Now! On to the fun stuff! Actually wiring isn't that bad. I kind of enjoy it. Sorting through decade old harnesses... Fingers covered with YUCK from the old tape wrap... Yummy... This is where I've been spending a lot of time. Sorting through this stuff with wiring diagrams and actual harnesses.
Anyway, I will be combining the original '88 harness with the '95 donor harness. The '88 didn't come with power locks or windows and I will be throwing the '95 doors on Bad Ast to get those amenities.
Here are a few pics as i jumble my way through the wire jungle.
This is the '95 harness and column. I will use the '95 as the '88 didn' have tilt...
http://images107.fotki.com/v159/phot...MVC021F-vi.jpg
This is the '88 before i stripped off the loom and tape.
http://images16.fotki.com/v378/photo...MVC022F-vi.jpg
The '95 also has a lot of stuff I am not going to use. The computer wiring is not needed neither is the airbag stuff.
I am stripping all of that junk out and trying to maintain the ignition/start, neutral safety and HVAC systems. EVERYTHING is tied back into the ECM... See that pile of wire at the upper right? That's all airbag stuff I stripped out...
http://images15.fotki.com/v792/photo...MVC002F-vi.jpg
That's where the '88 harness comes into play. It is a little less complicated and has the HVAC stuff so I am pulling all of the power lock/window stuff out of the '95 incorporating it into the '88 junction block.
http://images54.fotki.com/v627/photo...MVC001F-vi.jpg
I have also traced the turn signal, hi beam and brake light circuits to the cluster connectors and will use those to power the new led's in the rebuilt cluster.
I work on it for a couple hours and I have to walk away... It all starts looking the same for some reason.
I took a break tonight and started building the center stack gauge harness.
I loaded the gauge panel.
http://images56.fotki.com/v701/photo...MVC004F-vi.jpg
Flipped her over and labeled all of the gauges. (helps me keep things straight).
http://images60.fotki.com/v662/photo...MVC009F-vi.jpg
First up was tying all of the illumination bulbs and grounds together. I simply butt spliced the wires into two different circuits with a long pigtail for the remote connctor
http://images60.fotki.com/v370/photo...MVC010F-vi.jpg
Then I got the ignition side done. I haven't shrunk any of the heat shrink tubing yet and I will wrap everything up with cable ties when it's done. Should look pretty good.
http://images12.fotki.com/v532/photo...MVC012F-vi.jpg
I knocked off here tonight. Tomorrow I will finish the ground side for the gauges and run the sender wires. At that point I can install one half of the 12 way molex connector I will be using and this harness will be complete.
http://images108.fotki.com/v1629/pho...MVC013F-vi.jpg
It was a good break. Got something done.
Mark