Thanks, bly109!

 

well, i guess this would be nice, but you are talking about a very complicated, electronic, computer controlled switch. and if you are talking about the two sets of switches shown in the photo above: both sets are not for lockers.

yes, the original switches work just like normal.

i don't think what you are worried about would really be possible. if you have ever driven with lockers on, you know what it feels like and know that you would never be able to, mistakenly, forget they are on and drive to a freeway and get up to 70mph without noticing.

 

hmm... i havent taken the switches out and looked at them yet, but if they are hooked to a computer then yeah, it might be a little hard to re-use it.

and when i asked "why have 2 sets of switches" i meant, that to me it'd be better to just re-use the OEM switch and not wind up with 2 switches that control a locker, or 3 total for the whole thing. I knew that only 2 of the switches in the picture were for lockers while the other two are most likly for lights or something else.

and yeah, now that i think about it, you're right, when the lockers are engaged, you can tell and would know it well before getting near highway speeds.

I am going to see if i can find one of these OEM switches thats been removed so i can look at it, or just pull mine out. I think it can be done, just not as easy as installing 2 extra switches...

 

When you do this mod, it states that the locker lights flash when you throw the newly installed switches. By "flash", do you mean they flash just like when the factory switch is used until the locker actually locks, and then they stay steady on? Or do they continue to flash regardless of whether the locker is actually locked or not?

Thanks in advance.

Tom
Bryson City, NC

 

I'd like to understand this flashing thing a little better too. Those are my pics above w/the rocker switches in the lower panel... I've had this mod for a few weeks or so now. Haven't tried the lockers in 4hi, but I did test my switches while the Jeep was in 2hi. They locked as one would think they should, but my locker light has never flashed...

So my question is, do you need to be in 4wd for it to flash... cuz mine doesn't do it in 2hi... but it does indeed lock! As mentioned above, you can't mistake that

 

the locker lights will start flashing once you flip the switch, it usually takes a roll or two of the wheel to lock though, and it will keep flashing, until you flip the switch back.

When i flip the switch on mine, it starts flashing about half a second after and continues to flash until i turn it off. If your light doesnt flash, you might want to try and make sure its actually locked...it may not be.

One other thing, i have just picked up from running this mod over the past few months. When you lock it in 2 hi or 4hi, turn the esp off

 

Turning off the ESP certainly makes sense otherwise you'll have the ESP fighting w/your lockers.

But back to the flashing light... I can tell you that my lockers lock in when I flip the switch (only done it in 2hi)... there's defenitely no mistaking the feeling of front or rear locker engaged... but my light doesn't flash... Which is actually fine by me... flashing stuff gets on my nerves anyway.

EDIT: I went today at lunch and tried my locker switch in 4hi... works great... still nothing blinks... I imagine it should be the indicator on the dash that blinks, correct? nothing on mine blinked at me. Defenitely locked though...

 

If yours doesn't blink, thats awesome...But yes, the normal locker light that stays lite when the locker is locked, using the factory switch, is the one that will blink

I like it because it lets me know that i have them locked in 4hi and not 4 low.

Did you do your wiring the same as me, and use separate switches??

 

I did wire the same as you... into the ground signal of the relays next to the battery under the hood. Wired each one into different switches. I went out last night and tried the factory locker switch while in 4lo and the lights blinked and the lockers locked... lights on dash kept blinking (never stayed lit) but the lockers were locked. Then I turned them off and hit my manual switches... no blinking light, but the lockers did lock. Not sure of the significance of any of this... and am actually happy they don't blink w/my manual switches... I have the race style toggles/rockers... so it becomes very apparent when they are flipped up/on.

 

I think you have something wrong, on the stock application, the lights blink when you press the locker switch, and continue to blink until the lockers are able to engage. Once the lockers engage in a stock Rubi, the light stops blinking and goes on steady, to let you know your ready to go. If your lights have never gone solid when using the lockers in 4LO before this mod, you had something going wrong. Don't know if you can have the dealer diagnose it now with the mod tho. Sounds like an electrical gremlin only, since you've had your lockers working.