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MayoMan
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 Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2023 3:21 pm Post subject: Loose wires in 86 Syncro |
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I have 3 pictures of loose or disconnected wires in the engine bay. This Syncro did a full circle replacement of a 2.1 WBX to Subaru 2.2 with the Kennedy kit and back to 2.1 WBX. Along the way, I'm certain bad things happened.
I have the Bently book but following the diagrams and understanding the wire colors is a bit beyond me at the moment.
Pic 1 - Plug in the electric box on drivers side (brown/cyan, minty green/yellow, green/white)
Pic 2 - Plug coming from electric box that is unplugged. (green/grey, brown)
Pic 3 - yellow/green (or is it green/yellow) wire with plug unplugged. This goes into a grey harness near the driver inner fender.
I have other stuff unplugged such as the locker plug that was mentioned before but I haven't figured out where that goes either. I have the actuator on the trans but none of the dash stuff is in the van currently.
My idle control box sites loose behind the passenger taillight. I know there is supposed to be a plastic panel for the snorkel that I'm missing and maybe some bracket?
The ECU still sits incorrectly behind the drivers taillight. I cannot figure the path to the back seat since I have sticky sound deadening and insulation in the way.
I know I can just zip tie all this up and continue driving but it eats at my mind.
Everything works so I'm not sure what is unplugged is needed.
Thanks
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Sodo
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| Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2023 9:22 pm Post subject: Re: Loose wires in 86 Syncro |
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| MayoMan wrote: |
| Pic 1 - Plug in the electric box on drivers side (brown/cyan, minty green/yellow, green/white) |
Credit for these 3 bonus wires from speedo to engine box came from grand master Syncro guy Tom Lengyel !
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ALIKA T3
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| Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2023 12:20 am Post subject: Re: Loose wires in 86 Syncro |
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| MayoMan wrote: |
I have 3 pictures of loose or disconnected wires in the engine bay. This Syncro did a full circle replacement of a 2.1 WBX to Subaru 2.2 with the Kennedy kit and back to 2.1 WBX. Along the way, I'm certain bad things happened.
I have the Bently book but following the diagrams and understanding the wire colors is a bit beyond me at the moment.
Pic 1 - Plug in the electric box on drivers side (brown/cyan, minty green/yellow, green/white) VSS vacuum motor
Pic 2 - Plug coming from electric box that is unplugged. (green/grey, brown)
License plate lights.
Pic 3 - yellow/green (or is it green/yellow) wire with plug unplugged. This goes into a grey harness near the driver inner fender. AC compressor
I have other stuff unplugged such as the locker plug that was mentioned before but I haven't figured out where that goes either. I have the actuator on the trans but none of the dash stuff is in the van currently.
My idle control box sites loose behind the passenger taillight. I know there is supposed to be a plastic panel for the snorkel that I'm missing and maybe some bracket?
The ECU still sits incorrectly behind the drivers taillight. I cannot figure the path to the back seat since I have sticky sound deadening and insulation in the way.
I know I can just zip tie all this up and continue driving but it eats at my mind.
Everything works so I'm not sure what is unplugged is needed.
Thanks |
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MayoMan
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| Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2023 6:25 am Post subject: Re: Loose wires in 86 Syncro |
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Man you guys rock. I'm struggling with the Bentley wiring diagrams. Now that I know what these are, I'm going to see how they trace in the manual.
It makes sense why 'everything seems to work' with these unplugged. I guess I should figure out the license plate wiring now that I know that it appears unplugged.
Is there a source for the blank off plugs for the small electric box on the driver side? I'm missing one plug and I'm not sure how to seal it otherwise.
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