So last night im wrecnhin on the car, and have to clear everything out so the roll bar can be welded in. (another long story) so i look at the harness on the floor that goes from the taillights, and runs up the drivers side all the way to under the dashboard.
I think to myself "hey, it would be easier to weld everything if that wasnt in the way!" so i start dissasembling it. 2 hours later, i was ready to drink an entire bottle of vodka by myself, and sleep in the garage because i wasnt worthy to retun into my own house.
The 3 big connectors under the dash are anough to make a grown man cry. I sat there on each one, i know for at least 40 minutes, trying to ease the connectors apart without breaking them. needless to say almost all 3 clips on those connectors are broken almost as much as my spirit. determined, i finally found that using 2 pairs of pliers, and alot of patience will set them free. There is a set of wires that seems to dissapear into the body, which i later founf out are for the little plunger thingy that tells when your door is open. I probably have over a grand in tools, and could not find a damn socket or wrench that would fit it correctly. I thought i was good to go once i got those connectors lose... thats when i saw they were connected to the damn tranny tunnel, and to the emergency brake switch and to whatever the hell that thing is right under the 1/4 window.
I would like to meet the people at ford that designed these connectors and beat the ever loving **** out of them. Maybe its due to the wiring being 15 years old (another reason im switching to carb) or that they were made with a such a perfect fit, that they didnt think anyone would ever take them apart or whatever.
But in the end, i won, and i pulled all the wiring back through and its now laying in my hatch.
someone please tell me that engineers could have used more common sense when they made these connectors to where it didnt have to be so damn difficult to get them apart.
/end rant
I think to myself "hey, it would be easier to weld everything if that wasnt in the way!" so i start dissasembling it. 2 hours later, i was ready to drink an entire bottle of vodka by myself, and sleep in the garage because i wasnt worthy to retun into my own house.
The 3 big connectors under the dash are anough to make a grown man cry. I sat there on each one, i know for at least 40 minutes, trying to ease the connectors apart without breaking them. needless to say almost all 3 clips on those connectors are broken almost as much as my spirit. determined, i finally found that using 2 pairs of pliers, and alot of patience will set them free. There is a set of wires that seems to dissapear into the body, which i later founf out are for the little plunger thingy that tells when your door is open. I probably have over a grand in tools, and could not find a damn socket or wrench that would fit it correctly. I thought i was good to go once i got those connectors lose... thats when i saw they were connected to the damn tranny tunnel, and to the emergency brake switch and to whatever the hell that thing is right under the 1/4 window.
I would like to meet the people at ford that designed these connectors and beat the ever loving **** out of them. Maybe its due to the wiring being 15 years old (another reason im switching to carb) or that they were made with a such a perfect fit, that they didnt think anyone would ever take them apart or whatever.
But in the end, i won, and i pulled all the wiring back through and its now laying in my hatch.
someone please tell me that engineers could have used more common sense when they made these connectors to where it didnt have to be so damn difficult to get them apart.
/end rant