Wiring question.
02-14-2008, 05:48 PM
#1
Wiring question. For those of you who did the a4 to m6 swap, when you got to the wiring part of the job, where did most of the wiring work occur at?
I read the the stickies and also the gm high tech article on this job, but most of it is somewhat vague. If anyone could tell me what part of the car is involved for any particular wiring operation that would be great. The parts in question are the neutral saftey switch reverse lights and hatch release.
thanks again
I read the the stickies and also the gm high tech article on this job, but most of it is somewhat vague. If anyone could tell me what part of the car is involved for any particular wiring operation that would be great. The parts in question are the neutral saftey switch reverse lights and hatch release.
thanks again
02-14-2008, 06:03 PM
#4
Well here you go.
Save yourself the trouble and don't run those green wires under the carpet to the clutch pedal/neutral safety switch, run the from the switch to a thin purple wire and a thin green wire found in the harness right behind the panel under the steering column and to the left. And cap them off under the console.
EDIT---WRONG PIC AT FIRST.
Save yourself the trouble and don't run those green wires under the carpet to the clutch pedal/neutral safety switch, run the from the switch to a thin purple wire and a thin green wire found in the harness right behind the panel under the steering column and to the left. And cap them off under the console.
EDIT---WRONG PIC AT FIRST.
02-14-2008, 06:05 PM
#5
nothing from the old trans wiring is used. If you want proper cruise control, and the reverse lock out solenoid to work properly you will need to add two pins to the vcm.
02-14-2008, 11:30 PM
#7
My cruise works fine, TCS works fine, I never wired anything up to the clutch pedals. If you really super absolutely need your cruise to disengage by pressing the clutch I would call you obsessive. I really don't care about pressing the clutch to start the car either, I do it by habit. I just wired the P/N lockout together and called it a day, kill all the codes in HPtuners and everything works great.
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02-15-2008, 10:01 AM
#9
I know arc00TA did not reflash his vcm. Everything on my car worked fine until I reflashed it to an M6 tune with HPTuners. It needs to be reflashed, there are too many differences to just run an A4 tune with an M6.
Obsessive? lol it took about 10 minutes to run the wires from the vcm, under the dash and one to the clutch pedal anticipation switch the other to the reverse lock out solenoid. It's called diligencehttp://www.google.com/search?q=define%3A+diligence You look at my car, drive it, do whatever you want with it and you'd swear it came from the factory with a M6. In other words it's not a hack job.
And another thing if you get it inspected to run at any track you need a neutral safety switch.
Obsessive? lol it took about 10 minutes to run the wires from the vcm, under the dash and one to the clutch pedal anticipation switch the other to the reverse lock out solenoid. It's called diligencehttp://www.google.com/search?q=define%3A+diligence You look at my car, drive it, do whatever you want with it and you'd swear it came from the factory with a M6. In other words it's not a hack job.
And another thing if you get it inspected to run at any track you need a neutral safety switch.
02-15-2008, 05:25 PM
#11
I got all my parts off a donor car.
You can do without a lot of stuff, in fact if you choose you can open your hatch with a key, have no reverse lights , etc. All depends on how right vs how rigged you want it.
I'm glad my track checks for a neutral safety switch, I don't know of too many people who would want the guy behind them to run into their car by accident. Sure I've raced some cars that I wouldn't care.
Bottom line is I like to do things right.
And those aren't my pictures btw.
You can do without a lot of stuff, in fact if you choose you can open your hatch with a key, have no reverse lights , etc. All depends on how right vs how rigged you want it.
I'm glad my track checks for a neutral safety switch, I don't know of too many people who would want the guy behind them to run into their car by accident. Sure I've raced some cars that I wouldn't care.
Bottom line is I like to do things right.
And those aren't my pictures btw.
02-15-2008, 10:10 PM
#12
I know arc00TA did not reflash his vcm. Everything on my car worked fine until I reflashed it to an M6 tune with HPTuners. It needs to be reflashed, there are too many differences to just run an A4 tune with an M6.
Obsessive? lol it took about 10 minutes to run the wires from the vcm, under the dash and one to the clutch pedal anticipation switch the other to the reverse lock out solenoid. It's called diligencehttp://www.google.com/search?q=define%3A+diligence You look at my car, drive it, do whatever you want with it and you'd swear it came from the factory with a M6. In other words it's not a hack job.
And another thing if you get it inspected to run at any track you need a neutral safety switch.
Obsessive? lol it took about 10 minutes to run the wires from the vcm, under the dash and one to the clutch pedal anticipation switch the other to the reverse lock out solenoid. It's called diligencehttp://www.google.com/search?q=define%3A+diligence You look at my car, drive it, do whatever you want with it and you'd swear it came from the factory with a M6. In other words it's not a hack job.
And another thing if you get it inspected to run at any track you need a neutral safety switch.
02-16-2008, 11:36 AM
#13
Nope. I just don't like when people get the two mixed up. Obsessive vs doing things right. http://www.google.com/search?q=defin...lsive+disorder
02-16-2008, 01:19 PM
#14
I went to the bin repository, got a M6 tune, copied and pasted my vin and mods to it. Did I strike a nerve by saying hack? Seriously, no sarcasm intended.
BTW I had to reply again because I have OCD
02-16-2008, 05:38 PM
#15
So which is it? You totally reflashed it or you copied and pasted like I did? I'm confused now. Saying its a hack job implies that there was a messiness to it so I really can't take offense to that, other than switches not being hooked up you couldn't tell my car wasn't a factory M6. I usually think of hondas with bondo body kits and duct tape when I hear hack job. BTW how did you hook up your reverse lockout?
02-16-2008, 06:16 PM
#16
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^^^^ other than switches being hooked up. the would indicate not from the factory pretty quickly. and pin 44 and pin 32 need to be tapped in the vcm get a manual and it shows all the schematics. dont forget the diode on the reverse lock out or you have a toasty fried vcm
02-16-2008, 06:27 PM
#17
Really? How? Unless you try to start the car on a regular basis with the clutch out you would actually never know. I'm looking at other ways to hook up the reverse lockout, mainly because I've already removed it and just want to try something different.
02-16-2008, 09:32 PM
#18
I downloaded a whole M6 bin, put my vin and mods onto it and used HPTuners to 'put' that bin into my vcm--whatever you call that.
For the reverse lock out IIRC I ran a key on 12v wire to the solenoid, the wire that goes to the vcm is a ground, I just put a pin off another car on the wire and poked it through the seal on the connector at the vcm. It clipped right in place like the other ones. I did put a diode in the circuit too.
I have notes somewhere but it should be posted in the sticky too.
I just moved and have no idea where my notes are.
For the reverse lock out IIRC I ran a key on 12v wire to the solenoid, the wire that goes to the vcm is a ground, I just put a pin off another car on the wire and poked it through the seal on the connector at the vcm. It clipped right in place like the other ones. I did put a diode in the circuit too.
I have notes somewhere but it should be posted in the sticky too.
I just moved and have no idea where my notes are.
