[Mgs] New Harness has arrived

[Marc]

I decided to cut each connector off the harness, leaving enough to ID 
each wire. That was an excellent and worthwhile suggestion! Very glad I 
asked for tips! Thanks to all who suggested that technique.

Working carefully, it took me about 45 minutes to remove the old 
harness, including taking some notes and digital pictures along the 
way.  I also compared things to the new harness as I went about removing 
the old harness.

While everything was out, I spent a few minutes cleaning the previously 
inaccessible areas. I got the new harness in place, and began  in the 
engine compartment at the firewall. Working my way around the harness, 
up to the lights and horns, across to the brake switches. A *lot* of 
time was spent cleaning the existing bullets and any connectors that 
were getting reused, applying dielectric grease and making sure 
connectors were snug. And of course the phone ringing seemingly every 5 
minutes all day...

The job isn't particularly difficult, just time consuming and a bit 
fiddly. Everything matched up and fit nicely, with only three "mystery 
wires", which I'll worry with (and ask about) later. Once that was 
complete, I decided to pull the wheel boxes since the dash was apart. 
They needed the old hard grease cleaned out, so spent some time R&R + 
cleaning and lubing them.

Next I began to put the harness in place in the dash board, which is 
about the time I had one of those "Oh Shit" moments - This new harness 
does NOT have the connector that goes to what I believe is the seat belt 
buzzer or time delay relay. It's a small black box, slightly larger then 
a relay, that mounts on the inside of the console. BTW, the car is an 80 
LE, car number 509353.

Total time so far - about 5 1/2 hours.

I had to quit working and clean up at that point, so I didn't have time 
to examine the differences between the harnesses. After stewing on it, 
I'm wondering if it's really even a problem??? The buzzer wasn't 
operable when I got the car, and I don't really want it, so unless there 
is some other interaction, perhaps it doesn't even matter?

Marc