Guest ON3GO Posted March 23, 2003 Share Posted March 23, 2003 say i have a 240Z and a 280ZX, plus one extra L28ET with harness. now the motor in the 280zx is more built up so i want that in the 240Z. could u i just take the motor out and then use the other harness from the other motor? and when putting a harness in the 240Z, do i cap of connectors to the power windows and such? also what can i use and what cant i use on the L28ET harness on a 240Z? thanks mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudge Posted March 23, 2003 Share Posted March 23, 2003 Power window connectors wont matter, I have an 82 turbo engine that got transplanted into the 240 yesterday, but I dont have the wiring done yet as I just woke up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DatsunBoy77 Posted March 23, 2003 Share Posted March 23, 2003 you will only need the main engine harness that goes to the ecu. The windows are not run off of the ecu. I dont have anymore answers as i am stumped trying to wire mine right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ON3GO Posted March 24, 2003 Share Posted March 24, 2003 oh ok, but what about like the lighst in the dash board? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudge Posted March 24, 2003 Share Posted March 24, 2003 You wont be using any of that, nor will you end up using the stock gauge stuff, but do NOT cut anything from the dash area until you have the harness out, unless you know for certain you dont need it, like the power window motors etc Everything going to the back of the car in the passenger floorboard area can go, there is a very thick patch of cabling there to cut free. Things that are hooked up to fuses relays I would keep. Since I am not done with my setup I will stop there, I have seen only a little bit out there on wiring stuff. Basically you have to pull it, and figure out from there what you need. I am going to shave down my harness mostly due to weight/size, otherwise you could carry over the whole thing and only use what you want, but it would also be more confusing that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ON3GO Posted March 24, 2003 Share Posted March 24, 2003 ya cuz im confused about the whole harness thing. like how will i power the rear tail lights and front turn signals and head lights, how will i power my gauges, like will i need to put them to a swtich? mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudge Posted March 24, 2003 Share Posted March 24, 2003 You will power them with your stock harness, you splice a few lines everything else you dont touch. Imagine if you were putting in a V8, you dont pull out a Camaro wiring harness for the brake lights, you only need to support the driveline and whatever it requires to make it tick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ON3GO Posted March 24, 2003 Share Posted March 24, 2003 i guess when i get to this step ill fig it out and understand better. also Mudge... i want to thank you, u always help me out. mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudge Posted March 24, 2003 Share Posted March 24, 2003 Shoot, I likewise appreciate all the help I have gotten from the members of the site, experience counts in a BIG way as far as avoiding mistakes, and getting the job done faster/cheaper and hopefully right the first time. Len and his buddy stayed until around 4AM to help finish the swap. I have some pix of the swap in the gallery, as well as the wiring harness as it sits on my couch right now, basically as pulled. I didn't get to work on it tonight and I have to get up in 8 hours, so this will be a 3 day swap (provided tomorow goes well time wise). Things would have went faster if I had more metric stuff, doh http://www.hybridz.org/phpBB2/album_personal.php?user_id=3098 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ON3GO Posted March 24, 2003 Share Posted March 24, 2003 well thats cool of them to help u out. and congrads on the swap. i cant wait till im doing the swap and working on the car... all i can do now is work on my friends 1969 Bug. mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DatsunBoy77 Posted March 24, 2003 Share Posted March 24, 2003 I have some pix of the swap in the gallery, as well as the wiring harness as it sits on my couch right now, basically as pulled. Mine is sitting next to my couch. Hopefully i will get the rest in today. Was out there trying to replace the whole 77 harness with the 83 and now i feel sick after just unhooking everything. I think i might just put everything back. I am looking at this seeing that if i try to hook up the ZXT harness i will do a lot of cutting and splicing in that panel where it hooks up to the fuse box. This is one pain in the arse when you dont have a garage when you can just strip the whole car out and work from there. Take many pics as you install the harness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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