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  • KEVORM
    Wrencher
    • Jul 2011
    • 237
    #1

    Need advice/Possible WTB body harness

    Fellow R3v folk i need some sage advice,

    So my car is an 84' eta, or it was, i guess. Im am just finishing up acquiring the very last pieces before the motor ('89) is ready to go back in.

    My question is this: Does anyone think it's a good idea to replace the entire body harness, from break lights to head lights, before i put the motor in?

    The reason i ask is that the current one shows signs of PO tampering, bullet connectors and such. Also, there are some quirks iirc with the 84 and 85 and how the gauge cluster gets it's info to display properly. The last thing i want is to get everything all buttoned up and then be chasing electrical gremlins for the rest of time. What i would need, if this seems like a decent way to go, is an 86 or 87 early model e or i harness that has the round connector. I have no idea how much these go for, or if this is practical/feasible, which is where you all come in, enlighten me oh lords of the e30!

    Thanks in advance,

    -Kevin
    84' 325i -> PRO3 #304
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    • LuckyHenriksen
      R3V Elite
      • Jun 2010
      • 4244
      #2
      I wish I knew more about the early models, and wiring in general. Best of luck figuring it out.

      Maybe you could strip it all out and replace it with a painless performance harness?


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        • e30austin
          I waste 90% of my day here and all I got was this stupid title
          • Sep 2010
          • 15382
          #3
          How bad is it? Pics and such would help :)


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            • KEVORM
              Wrencher
              • Jul 2011
              • 237
              #4
              I don't have any pics, car isn't near me. When it still had an engine the turn signals, brakes lights and high beams didn't work. So there is clearly some problems already, also as is I'll have to make an adapter to go from square to round connector. I hate electrical stuff, Id rather run myself over with the car than be doing wiring inside of it. Which is why I think maybe replacing the whole thing could be worth doing.
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                • e30austin
                  I waste 90% of my day here and all I got was this stupid title
                  • Sep 2010
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                  #5
                  Sure it wasn't just some fuses?


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                    • KEVORM
                      Wrencher
                      • Jul 2011
                      • 237
                      #6
                      This is definitely a possibility, and something i didn't check. I've never looked in the fuse box, if one is blown will it simply be cracked like a normal fuse?
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                        • e30austin
                          I waste 90% of my day here and all I got was this stupid title
                          • Sep 2010
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                          #7
                          Pretty much. I'd just get a volt meter out and print off the fuse box diagram (authored by DarkWing) and start testing.


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