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hercimer01 MAY 10, 12:01 AM



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hercimer01 MAY 11, 01:48 AM
I'm stripping the bumper covers because of spider web cracks in the old paint. Once i'm over these hurdles hopefully it will be smooth sailing. Knock on wood!
Stainless1911 MAY 13, 10:20 AM
The only thing that scares me about doing this project is wiring it.

I see a lot of cutting this wire, running that wire, this pin, and that C-500 or whatever connector, and I really don't know what that means or why it is being done.

Wouldnt it just be easier to take the wiring harness out of the Fiero, and install the one out of the donor car you got the engine out of Just use the switches from the pedals and such, and the IP, and you should be good to go right? Except for the transmission that is.
RumbleB MAY 15, 08:56 AM

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Originally posted by Stainless1911:

The only thing that scares me about doing this project is wiring it.

I see a lot of cutting this wire, running that wire, this pin, and that C-500 or whatever connector, and I really don't know what that means or why it is being done.

Wouldnt it just be easier to take the wiring harness out of the Fiero, and install the one out of the donor car you got the engine out of Just use the switches from the pedals and such, and the IP, and you should be good to go right? Except for the transmission that is.



The two cars are way different. 1. The doner car has the engine the front whether Fiero has it in the back. So the wires are going the wrong direction. 2. The connectors are different so you will need to splice or felon connectors to get things to work with each other. It is really not as hard as salespeople think it is. Just take your time and if you get stuck there are plenty of people on here that can help.
Stainless1911 MAY 16, 12:57 AM
Thanks. thats an encouraging post. It's appreciated.
hercimer01 MAY 16, 02:45 AM
It really isn't that complicated.
Detailed yes so keep good notes. I used Mike Gonzales prints spread sheets and marked every thing off in with a pink sharpie as i made the connections. This was the most informative thread I used. http://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum2/HTML/113892.html

The thing that I had the hardest time wrapping my head around was how to run the wires or modify the donor harness. Finally RULOOKIN explained it best to me.
Which was to take the donor car's harness apart down to each component like the fuel injectors or coolant temp sensor and cut the wire at the computer leaving a 6 inch tail or so on the computer wire, Cut them staggered to different lengths so you don't have a stack of splices all in one spot. This is when you run the wire from each component with connector on the component through the car where you want how you want them routed and cut to length at the computer, most wires will be shortened but some will have to be added on to. Some people cut the wires to length at the computer and crimp on a new pin (nice but not necessary)

You will be removing the old computer from the fiero harness so you will have to reconnect things from the new computer back into cars wiring like the tail lights tachometer speedometer cruise and whatnot.

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hercimer01 MAY 16, 03:12 AM
I'm gonna be painting the car with the wing off and prepping the car to be wingless, I will paint the wing as to have it if I ever change my mind.















DP50, Bondo super thin skim coat block sanded, then 2 coats of Omni MP282 high build primer block sanded.



No Clear. Just 1 coat of base.

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hercimer01 MAY 21, 01:26 AM
Progress.
Stainless1911 MAY 21, 09:58 AM

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Originally posted by hercimer01:

It really isn't that complicated.
Detailed yes so keep good notes. I used Mike Gonzales prints spread sheets and marked every thing off in with a pink sharpie as i made the connections. This was the most informative thread I used. http://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum2/HTML/113892.html

The thing that I had the hardest time wrapping my head around was how to run the wires or modify the donor harness. Finally RULOOKIN explained it best to me.
Which was to take the donor car's harness apart down to each component like the fuel injectors or coolant temp sensor and cut the wire at the computer leaving a 6 inch tail or so on the computer wire, Cut them staggered to different lengths so you don't have a stack of splices all in one spot. This is when you run the wire from each component with connector on the component through the car where you want how you want them routed and cut to length at the computer, most wires will be shortened but some will have to be added on to. Some people cut the wires to length at the computer and crimp on a new pin (nice but not necessary)

You will be removing the old computer from the fiero harness so you will have to reconnect things from the new computer back into cars wiring like the tail lights tachometer speedometer cruise and whatnot.





Part of my issue is that when I read a sentence like the one I quote in a sec, I dont know what he said... QUOTE:---------> I will be wiring up the 203 and 500 connections today. I counted 11 connections to the 203 (4 of which connect to pin K) making it 8 pins used on the 203 plug in the car and 4 connections to the 500 plug by the battery.
hercimer01 MAY 21, 07:03 PM

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Originally posted by Stainless1911:
Part of my issue is that when I read a sentence like the one I quote in a sec, I dont know what he said... QUOTE:---------> I will be wiring up the 203 and 500 connections today. I counted 11 connections to the 203 (4 of which connect to pin K) making it 8 pins used on the 203 plug in the car and 4 connections to the 500 plug by the battery.



The hardest part about doing anything is thinking about it.