starting my swap

dave181760 · Apr 18, 2010

ok, when i pulled the wire harness and headlight harness it was in bad shape, so im in need of a head light harness, does anyone got one laying around out a donor car or somthing, i have an extra injector harness and a 140 spedo out an 89 gt im willing to trade, or buy the head light harness. pm me if interested thanks

LarsD · Apr 18, 2010

If there are no hooks, I usually get a couple of bolts that can thread into the front and back of the cylinder heads (say, pass front and driver's rear) and run the bolts through the chain that you are going to use on the hoist. Just make sure you get long enough bolts that you can get a decent amount threaded into the head so they don't snap off on you.

50foxbody · Apr 18, 2010

dave181760 said:
ok, when i pulled the wire harness and headlight harness it was in bad shape, so im in need of a head light harness, does anyone got one laying around out a donor car or somthing, i have an extra injector harness and a 140 spedo out an 89 gt im willing to trade, or buy the head light harness. pm me if interested thanks

i may have one in my parts car ill check this after noon and pm you

lancec2c30 · Apr 18, 2010

If you don't find someone with one, I know there is a website that sells upgraded headlight harnesses. They aren't priced too bad either, I just can't remember the name of the site. Others on here have mentioned it before. So maybe they'll chime in.

dave181760 · Apr 18, 2010

50foxbody said:
i may have one in my parts car ill check this after noon and pm you

thanks

dave181760 · Apr 18, 2010

LarsD said:
If there are no hooks, I usually get a couple of bolts that can thread into the front and back of the cylinder heads (say, pass front and driver's rear) and run the bolts through the chain that you are going to use on the hoist. Just make sure you get long enough bolts that you can get a decent amount threaded into the head so they don't snap off on you.

what size bolt do you recomend

50foxbody · Apr 19, 2010

sorry man some jackleg hacked it up and cut some connectors off

dave181760 · Apr 20, 2010

im probably over reacting, but on the conectors that are to the cpu on the 4 banger harness the same as the v8, cause i pulled the harness today to put the v8 harness and it was diff. the car is a 91 and the the harness if from a 93, but i was told it would work, well the 91 has the green and grey conector and the cpu conector, the 93 v8 has green and grey cpu and another one, heres a pik of the 93 harness. View attachment 222211 i hope i didnt get screwd out of $160, if so im set back till im able to sell that harness and get another, on top of that i need the head light harness. i just wanna start my car up and enjoy it and mod it if anyone can help me out in anyway ill be so gratefull, if anyone has a harness for me pm me and we can make a deal maby trade for what i got or somthing.

dave181760 · Apr 20, 2010

50foxbody said:
sorry man some jackleg hacked it up and cut some connectors off

its cool man i apreciate you looking for me

dave181760 · Apr 21, 2010

i might be able to use it after all so now i just need the headlight harnessand to finish the swap

lancec2c30 · Apr 21, 2010

Are you trying to use the 4 cylinder ecu? Because you need a v8 computer as well to go along with the v8 harness.

Don't worry, my car was down for 4 months when I did my swap.

1987LXragtop · Apr 21, 2010

Arrgh ...flashbacks to a year and half ago. Good luck...patience is key.

edit...sounds like youre trying to use the cpu from the 4 with the harness from the 8. you need to use the V8 engine harness and V8 cpu - everything else as far wiring for headlights and such is the same.

dave181760 · Apr 21, 2010

im useing the cpu out my parts car i wasnt using the 4cyle lol this has been a long process more lazyness then anything i just want hear her fire up and do a massive burnout or donut lol

1987LXragtop · Apr 21, 2010

Ah...then patience is still the key. Fire it up when its all back together. Test run it to make sure everything is ok(bring up to operating temp for awhile to make sure all your sensors work). Test drive it to make sure you can. Then burnout. I didnt light up the rear for probably 2 weeks after I was driving the car. I play it uber safe though. Dont want months of work down the crapper.

dave181760 · Apr 22, 2010

1987GTragtop said:
Ah...then patience is still the key. Fire it up when its all back together. Test run it to make sure everything is ok(bring up to operating temp for awhile to make sure all your sensors work). Test drive it to make sure you can. Then burnout. I didnt light up the rear for probably 2 weeks after I was driving the car. I play it uber safe though. Dont want months of work down the crapper.

i feel you bro i would be pissed if all my hard work went to ****, thats why im procrastinating on the swap, im taking time cause ive never done this kind of work,its my first stang and first swap,i had a civic before my stang,what scares me the most is messing up fuel lines when pulling them,and the rearend,cause i dont know how to do it,lol but we all gota learn somhow rite.

Cobra912 · Apr 22, 2010

some pics?

dave181760 · Apr 22, 2010

i know i need more piks ill get more piks tomarrow of parts car and the notch

dave181760 · Apr 23, 2010

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220584754992&viewitem=&sspagename
is this a good deal does it look ok or should i ho;d out and keep looking

1987LXragtop · Apr 23, 2010

The listing was removed

dave181760 · Apr 24, 2010

i dont know why thow o well it was a headlight wire harness for 49.99 and 14 to ship

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