I mounted the override switch module onto the center console yesterday, but haven’t totally finished the install. I realized in the process that the supplied wire is just barely long enough to reach between the TCU and the switch module, but not long enough to allow the console to be removed in the future without disconnecting the wire at the module first. And disconnecting the wire at the module would require loosening the console, sliding a hand underneath, and then delicately disconnecting a fairly dainty connector entirely by feel. Knowing myself, I’d either forget how short the wire is and break something by yanking on the console the next time I need to pull it out, or I’d spend an hour trying blindly to disconnect the wires from the module without breaking anything and cursing myself all the while for installing it like that. So, planning for the future, I’ve decided to run the supplied wire from the module to a plug-type connector that I can reach through the opening for the console storage tray, and then run another length of wire from the plug-type connector to the TCU. In other words, I’m going to use an extension cord. Needless to say, that’ll require supplies that I don’t have readily at hand. So this simple project has become more time-consuming than I anticipated, just like pretty much every other Jeep project I’ve ever worked on. (I don’t know why I enjoy doing this stuff. Is something wrong with me?)
The shortness of the wire wouldn’t be an issue at all if the override unit still plugged into the TCU without having to be permanently spliced, or if I had decided to install it on the shifter bezel instead of near the e-brake lever, but them’s the breaks. I’m not bitching, just providing information to anyone who does this install in the future.