Ok, would anyone have an idea of what CAN and CAN NOT be removed from a stock '97+ wiring harness so it would work as a pretty much ECU/TCU standalone harness?

 

Put this on North American XJ Association or Jeep Cherokee Forum

I don't know why they moved this topic, nobody in the non-hardcore will know the answer to this.

 

I posted the same question there (naxja)... not getting much progress there either.
I'm not sure why this was moved either... to electrical maybe, but hey who am I to questions the powers at work here.

There are not a whole lot of wires that you can just remove from under the hood. But I guess it depends on what you consider to be the bare minimum.

I cut down a 96 XJ harness not to long ago for a swap, but only wanted to remove a few things that I knew I would not use.

I removed all the cruse, ac, aux fan, and a few odds and ends like under hood lamp.

ya, I have pretty much done this inside the vehicle, will have to try the same under the hood later. headlights/signals harness is gone but that was just from the plugs forward, will go further in time I guess.

thanks

 

There are not a whole lot of wires that you can just remove from under the hood. But I guess it depends on what you consider to be the bare minimum.

I cut down a 96 XJ harness not to long ago for a swap, but only wanted to remove a few things that I knew I would not use.

I removed all the cruse, ac, aux fan, and a few odds and ends like under hood lamp.

 

spend the $30 at local parts store on an alldata disk for your chosen year, this way you have a solid wiring schematic. Cut out anything you wont use, ac, abs, radio,air bags, interior lighting, cruise, etc. I cant think of specifics at the moment but you will obviously need things to keep obd2 happy, im not sure on the xj but some other obd2 setups run the harness through the instrument cluster and have to keep the cluster or go with aftermarket harne$$$$.

Start it up, unplug something. If it still runs you dont need it! Continue untill you have met the goal of a skimpy harness.

 

spend the $30 at local parts store on an alldata disk for your chosen year

... or go to AllDataDIY.Com and buy a year subscription for both your vehicle and the donor. I didn't even think of clipping wires/connectors off until I knew exactly what they were and where they went on the donor.

 

^ This is exactly what I did with my 96 harness. Granted, it was for a swap so I needed the information for other reasons as well.

When I was done with the swap, I printed up all the diagrams that related to what I had, to have a "service manual" for my wiring.

 

Go to the electrical and search for xj harness or something like that it will bring up two threads, if i remember right it explained it pretty good and people willing to help through pm

 

Search " jeep 5 wires to fire" show you what you need to make the 4.0 run