Manual to Power windows

I was told long ago that ALL Mustangs have the harnesses inside the kick panels for power doors because Ford didn't make different harnesses just for the power door optioned cars. However, i've never searched a manual door car to see if this is true or not.

FWIW i have a write up on going power to manual that may help you understand what you need to do to go the other way around. http://forums.stangnet.com/760333-power-manual-windows-how-check-out.html

85_SS_302_Coupe said:

I was told long ago that ALL Mustangs have the harnesses inside the kick panels for power doors because Ford didn't make different harnesses just for the power door optioned cars. However, i've never searched a manual door car to see if this is true or not.

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On my car the only options were 5.0, AC and radio, so it did not have the power door wiring at all. It is a totally separate wiring harness that plugs into the main harness with only a two wire connector, and all of the cars I pulled power door stuff from (89-92 models) had the same setup. I'm sure Ford designed the separate harness to save a few cents on the non power cars, but maybe they just put it in all cars later on.

Now in the later cars maybe they used the same basic main wiring harness for the inside of the car. I know when I put in power mirrors I had to pull the mirror wires from a donor car, and it was imbeded with all the other wiring under the console. Again, my car did not have the power mirror wiring, but it does have the power hatch wiring, some defroster wiring (but no relay) and the fog light wiring.

Anyway, might be worth it to look in the kick panel to see if you have the two wire plug sitting there, or if there is a wiring harness plugged into it under the dash before you have to tear apart a donor car to get it.

^^ What i meant was all cars have provisions for power doors...not the actual door harness tucked away in the kick panel. I'm saying they should all plug in and go.