I would have too if I had an automatic.
Found a YouTube video showing the firewall plug on a JL Wrangler (maybe a 2018) - confirms it's the upper plug - this screen capture shows the plug removed:
And here's the plug - it has 2 tabs on it...
Obviously it's on the Driver's side adjacent to the brake booster...
Here's a link with more information on this pass through and plug:
https://www.jlwranglerforums.com/forum/threads/wiring-through-the-firewall.8424/
View from inside the Jeep:
I may do this when I get around to the onboard AIRRealizing I'm WAAAAAAY late to this discussion, but just thought my own experience might be helpful for other noobs like me.
I wrestled with that plug for about 15 minutes, couldn't get good purchase on it from either side, especially since I thought I needed to twist it to unlock it... (You don't.)
So I sprayed just a little bit of WD40 on the edges (interior and exterior) and it popped right out when I pushed it with one finger (from the foot well side).
You can see in the image below the two tabs that actually hold the plug in place (marked with yellow arrows). You should be able to see these tabs when you stick your head into the footwell and look up there. You can see in the second photo that the tabs are cutouts in the circular wall of the plug.
Presumably, you could just pinch the tabs and push the plug out, but it's probably easier to just spray a little shot of WD40 onto those tabs and you ought to get the same result I did - an easy one-finger push and the plug was lying on my driveway.
If you can't see the tabs, look for the numeral "3" stamped into the plastic of the plug (in the yellow circle in the image below). It should be at the six o'clock position. The tabs are at 90 degrees around, right and left, from the "3" (in other words, they should be at the 3 o'clock and 9 o'clock positions).
The flanges on the plug that look like screw threads (and made me think I needed to rotate the plug to get it out) don't serve much purpose other than to align the plug with the flange cutouts in the firewall through-hole.
I guess the moral of the story is "don't overthink it!"
From here, I plan to drill out a small hole in the plastic plug and use a rubber firewall grommet to protect the wire I pass though it, and to help seal up the hole.
This is what I need to do, but there is more packed in there with the diesel layout, making this plug a PITA to get to. They put the windshield washer fluid reservoir in front of it.Realizing I'm WAAAAAAY late to this discussion, but just thought my own experience might be helpful for other noobs like me.
I wrestled with that plug for about 15 minutes, couldn't get good purchase on it from either side, especially since I thought I needed to twist it to unlock it... (You don't.)
So I sprayed just a little bit of WD40 on the edges (interior and exterior) and it popped right out when I pushed it with one finger (from the foot well side).
You can see in the image below the two tabs that actually hold the plug in place (marked with yellow arrows). You should be able to see these tabs when you stick your head into the footwell and look up there. You can see in the second photo that the tabs are cutouts in the circular wall of the plug.
Presumably, you could just pinch the tabs and push the plug out, but it's probably easier to just spray a little shot of WD40 onto those tabs and you ought to get the same result I did - an easy one-finger push and the plug was lying on my driveway.
If you can't see the tabs, look for the numeral "3" stamped into the plastic of the plug (in the yellow circle in the image below). It should be at the six o'clock position. The tabs are at 90 degrees around, right and left, from the "3" (in other words, they should be at the 3 o'clock and 9 o'clock positions).
The flanges on the plug that look like screw threads (and made me think I needed to rotate the plug to get it out) don't serve much purpose other than to align the plug with the flange cutouts in the firewall through-hole.
I guess the moral of the story is "don't overthink it!"
From here, I plan to drill out a small hole in the plastic plug and use a rubber firewall grommet to protect the wire I pass though it, and to help seal up the hole.
When I was putting in my switch panel I ended up using the driver's side hole rather than the passenger side because of what a PITA that grommet is. I'm glad S-Tech provided long enough wires to do this since I mounted the relay/fuse box on the passenger side
You couldn't get at it with the fender off? Seems like it'd be accessible. Trying to avoid removing all that crap.
