Is it generally a better idea to lengthen the wires in the wire harness or pull the harness out and move it over to the side? What other caveats do you think i should look out for before doing this swap? Suggestions, please!
Get your v6 from a parts car and just use the wiring harness from the v6 as it goes over to the battery.
I hate to say this but it's not that easy.................................this has to be one of the hardest swaps I have ever done. Nothing but a freakin nightmare chasing electrical problems, and wound having to swap out all of the interior wiring cause nothing would match up.
Honestly after doing one of these I wouldnt wish it upon my worst enemy.
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86GT3.4DOHC Member
Posts: 10007 From: Marion Ohio Registered: Apr 2004
Is it generally a better idea to lengthen the wires in the wire harness or pull the harness out and move it over to the side? What other caveats do you think i should look out for before doing this swap? Suggestions, please!
Either get the engine compartment harness with the donor motor, or lengthen the wires so that you can move C500 (the firewall connector on the '84) over to the location near the battery which the later years used.
...unless of course you like melting wiring connectors with the V6 exhaust manifold.
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Maetrix66 Member
Posts: 621 From: Hartland, ME, USA Registered: Nov 2002
Anyone near Maine want to find out if an excessive amount of heat shielding can keep the c500 connector safe from a 3100 manifold in a 84 se, they can swing by my familys shop this weekend, as I am firing mine up for the first time since the swap. I have a good 2 inches from the heat shielding over the connectors to the heat shielding on the manifold. I'd say bring some marshmallows in anticipation, but electrical fire tends to make the marshmallows taste nasty. LOL
Actually, how did you run the harness? Did you just leave it in place or did you replace it and move it over?
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Originally posted by Maetrix66:
Anyone near Maine want to find out if an excessive amount of heat shielding can keep the c500 connector safe from a 3100 manifold in a 84 se, they can swing by my familys shop this weekend, as I am firing mine up for the first time since the swap. I have a good 2 inches from the heat shielding over the connectors to the heat shielding on the manifold. I'd say bring some marshmallows in anticipation, but electrical fire tends to make the marshmallows taste nasty. LOL
