24v Swap wiring adapter questions

[MaksV]

Had an adapter. Went to a converted harness. Much cleaner.

[frankie591]

I hate oil. Always have it professionally changed, don't care if I built the motor or not.

'Professionally changed' by a 16 year old kid who works at his uncle's shop and got a b- in grand 9 auto class.

[Wanganstyle]

'Professionally changed' by a 16 year old kid who works at his uncle's shop and got a b- in grand 9 auto class.

The same middle aged guy changes the oil on all my cars. No child is allowed to touch it.

I'd rather keep oil off my skin - I'm happy to pay for oil changes

[nrubenstein]

With that mentality you may as well take your car to a mechanic to get your oil changed, or go to the dentist to have them brush your teeth. The whole point of having an e30 is to get your hands dirty and learn something :pimp:

Right, because the fact that I would prefer to be able to easily understand how my harness is wired at any given point, rather than re-pinning it to something non-standard means that I don't like to do work on cars. I've only done three engine swaps, a shit ton more engine replacements and other work, repainted a car, built a couple race cars, and, you know, a few other things that aren't on this list. (I'll grant you the hands dirty part - I buy nitrile gloves by the thousands.)

At best, re-pinning a harness leaves you with a harness that only you can understand easily. The nice thing about adapters is that it will always be easy to figure out what wire does what, and an adapted harness is much less likely to have had someone "thin out" the wires he didn't think were necessary. This is my frustration with my current S50B32 harness - i have not only been forced to check every single wire color against the ETM diagrams, but I've also been forced to find wires that were cut back and replace them. If the PO had just made an adapter, I wouldn't have to deal with this crap. Instead, he got creative and the harness will never be the same.

[lolcantturn]

The same middle aged guy changes the oil on all my cars. No child is allowed to touch it.

I'd rather keep oil off my skin - I'm happy to pay for oil changes

I'm calculated that for the price of an oil change including oil (Around ~$30 here, usually less), I'd rather just pay someone to do it.

Granted, I've always smashed an oil pan or gone through a motor swap before I've ever actually needed to change my oil hehe.