Mike7447 Posted November 28, 2024 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2024 (edited) Whatever it is… the pop ups work. The tail lights, interior lights and marker lights work,…no head lights, no fog lights, brake lights or turn signals. There is 12v on all three pins of the headlight socket when the headlights are turned on. I will fix this! Edited November 28, 2024 by Mike7447 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike7447 Posted December 4, 2024 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2024 Well…. Im retired. This car is my “job”. Every morning, I go into the garage at 9am, and work on it relentlessly till the trend of the day at 5-6. Sometimes, I’ll take a lunch break, sometimes I’ll just work thru till the end…dragging my a-ss up the stairs at the end of the day wiped out. Some days I’ll hang my head, cause the car kicked my a-ss,….other days( like today), I’ll come up with a little smile. Knowing that it was my foot that did the a-ss kicking that day. Today was one in the “ Mike wins” column. The interior is wired. Everything that I can think of has been accounted for. Gauges, Audio, Boost, Afr….. I put the carpet back in. You probably cant see it from this pic, but there are no factory connectors going to the gauges. Weatherpack connectors are now there. You can see the electronic power steering motor and its controller under the column. If you’ll look to center, you’ll see the external crossovers for the component 5.25 speakers up front that’ll be under the head-unit. I also have component 6.5’s in the rear factory location. Kinda up in the air on whether I try and start it w/o the dash in place, or just put it all back together and pray. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike7447 Posted December 5, 2024 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2024 On 11/28/2024 at 1:15 PM, BKB94 said: Should be nothing in the passenger side wiring harness, I removed it its all EEC. From what I’m seeing, the wiring for the ac compressor circuit is coming from there, as well as the water temp circuit which is tied into part of the activation protocols for the compressor, and the OD, and kick down relays ( at least that’s the way I see it.) I isolated that wire, and will ground it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike7447 Posted December 5, 2024 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2024 (edited) Well,…almost had an anurism trying to reinstall that dash, 3 times on/off before I could actually bolt it down…..and by the third time, I was ready to have a stroke. The first time was all too easy. The thing almost slid into place. *but the wires for the clock and daylight sensor were dangling, and impossible to fish into place. The second time was not so easy, but when I finally got it into place, I attempted to plug the wires in for the AC control panel after it was up there, and panicked because there are actually 3 female sockets on back of the panel, and there were only 2 male plugs available. I couldn’t find the other, and assumed that I had managed to somehow bury the other male plug behind something else, so off it came again. * There’s only two male plugs dedicated to the AC control panel, the other is for some kind of test port. The final time, ( after removing the AC panel from the front of the dash) I installed it, I did it w/o the steel braces at the bottom, (which makes it easier to install).. but trying to put those steel braces back in place with the dash up there left me cussing loudly and repeatedly. Turns out, my electric power steering motor mount did create an interference issue after all. Had I tried to install the dash with that brace in place, I would not be writing this right now. * I would have committed Seppuku with a Sawzall blade. The brace had to be cut to add the needed clearance to clear the steering motor mount bracket and the controller. It’s up there, but if I ever have to take it back off…. I’d hate to be me. The other side, which should’ve been a breeze considering there was no steering column to deal with, simply wouldn’t go in. I ended up cutting it in half, and making a reinforced backer that allowed me to bolt it in two sections. i love this car. Edited December 5, 2024 by Mike7447 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizardKing Posted December 5, 2024 Report Share Posted December 5, 2024 Man, I almost had a panic attack just reading... but then it worked out for you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike7447 Posted December 6, 2024 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2024 20 hours ago, LizardKing said: Man, I almost had a panic attack just reading... but then it worked out for you... sooner or later, it usually does. Problem is, on this particular project, seems there’s a lot more “ later”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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