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self installed locker switch pics please

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Old Oct 17, 2009 | 09:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Doninator
those look like sweet fighter jet pilot switches.. Now you just need a couple more for the weapons of mass destruction
Top console switch panel's comin' soon.
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Old Oct 17, 2009 | 09:20 AM
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Originally Posted by cgtweet
Seer... did you do a write up on setting up the switch for your lockers? Also... do you have dana 44's?
It really wasn't worth a writeup. It was just four wires per circuit as I described. At each side of the Jeep right at the curve of where the hood fits, there's some styrofoam caoted in foil. Poke a hole and run your wires through there. And yes I installed a Rubi 44 front in my Sahara. (Runnin'an ARB in the rear.)
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Old Oct 17, 2009 | 09:21 AM
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I don't have my lockers yet, next year hopefully. I did install an ARB compressor under the hood and put the switch for it in the bottom console. I'm headed out for a trail right now but will take a picture tonight so you can see it. The ARBs should come with the wiring and switches and solenoids to go on the compressor if that's what you are putting in. They will match the switch I already have installed. I made a template out of cardboard for the switch, drew it on the console and used a razor blade and file to cut it out. Dremel would be faster but you gotta be careful not to melt the plastic.
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Old Oct 17, 2009 | 09:43 AM
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Thanks for the replies.

Seer ... so there are 4 wires, two for switching on/off and two for stutus?

Does the manual have a wiring diagram?

Love the ARB switches... gotta look them up.
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Old Oct 17, 2009 | 10:28 AM
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you know that daystar makes a switch panel that fits the arb switches perfectly right?
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Old Oct 17, 2009 | 10:40 AM
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Its only the ARB in the rear. It's the standard Mopar locker in the front. The ARB is a bit more complicated, but their instructions are top notch. I was speaking of wiring the front locker up and was including all wires batt->fuse, fuse->switch, switch->plug (on diff), plug->ground. Then batt->fuse, fuse->light, light->other plug, other plug->ground.

Don't personally like ARB style switches, they're too easy to turn off accidentally.
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