one in the cable comming in from the main beam of the headlights, and then spliced it with the cable from the high beams of the previously installed KC Daylighters (which are mounted on the windshield and connected to the high beams) with another diode in the splicing cable so that electricity would go back in that direction either. Now if I turn the switches for both aux lights, they are both off when my lights are off, the fog lights come on with the low beam, and both come on with the high beam, so it is working as I wanted it to work (more light for those drives in the middle of nowhere!). And to avoid having 3 different kind of switches in the dashboard, I ordered some labled and lighted switches from
http://www.4x4mods.com/Product/Jeep/...rswitch40.html, which worked fine for the lights, but are still giving a bit of a headache for the fan (but that's further down this post!).
By the way, the hole above the switches came with the Jeep, and I had nothing to do with that! And the switches were in the UP position for the two in the right (lights) and the down position for the one in the left (fan); that's why they look not aligned!
I also takled the new radiator and hoses (that was simple enough), but the electric fan was a bit more of a challenge. I had to do some light mods to the shroud, as the original Ford shroud is a bit wider than the Jeep's radiator. I used a heat gun, a drill and a jigsaw to make the cuts and bends, and it came on nicely, I think. I'll be checking on it every now and then just to be sure it stays on nice and tight, though.
I also installed a fan controller from
http://www.dccontrol.com/ which is really nice; this controller controls the fan speed so that instead of ON and OFF, you have many speeds for the fan to keep it steady at one temperature instead of bouncing up and down as the fan goes on and off. you can barely see it installed behind the battery on the picture above. This controller comes with a IGNITION and AC leads that you connect directly to a source that is only active wih the ignition switch (or if you want the fan on even after you turn the Jeep off, to any 12V source that is on even after the Jeep is off) and to the AC Compressor so that the fan turns on anytime the compressor does.
My intention was to splice the AC cable, and use a diode to keep the direction of the electricity in check, and further up the line splice the IGNITION (again, with it's respective diode) so that both lines are fed if the switch is in the UP position (thus forcing the fan ON), and then connect the DOWN position only to the IGNITION so that the fan is in AUTOMATIC in the DOWN position. Thus, I would have OVERRIDE ON, OVERRIDE OFF, and AUTO from the 3 positions of the rocker swithc, all with LEDs to show what position the swithc is on.
Unfortunately, because of the diagram of the switch, it seems this will not be possible.
As you can see, when the switch is in the UP position, one side is fed +12V, but because of the conections to make the LEDs light up, the other side is now in -12V!!!! I have tried all possible connections, but since one side will always be grounded, the fuses keep blowing out!!! Any ideas on what to do about this? At this time, I connected the AUTO and of course I have the OFF function... But I had to leave one side totally non-functional because otherwie I keep blowing the fuses...
As far as the lift, dropped Pitman arm, SYE and T/W Shaft, they'ss have to wait for next weekend, as I had not even close to enough time to do this... By the way, any additional tips for this install is welcomed!
Felipe
