E34 harness VS E36 harness?

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  • nando
    Moderator
    • Nov 2003
    • 34827

    #16
    nao I is confused :p

    looks like an M30 airbox to me.

    Pretty sure I can make the E34 harness work. We'll see.
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    • JGood
      R3V OG
      • Jan 2004
      • 7959

      #17
      Originally posted by nando
      nao I is confused :p

      looks like an M30 airbox to me.

      Pretty sure I can make the E34 harness work. We'll see.

      Nothing to be confused about, it works fine. Yes, you will have to pull it a little bit to get it to reach. Yes, the plug will be on the opposite side of where it is stock, in the glovebox. I can't come up with a good reason why the orientation of the DME matters. It's not rocket science, and not hard work. Just tug on the harness a bit and bolt the DME down. This is by far the easiest part of the swap.
      85 325e m60b44 6 speed / 89 535i
      e30 restoration and V8 swap
      24 Hours of Lemons e30 build

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      • blackhawkimpact
        R3VLimited
        • Apr 2010
        • 2415

        #18
        Yeah just finished couple days ago. Need to clean it.

        The airbox is from a 535i.

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        • StereoInstaller1
          GAS
          • Jul 2004
          • 22679

          #19
          Originally posted by blackhawkimpact
          Yeah just finished couple days ago. Need to clean it.

          The airbox is from a 535i.
          as in M30 E34?

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          • blackhawkimpact
            R3VLimited
            • Apr 2010
            • 2415

            #20
            Yes

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            • StereoInstaller1
              GAS
              • Jul 2004
              • 22679

              #21
              I like the look. Way better than some cone filter poking around. Were you able to get cold air from behind the headlight?

              Closing SOON!
              "LAST CHANCE FOR G.A.S." DEAL IS ON NOW

              Luke AT germanaudiospecialties DOT com or text 425-761-6450, or for quickest answers, call me at the shop 360-669-0398

              Thanks for 10 years of fun!

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              • sofa KING euro
                E30 Addict
                • Nov 2011
                • 414

                #22
                e36 harness

                NEED HELP!Bought an e30 with an m50tu swap single vanos. The car wasnt running because it had no harness so I went ahead and bought an e36 harness because I heard it was the better choice for the lenth issue. I hooked everything up to the sensors correctly(used a wiring diagram from bmw) however I am now cranking the vehicle over but it won't start=/ I didnt have fuel pump engagement, fuel injector pulse, or spark but after finding the ckps to be bad I now have spark and I know the engine runs because i manually grounded the injectors and gave power to the fuel pump relay and it started=0 I'm not sure at this point if the e36 harness is whats going on because I have heard it works but I have two black wires coming out by the 20 connector on the passenger side by the firewall and I'm not really sure if they should be power or ground or both? has this happened to anyone....the dme is a red label e34 dme

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                • nando
                  Moderator
                  • Nov 2003
                  • 34827

                  #23
                  you might want to start a new thread, with a title that pertains to your problem.


                  FWIW - I wish I'd found an E36 harness instead of an E34. Oh well, it works (other than the fact that I modded the crap out of it anyway). A clean automatic harness would have been cheap and easy to mod, and it would have fit better.
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