A few loose ends I am not sure about

[spaceshuttle]

So here is the e36 starter has four terminals right?
I have a black wire coming off the battery terminal that is from my e30 and the wire coming off the back of the alternator connected to the same post as you can see.




Then I have this wire its in the main e36 loom I have one end connected to the same positive battery terminal as the black e30 one and I know it goes on the starter but can't figure out where



These two wires come out where all the plugs come out not sure where they go either


Don't know where this hose goes comes off the spider



And last is this hose originally it goes to the TB I think but I read on here that you don't need it and you can route it back to the head so do I just plug it in on the post after the second coolant sensor?



So that's it sorry it's kind of a lot of questions. I just don't want my car to start on fire or blow up or something.

[monkeytaco]

I'm not sure about your black wire from the battery terminal, I don't have that. The red wire in that picture looks like the main starter wire and connects where you have the other two wires connected on the starter.

The other two wires are also for the starter, the one with the larger hole goes on the post/nut right below the main(large) wire connection. the connector with the smaller hole goes on top, should be a small post/nut behind where that big black wire comes off the starter.

The large hose that comes off the spider goes to my coolant expansion tank.

I am ambivalent about the throttle body hose, i have mine connected because i drive at altitude and it can get really cold/icy. If you live somewhere warm you don't need it to go through the tb.

[samiam3356]

Plug the TB hose, there is great picture on here of the terminal setup(will try to find it for you), yep large hose exp tank

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showpost.php?p=2157311&postcount=14

[spaceshuttle]

Okay I got the two little black ones.

Does the wire that comes off the back of the alternator and the red wire that's in the main e36 loom both go on the same post?

here is the black wire from the e30 it looks like it should go on the starter

[monkeytaco]

It appears that they are redundant. I had a smaller wire still attached to the battery post that I removed when I pulled the m42. Seems like the same thing.

[spaceshuttle]

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showpost.php?p=2157311&postcount=14

in this picture he has the main power (red cord from the fire wall) on one of the main post does the alternator one go there to or on the other main post?

[328ijunkie]

The red wire goes to the fusebox if im seeing correctly. Zoom out on the harness and i can tell you for sure

[spaceshuttle]

No the red wire is on the e36 loom it goes from the passenger side to the driver side

[328ijunkie]

Yes, its for the Fusebox in an E36, which you can modify to work for your E30 fusebox eliminating an extra cable running across the bay...

[spaceshuttle]

oh i just used the original black ones on the fuse box

[spaceshuttle]

I just ordered an intake boot so I am not positive about a few hoses

Where does the evap emissions sensor go?



Then I have two hoses one is to the crank case breather and the other comes of the idle control valve those both go to the intake boot right?

And one more question where is a good place to spice in the ground and 12volt power to the oil level sensor?

[nando]

the big hose goes to the TB

the little hose goes to the charcol canister.

it's also not a sensor, it's a valve that lets in fuel vapors that would normally evaporate so your engine can burn them.