91 Explorer interior lights.

[slimn3m]

I have looked everywhere and couldn't find the info I need. Hopefully somebody can help me out here. My explorer has been pretty much turned into a 91 4dr sport trac and I need to figure out how to trick my hatch wiring so my interior lights will go out. Seeing as how I no longer have a hatch.

 

[willindsay]

I have looked everywhere and couldn't find the info I need. Hopefully somebody can help me out here. My explorer has been pretty much turned into a 91 4dr sport trac and I need to figure out how to trick my hatch wiring so my interior lights will go out. Seeing as how I no longer have a hatch.

I'm just taking a guess but I would bet the switch that triggers the lights to go on is a push to break so you should just be able to pull it out and cut the wires to fix it. Make sure you tape up the end of the wires though so if the touch something they don't spark and catch something on fire.

 

[slimn3m]

the wires are unplugged and arent touching anything. Those wires may not even be my issue. It may be the sensors in the door jams. would it still be thinking the hatch is open with this wire unhooked? It would be awesome to have working interior lights. lol

 

[willindsay]

My logic is that the switches transfer current when they aren't pushed in. Say when you open the door the switch pops out letting current flow.

Now with the wires unhooked to the hatch and all other doors closed do the domelights come on? If so I would try touchin the wires together (assuming it's only 2 wires).

Now of course I have never messes with any of this I'm just going by th logic I was taught in HS classes and my Electrical Engineering class.

But we all know that car manufactures do some things that make absolutely no since.

 

[slimn3m]

I had the same thoughts as you do on that but didn't work. dome lights stay on with all 4 doors shut. the connector has 3 wires i tried every combination of touching wires and every way but one way i tried blew a fuse. it didnt do anything.

 

[BrooklynBay]

Welcome to this forum! I've moved your thread into the 91-94 section. You should try to get a schamatic diagram of the lighting circuitry

 

[willindsay]

Ok I just looked on the wiring diagrams I have for a 93 and it only shows 2 wires going to the switch a LG/Y and BK/LB. This has me stumped.
Are you sure you have the right thing?

Edit: It shows it to be on the left side about middle of the taillight

 

[slimn3m]

Im not sure if the pics uploaded correctly but if they did then you see what im workin with. On the connector that was unhooked from the hatch there are 3 wires. Black, green/yellow, and black/light blue. I have another 91 explorer 2dr and I think im gonna try to troubleshoot with it a little. If I discover my problem/fix I will repost.

 

[little x]

I just walked out and checked, when I open my lift gate and disconnect the quick connection with 3 wires black, green/yellow, and black/light blue the interior lights turn off.

All you should have to do is disconnect the wires as stated earlier. There must be a short somewhere in the system allowing one of those wires to touch another or ground out.

 

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[slimn3m]

ok I probably need to take a good look at the switches in my door jams. one of them might not be working correctly. my starter teeth or my flywheel teeth are gone so its gotta sit for a couple of weeks so i will try to troubleshoot on it after that gets fixed. thanks to everybody that has helped with my problem and i will repost after I get the chance to check things out.