1985 Jeep CJ7 Electrical Nightmare

OKIE-DOKIE FELLER

LOOKS LIKE WE ARE GONNA BE PALS FOR A GOOD WHILE IN THE EVENINGS!

THINK IT'S POSSIBLE TO REVERT BACK TO THE ORIGINAL IGNITION SYSTEM?

I RECKON YOU HAVE READ THRU SOME OF MY STUFF?

I'LL BE GLAD TO ASSIST ALL I CAN, AND AS LONG AS YOU KEEP RESPONDING!

DO YOU NEED A DIAGRAM OF HOW THE ORIGINAL IGNITION GOES OR DO YOU HAVE THAT WITH YOUR NEW WIRING HARNESS?

WHAT REGION ARE YOU IN? ARE YOU ANNUALLY CHECKED?

ANY MODS TO THE CARB?

THANKS FOR ASKING FOR ME - GIVES ME A WARM FUZZY!

I TOLD MY DATE, 10 YEARS AGO, THAT "ME AND MY JEEPS ARE 'ONE', CAN'T LIKE ME, UNLESS YOU LIKE MY JEEPS". NOW MARRIED, SHE MUST STILL WORK HARD TO TRY TO COMPETE WITH THEM!

YOUR TURN

THE MEDIC (ACTUALLY "CJ MEDEVAC", THROWED THE MEDIC PART IN TO GO ALONG WITH THE MEDEVAC)

Yeah brother I do have a diagram of the wiring harness, it came with the new one. When you say revert back to the original ignition though, what exactly do you mean?

The only mods for the carb. Are a removed electric choke. So not really.

Im in the Southeast Uhwarrie area. And I am not annually checked.

The only thing I have come up with at this point is that it may need a new ignition module. However, I refuse to spend another dime until I talk to somebody who knows what the hell they are talking about.

SOUNDS LIKE YOU MAY BE 5 OR SO HOURS FROM HERE

BEDTIME, SEE YOU TOMORROW!

THE MEDIC

OK BOSS

THIS IS WHAT I WANT YOU TO LOOK OVER

THESE PICS WERE INTENDED TO HELP SOMEONE ELSE - HENCE, SOME OF THE WRITING I PUT ON THEM, DISREGARD THINGS I'M NOT EXPLAINING TO YOU

HERE'S WHAT I WANNA KNOW FOR NOW

1) IN YOUR NEW HARNESS, IS THE "RESISTANCE WIRE" PRESENT, OR IS IT JUST A PLAIN OLD WIRE? (THEY LOOK THE SAME)

2) MY DIAGRAMS ARE OF A 1979 (VERY CLOSE TO YOURS)

IN PIC 1 YOU WILL SEE I CIRCLED 4 WIRES (THIS WAS THE "STANDARD", UNTIL THE CRAPPY COMPUTER WAS PUT IN IN LATER YEARS)

THE "BLACK WIRE" RUNS THRU THE COMPUTER ON YOURS AND DOES NOT ROUTE IN LIKE THE 1979

WE WILL CHANGE THAT - THEN THE COMPUTER CANNOT "BARGE IN" AND KILL THE IGNITION

THIS IS SOMETIMES KNOWN AS THE NUTTER BYPASS - I'VE ALWAYS JUST CALLED IT BYPASSING THE COMPUTER, BEFORE SOMEONE NAMED IT

I'LL SHOW YOU HOW AFTER YOU GET YOUR DISTRIBUTOR BACK IN AND THE IGNITION MODULE IN. IT'S PRETTY EZ

STILL GOT YOUR ORIGINAL DISTRIBUTOR?

NEED HELP RE-INSTALLING IT CORRECTLY?

OUT OF THE 7 JEEPS I'VE OWNED (1 BEING "WILLY") AS FAR AS PLAIN OLD TRANSPORTATION (NOT RACING, ETC) THE BEST IMPROVEMENTS I'VE EVER MADE HAVE BEEN MY

A) OFFENHAUSER 4 BARREL INTAKE

B) MY HOLLEY 390 CFM 4 BARREL CARB - 18 MPG, THE POWER IS THERE IF NEEDED

C) MY "TRUE DOUBLE ROLLER" TIMING CHAIN

D) MY TRAIN HORN!

E) I HAVE MADE MANY OTHER "USER FRIENDLY" IMPROVEMENTS TO MY PRESENT 1977 CJ-5, IF YOU FLIP THRU THE 2CAR CJ 5 & 7 FORUMS, YOU ARE BOUND TO SEE A BUNCH OF 'EM

I'M NO SCIENTIST, NOR DO I HAVE A DYNO! OUT OF ALL OF THE IGNITION UPGRADES THAT I'VE SEEN FIRST HAND, I REALLY NEVER SAW IMPROVEMENTS ABOVE THE ORIGINAL. SURE THEY LOOK COOL, BUT WHEN IT'S TIME MAKE A REPAIR OR GET A PART, IT'S A REAL PAIN. I'VE BEEN STRIVING FOR THE BEST MPG FOR YEARS, AND IF I GET MORE POWER IF I GET ON IT, THAT'S OK TOO! I'VE TRIED SO MANY "INCREASED MPG PROMISE ITEMS" (LIKE HE TORNADO AND SPLITFIRE PLUGS, ETC, ETC)

I RECKON YOU ARE PRETTY DARN CAPABLE OF KEEPING UP WITH ME IF YOU WERE ABLE TO INSTALL A "PAINFUL WIRING HARNESS"!

HOW DO YOU WANT TO APPROACH THIS? LEMME KNOW WHAT YOU WANNA START ON

THE MEDIC

ANY SORTA NEWS ON HOW THINGS ARE GOING?

THE MEDIC