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Old Jun 30, 2020 | 11:15 AM
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Anyone have access to a video for R/R of the rear harness? Thanks in advance!
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Old Jun 30, 2020 | 12:03 PM
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Are you having a problem?
just anout to get into it... I guess that rubber grommet the passes through the rear would come out toward the front, wouldn't it?
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Sorry for the grammar.. Didn't check my voice text before I hit submit!
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It's not too bad to remove. It connects to the cabin harness in the big cluster of connector above the drivers' left foot It travels in a channel along the driver door sill and then through the driver side of the storage compartment with a branch up through the rear roof for the T-top alarms and the dome light Other than the rear body lamps the only other thing on the harness is the fuel level sensor.

If i remember correctly the bushing is symmetrical so you can remove/install it from either side. There's only one chassis ground connection near the radio antenna.

If you want to add a third (high) brake lamp now's the time as all you have to do is make a pigtail splice into the existing stop lamp lead and attach a new ground with plenty of convenient places to do so. I went to a salvage yard to get the fixture for mine and chose one that was originally on top of a pickup cab. It doesn't interfere in the least with the view in the inside mirror and is highly visible from the outside yet unobtrusive on the inside.

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Old Jun 30, 2020 | 05:23 PM
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Thanks Mike!
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