it was fair warning, done a few re-wiring jobs before enough to know it's not as easy at it looks.Yup.
The tears have now started to flow, LOL.
The "new" harness has the 18 wires that go to the MAF, AC limit switches, and through to the firewall just cut off. "Great", I think, "I can just slap an 8-pin and a 12-pin Deutsch on there and connect new to old", i tell myself...
Ha effing ha.
Among the 18 wires, although the same 18 colors exist on both sides, each side has FOUR pink wires, 3 tan-ish wires, 2 purple, and 2 black/white wires, all identical shades and gauges.
I have no clue which of the same color wires should go to each other, and the schematics in the Haynes manual are useless without knowing what every circuit is. Can't find anything online either .
Anyone have any expertise or advise to climb THIS hurdle?
if you know what the pin outs are on the plug, you can use a wire tester/toner to trace a pin to the wires that are cut, a meter will work but I like the testers better