[Mgs] New Harness has arrived

[Marc]

I solved the mystery of the missing connector once I started to finish 
the wiring inside the car. All the wires are present in the new harness, 
but terminated on a molex connector. In a small plastic bag attached to 
the new harness I found a matching molex connector and pins to mate with 
it. I guess that connector was no longer available. You cut it off the 
old harness, install the pins, snap them into the supplied molex 
connector and plug it all in. No documentation was supplied with the 
harness however.

One other issue is that until today I had not yet connected up the 
branch that goes to the starter. Did that this afternoon and discovered 
this harness doesn't have  the white/green that goes to a terminal on 
the solenoid. I'm pretty sure it's function is to supply full battery 
(ballast bypass) voltage to the coil while starting.

So we set the dash in place with no bolts yet, hooking up all the 
remaining connections. Then I hooked up my battery charger to the 
battery wires, and set it on the two amp setting and began testing. Each 
thing I tested worked, and no problems were found. So I hooked up the 
battery and turned the key. It cranked, and in spite of the fact that I 
had not hooked up the choke cable yet (and the lack of ballast bypass) 
it started up!

Still have a lot of stuff to do, actually need to take the dash back out 
so I can install the defroster vents. The grilles had some rust spots on 
them, so I bead blasted and re-sprayed them. But I could get it buttoned 
up in the next day or two if I can manage enough time!


Marc


>
> 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?