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?
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