- Aug 2, 2014
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Believe it or not, this all started a couple months ago when I decided I just wanted to upgrade to a simple roller 302 so I would have an engine that didn't smoke or puke oil...my original 289 is tired, lol.
I can find a lot of big picture information, and a lot of people that have done this type of conversion, but I'm not finding many specific's on what harnesses I need to strip from the car. It's possible I just stink at Googlin'. So far I have the engine pulled and left it's harness attached. I have pulled the passenger side engine compartment harness and computer and whatever brain boxes were behind the fender (ABS?). I've pulled the drivers side harness, power box, battery cables, cruise control box...and have pushed the bulkhead connectors back into the passenger compartment. What more do I need to pull? I know I need to grab the OBDII data port and whatever it plugs into. I'm pretty sure I don't need the instrument cluster. There is a fuse block under there and wrist sized bundles of wire. Should I just pull the dash and grab it all for now?
In the end I'm shooting for:
1) Have a running, stock (for now) 4.6l DOHC and T45.
2) If I could rout the brake lines, I would like to set up the ABS system. I want to use the 8.8 and I'm using the AJE Colt 65 kit so I can use all the SN-95 stuff on my doner car so I'll have the tone rings.
3) Might as well try and set up cruise control with a custom button pad on the dash.
4) Have air conditioning.
Help? LoL!
I can find a lot of big picture information, and a lot of people that have done this type of conversion, but I'm not finding many specific's on what harnesses I need to strip from the car. It's possible I just stink at Googlin'. So far I have the engine pulled and left it's harness attached. I have pulled the passenger side engine compartment harness and computer and whatever brain boxes were behind the fender (ABS?). I've pulled the drivers side harness, power box, battery cables, cruise control box...and have pushed the bulkhead connectors back into the passenger compartment. What more do I need to pull? I know I need to grab the OBDII data port and whatever it plugs into. I'm pretty sure I don't need the instrument cluster. There is a fuse block under there and wrist sized bundles of wire. Should I just pull the dash and grab it all for now?
In the end I'm shooting for:
1) Have a running, stock (for now) 4.6l DOHC and T45.
2) If I could rout the brake lines, I would like to set up the ABS system. I want to use the 8.8 and I'm using the AJE Colt 65 kit so I can use all the SN-95 stuff on my doner car so I'll have the tone rings.
3) Might as well try and set up cruise control with a custom button pad on the dash.
4) Have air conditioning.
Help? LoL!