Where to find e36 car side of wiring harness

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  • Bimmer335is
    Advanced Member
    • Jun 2006
    • 146
    #1

    Where to find e36 car side of wiring harness

    Where did you guys get your wiring harness's for the adapter? I am looking for the car side of the harness out of an e36 so I can finish my swap. My guess is that I'll have to search wrecking yards and stuff, but any help would be great. Also does anyone have a wiring diagram for an '87 325is with the s50 swap, since i noticed most of them are for '88 and above? Thanks.
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    • equate975
      No R3VLimiter
      • Jun 2004
      • 3382
      #2
      You might be able to order the plug from the dealer, but I don't know the part number or how much it would cost. If you can find e36s in a yard that would be the best bet. Maybe you could find someone who would be willing to cut it out for you.

      I don't really know what you could do other than that, I just used a THR adapter.
      Rollin' with a Geistkuchen

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        • PiercedE30
          R3V Elite
          • Apr 2005
          • 4220
          #3
          go to a junkyard with a pair of wire cutters and cut one out of a car.
          My 2.9L Build!

          Originally posted by Ernest Hemingway
          There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games.

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            • NickP
              Wrencher
              • Feb 2004
              • 257
              #4
              Most don't touch the e30 car side. They usually splice the e30 motor side harness onto the e36 motor harness.

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                • matt
                  No R3VLimiter
                  • Oct 2003
                  • 3731
                  #5
                  Originally posted by equate975
                  You might be able to order the plug from the dealer, but I don't know the part number or how much it would cost. If you can find e36s in a yard that would be the best bet. Maybe you could find someone who would be willing to cut it out for you.

                  I don't really know what you could do other than that, I just used a THR adapter.
                  You can buy both engine and chassis side of both the e30 and e36 connectors. They arent expensive. You can get the pins also, and both connectors use the same pins.

                  I think the best way to do it is to put an e30 engine connector on the motor harness.

                  You could have found this information by searching... I have posted it before.

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                    • Mike B.
                      E30 Modder
                      • Jan 2006
                      • 987
                      #6
                      I bought a new E30 engine side connector and pins. Easy and very clean solution.

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                        • Bimmer335is
                          Advanced Member
                          • Jun 2006
                          • 146
                          #7
                          I know I can just splice the e30 engine harness adapter on there, but I don't want to do that. I will if I have to, but what I want to do is make an adapter with the e36 car side, and e30 engine harness.

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                            • PiercedE30
                              R3V Elite
                              • Apr 2005
                              • 4220
                              #8
                              What I did was get the body side connector off of a car and a engine side connector for the harness you are using. then splice the two together so that you plug one side into the engine harness, and one side plugs into your body harness
                              My 2.9L Build!

                              Originally posted by Ernest Hemingway
                              There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games.

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                                • Bimmer335is
                                  Advanced Member
                                  • Jun 2006
                                  • 146
                                  #9
                                  What I did was get the body side connector off of a car and a engine side connector for the harness you are using. then splice the two together so that you plug one side into the engine harness, and one side plugs into your body harness
                                  Thats exactly what I want to do.

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