Jeep Grand Cherokee wiring harness repair between door

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  • Witsend
    Junior Member
    • Nov 2012
    • 2942

    #1

    Jeep Grand Cherokee wiring harness repair between door

    The wires often break inside the accordion bellows between the driver side door and body. You pull the bellows back and find the broken wire and other wires starting to crack . You know a splice at the flex point is not a lasting option.
    You unscrew the fastener, separate the connectors, remove the terminal lock and carefully extract the OE terminal with the broken wire.
    Auto Zone, and Napa have no selection , and the dealer doesn't sell the terminals (said they used to sell a door jumper harness kit for $350, but it is an obsolete part now , LOL)
    I go to some little Mom and Pop run Auto parts store with a real book catalog of wiring terminals with the illustrations and order a package of 10 Standard Motor Products OE Style Terminal CG51 for like $7 Crimped and tinned 14 gauge and 16 gauge wires with plenty of length and replaced the other 4 damaged wires and terminals too . FYI the Jeep was a 93 Cherokee, but the Body style was used for many years. You might want to keep some Standard Motor Products CG51 OE style terminals in a tray somewhere. Female tubular style 3/32"
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    Last edited by Witsend; 08-12-2014, 07:25 AM.
  • Joe Rappa
    Snap-on DSD
    • Aug 2007
    • 2173

    #2
    Great tip! I like it when you post sober.

    Joe
    "You don't build a reputation on what you're going to do"
    Henry Ford

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    • sbreland73
      Senior Member
      • Jan 2009
      • 1146

      #3
      Originally posted by Joe Rappa
      Great tip! I like it when you post sober.

      Joe
      HA! Will second that.
      S. Breland

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      • diesel71
        Senior Member
        • Feb 2008
        • 954

        #4
        that is some good information thanks.

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        • Witsend
          Junior Member
          • Nov 2012
          • 2942

          #5
          My PC no longer recognizes my old digital camera via the USB cable , so I was unable to load the picture of the door connector repair terminals. Thought my camera with the cracked LCD was finally DOA , but low and behold , the picture it took of the repair terminals was actually there, and transferable via XD card reader on the PC. I edited and added the picture to the original post so you can see what the terminals I spliced 14 gauge wires actually look like .

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