VIDEO DIY: How to wire your 24V motor ultimate noob guide

[lolcantturn]

Bump for noobies

[bimmerteck]

Those look a lot like Weatherpack seals. Jus' sayin...

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My parts guy found current production BMW seals that should work, though we haven't tested them yet; it looks like they should be compatible and are available for order in smaller quantities than the previous listing I offered.


Size- BMW PN

S- 61138372626
M- 61138372628

[TobyB]

Edit: do you know of anywhere you can order new seals?

Those look a lot like Weatherpack seals. Jus' sayin...

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[36brua]

^^Thanks for the info / gauge wiring and hardware

[bimmerteck]

Thank you :O

Edit: do you know of anywhere you can order new seals?

New Seals

This should be New plugs for unused pin locations.

[lolcantturn]

Nice video. I watched the whole thing even though i'm not doing a 24v swap lol.
You should make more DIY videos. Maybe something like a complete 24v swap from start to finish - that would be epic.

I could do that, I wouldn't mind, gotta find me a car.

[VinniE30]

Nice video. I watched the whole thing even though i'm not doing a 24v swap lol.
You should make more DIY videos. Maybe something like a complete 24v swap from start to finish - that would be epic.

[Blaine0002]

Thank you :O

Edit: do you know of anywhere you can order new seals?

[bimmerteck]

Awesome.
Where do you get the plugs and ends for these?

I order the pins through my local parts dept. but most places that stock factory parts should be able to order them. The part # for the pins are in the full wiring 101 post taken from my build thread. ;-) I keep the seals to make the x20 weathertight from harness and circuits I remove from donor harnesses/connectors. Wiring 201 will be posted soon I just have to get my real camera back out into the garage to document what I did.

[Blaine0002]

Not too bad for a first DIY video, I'd recommend either using factory butt crimps and heat shrink or soldering the wires and then heat shrinking rather than just the twisting and heat shrinking. You'll usually get better results from the factory wiring diagrams, but the online pinout charts are a good starting point and usually have the main required pins correct.


Adaptors are great if you aren't very confident in your skills, but I prefer to transplant the body side of the e36's x20 into the e30. It looks stock while allowing for every circuit of the e30 to function and leaves room to add extra pins to the motor harness for aftermarket gauges such as oil temp, oil pressure, ect. if you so desire. Another benefit to wiring the x20 to the e30 is that it reduces the potential failure points.

1. Cut off the c101.


2. Prep the wires.


3.Map the pins.


4. Insert the e30's harness into the x20.

Awesome.
Where do you get the plugs and ends for these?

[Rsully70sev]

Holy hell you sound like a condescending douche! no offense!

lucky I wasn't there with Chuck on my shoulder telling me to shove my fist down your throat and rip out your larynx.


So what's wrong with Daves harness? my car runs fine.

And you sound like a whiney waffleswaffleswaffleswaffles. Chill the fuck out tough guy

Well done man, I'm sure this would be of great use to someone working on a swap.

[bimmerteck]

Not too bad for a first DIY video, I'd recommend either using factory butt crimps and heat shrink or soldering the wires and then heat shrinking rather than just the twisting and heat shrinking. You'll usually get better results from the factory wiring diagrams, but the online pinout charts are a good starting point and usually have the main required pins correct.


Adaptors are great if you aren't very confident in your skills, but I prefer to transplant the body side of the e36's x20 into the e30. It looks stock while allowing for every circuit of the e30 to function and leaves room to add extra pins to the motor harness for aftermarket gauges such as oil temp, oil pressure, ect. if you so desire. Another benefit to wiring the x20 to the e30 is that it reduces the potential failure points.

1. Cut off the c101.


2. Prep the wires.


3.Map the pins.


4. Insert the e30's harness into the x20.

[NbAmTwE]

This is very good info, thanks!

[328ijunkie]

Epic fail. :(

Fixed. Thanks for the heads up!

[vandy]

Yeah i sold him an 'unmodified' harness and a C101 pigtail on the cheapz cause he wanted to tackle it himself. Looks like he did a good job!
What year is your car btw? Whatd you do with pin 20?

And i hate to bump this thread as it may hurt my business ;) lol

I think the broken link in your sig may do more damage to business than this one post. :p