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TurboNG
11-15-2010, 12:34 AM
Anyone go as far as remove wiring from the harness that's no longer needed?
I'm in the process of tracing wires and removing crap that's no longer needed.
List
A/C controls and wiring
Smog controls and wiring
Fog Lights wiring
Stock Amp and wiring
Airbag controls and wiring
Cruise Control controls and wiring
I have a few unidentified items i'm not sure of what they are, two are on a triangular brace on the driver's side under dash, and one is a yellow box same side with two plugs going into it.
I just started this today so i will be tracing this crap for a few days and cutting out the useless wiring.
Any tips and ideas are appreciated...
jack90gt
11-15-2010, 12:43 AM
I had a 91 ssp notch and it was so gutted for weight that with a half a tank of gas and me(about 200lbs) it weighed in at 2730lbs... They even sheved the arm rests on the doors. I wish you luck in this. That's a lot of wires....
draggin50
11-15-2010, 12:58 AM
Man you aint messin round!!! You got your work cut out for ya!
85_SS_302_Coupe
11-15-2010, 11:12 AM
Me and my buddy Kenny did this on my car...i had an entire side of the engine harness almost completely unused. He got under the dash and i got under the hood, he tugged a wire and i traced it to see if it was used, and if not he clipped it off flush at the plug and i pulled it out.
Here's a few progress pics:
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee275/EVIL85SSP/Mustang%20Pics%20and%20Videos/Picture005.jpg
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee275/EVIL85SSP/Mustang%20Pics%20and%20Videos/Picture004.jpg
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee275/EVIL85SSP/Mustang%20Pics%20and%20Videos/Picture003.jpg
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee275/EVIL85SSP/Mustang%20Pics%20and%20Videos/Picture001.jpg
Here was the worst part...it got to the point where i was worried about a fire from all these broken and naked wires...not to mention being completely embarrassing to open the hood.
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee275/EVIL85SSP/Mustang%20Pics%20and%20Videos/wiringmess.jpg
Here's how it turned out...we didn't hide anything, just removed the unnecessary stuff and taped the rest back up.
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee275/EVIL85SSP/Mustang%20Pics%20and%20Videos/P5070008.jpg
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee275/EVIL85SSP/Mustang%20Pics%20and%20Videos/P5070006.jpg
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee275/EVIL85SSP/Mustang%20Pics%20and%20Videos/P5070010.jpg
And here's what it looked like bone stock...
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee275/EVIL85SSP/Mustang%20Pics%20and%20Videos/IM000752-1.jpg
So yeah...a LOT of junk came out that was completely useless.
TurboNG
11-16-2010, 01:00 AM
Well, i'm staying EFI, so i have to keep all that. I got on ondemand5 and printed off some help full information. I'm gonna post up progress as i go.
lxenvy
11-16-2010, 01:41 AM
Well, i'm staying EFI, so i have to keep all that. I got on ondemand5 and printed off some help full information. I'm gonna post up progress as i go.
:bigthumb
TurboNG
11-18-2010, 12:00 AM
So far i'm at 24 lbs of wiring and components.
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