Definitely keep the plugs. These are hard to source and can be useful if someone has to make a harness. Assuming of course there is enough wire to splice into them!I'm working on this project and I was wondering if there is any value to keeping all of the excess parts of the donor harnesses after I've removed the parts I need. Would any of the connectors or the fuse box be of use to anyone or should I just toss it all? Thanks.
Quick question about this....I'm using donor harnesses rather than making my own, but can I still bypass the C202 connector by just joining those wires together with spade connectors (I use the open barrel type)? The only reason I'd want to bypass the C202 is it just seems a little tight to get up in there to insert the additional 4 wires.I am thinking about doing a write-up on making your own harness too since its so similar and avoids some of the terminal pins but not all. I'd say the hard part of making your own harness would be figuring out what terminal pins you need to fit the factory connectors. Some cannot be avoided unless you start cutting your harness which is worrisome. The upside to making your own harness is you can do inline fuses and bypass C202 connectors but that is about all. You still need to add terminal pins to C170, C107, and C2 the instrument cluster.
Yes that is correct, you can bypass but also know that you can get to that connector by pulling it off the "mount" and maybe even pulling the speaker to get better access.Quick question about this....I'm using donor harnesses rather than making my own, but can I still bypass the C202 connector by just joining those wires together with spade connectors (I use the open barrel type)? The only reason I'd want to bypass the C202 is it just seems a little tight to get up in there to insert the additional 4 wires.
Thanks. Dumb question....in Step 31 it looks like they are putting the Wiper Motor wire in the front side of the fuse box.....goes in the back, right?To help with things, here is the installation kit instructions for a 2003-06 hardtop...back when they still made them.
great question. I scratched my head forever on that one too. I think its just plain wrong in their diagram. That is all I could figure out. They should have made the wire look like it was behind using dashed lines or something...or maybe it came with a fuse tap.Thanks. Dumb question....in Step 31 it looks like they are putting the Wiper Motor wire in the front side of the fuse box.....goes in the back, right?
It did not happen. I'd be willing to partner with someone on that. If they do the work and get the info together I will redo a diagram.Great post. You mentioned you might do a post on making your own harness. Did that happen?
I'm not actually sure about that.Sorry, one more question. When looking at the various connectors on your diagram (C202, C107, and C170), the body side of the connector is on the left and the dash side is on the right, correct? Thanks.
How do you know it points to a locker switch? Is that what the C115 means? And I should have been more specific in my previous post....the positive continuity was at pin 2 of the defogger relay....just like your diagram shows.Glad you traced it. That is also what I hard to do. That '06 FSM doesn't seem right because that points to a locker switch. Keep me posted on what you learn.
Scary that the FSM could be wrong like that......your diagram is much more reliable!Yes looking at my 04 FSM 115 is "off-road package" connector which means its a locker.