M42 Head Gasket Blown, Project Thread

[e30if]

Saw a Craigslist ad while I was browsing for random e30 parts locally, he's got a couple M42 harnesses and random other parts if you haven't already sourced a harness: https://seattle.craigslist.org/est/p...234061958.html

[bmwman91]

Thanks, I may end up bugging this guy since the r3v'ers with harnesses have not gotten back to me.

[digger]

Thanks, I may end up bugging this guy since the r3v'ers with harnesses have not gotten back to me.

Don't you just need a patch harness or de-pin the factory connector and re-pin to the LINK connectors ?

[bmwman91]

The Link ECU uses the same 88 pin connector, so I could just depin the plug & move stuff around as needed. But, I am planning to add all sorts of features and rewire some stuff, so I want to do all of that on a spare harness. Then I can keep my stock ECU and the harness I just rebuilt together (to keep the car running now, and to swap in if I need to), and build a separate one for the Link ECU. I have a thread going for the ECU project now.
https://www.r3vlimited.com/board/for...-link-g4x-e36x