wiring harness Q's

Opposedodie

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I am helping a friend with his 89 Gt and he has some major wiring problems basically its a basket case of wiring ..Can I use a harness out of any other car on his 89 GT, I am asking this because there isn't any Mustangs in the pick apart in backwoods Idaho... with a complete wiring harness or the parts to put one together.

 

ID89GT

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What part of Idaho are you in?

 

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Unfortunately, 1989 is a odd year.

For MOST of the harnesses, 87-89 V8's are what you want, except the engine harness. 87-88 are speed density and 89 is MAF, so the harness that runs out of the EEC into the bay would lack the MAF plug and is pinned differently on 87-88 cars than it is on an 89

90+ the harnesses changes slightly and won't mate with pre-90 harnesses.

basically, 1989 is your best bet

 

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I am in Mountain Home, East of Boise...

So if I were to find a 90 harness and was to get the hole harness from light bulb to light bulb it would work?

 

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Opposedodie said:

I am in Mountain Home, East of Boise...

So if I were to find a 90 harness and was to get the hole harness from light bulb to light bulb it would work?

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You may need parts as well. For example the plugs around the steering wheel are different so you might need to change some column parts as well.

It's a unique question i've never seen anyone do before.

How hacked up is this wiring?

 

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Bad ... We have been stripping everything in the 2 pick a part yards trying to get something to work .. But no luck...

 

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Its Bad... someone tried to install I think a Thunderbird harness and it didnt work then they used a mustang comp harness cut wires everywhere ... LOL ... not pretty ... With no Pick-a-Parts with 89 Mustangs its going to hard to get this one back together....