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Old Feb 3, 2010 | 11:18 PM
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How hard is it to do with the engine and everything still in the car ? i have afew wires that i know are damaged along with afew connectors. i want to pull the entire harness out and completely go over it. Is is possible to do it? and how hard would it be? if anyone has any tricks, tips, pics itd be greatly appreciated thanks!!!

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Old Feb 3, 2010 | 11:23 PM
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Nope it comes out fairly easily, just start unplugging everything and setting it on top of the motor and before you know it the whole thing is off the car.
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Old Feb 3, 2010 | 11:56 PM
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yeah, it's not too hard and can be done w/ the engine in the car. The hardest part is unhooking it from behind the IM where it connects to evap and some bracket back there and unhooking it from the tranny and gettting it to come up w/o it latching on to something.
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Old Feb 4, 2010 | 12:28 PM
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The hardest part is removing the retaining clips on top of the transmission housing (VSS) and removing the interior parts (vacuum for the HVAC, few other wires) that pass through the large grommet on the firewall). To make it a bit easier, you might want to drop the transmission slightly to gain access to the top of the trans.
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thanks alot for the responses guys. ive been looking to do this for some time. the car has no ac or emissions and itd be nice to clean it up somewhat aswell as repair bad connectors.

is it easy to see where the wires pass through he firewall from inside the car ? what should i look for
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Old Feb 4, 2010 | 04:15 PM
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Originally Posted by SoxXpupPeT
thanks alot for the responses guys. ive been looking to do this for some time. the car has no ac or emissions and itd be nice to clean it up somewhat aswell as repair bad connectors.

is it easy to see where the wires pass through he firewall from inside the car ? what should i look for
They all pass through the large grommet behind the PCM entering the passenger foot-well.
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Old Feb 4, 2010 | 09:54 PM
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They all pass through the large grommet behind the PCM entering the passenger foot-well.
tyvm! now im really excited to start this next week. i just want to replace all the bad wires and make it like new again. hopefully thatll help alittle with how the cars been acting up
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It's not too bad to do man..it comes out realy quick. Prob the biggest pain in the *** is the part where it comes through the Fire Wall.

You stripping it down and going through it too?
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Old Feb 4, 2010 | 11:42 PM
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You stripping it down and going through it too?
yeah i have afew burned/cracked wires and alot of things i dont need anymore that are just cluttering up my engine bay. itll give me some good piece of mind to finally take care of that. this way its one less thing i have to worry about being wrong lol
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If you strip it down take the time to move some things around..like that one single PCM Ground near the Knock Sensor..integrate it with the Grounds in the Harness..it really cleans it up.

I did that with my LS Swap Harness..made a ton of difference for looks and convience.
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If you strip it down take the time to move some things around..like that one single PCM Ground near the Knock Sensor..integrate it with the Grounds in the Harness..it really cleans it up.

I did that with my LS Swap Harness..made a ton of difference for looks and convience.
ahh thanks for the idea! i know the one your talking about. its a PITA! id like to get alot of wires straightened out and organized. i want to solder the new pig tails in and heat shrink the crap outta them. i want it to be like new when im done
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Ya it gets real easy when you clean everything up and get in there and see how much extra crap there is. When I stripped out mine there was enough wire to build another Harness, easily..lol
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