Do I have something missing too? Update 11/23 November 03, 2006, 01:36:11 PM .*update*I'll let you all in what I'm doing. I'm usualy one to wait till the end but this one will be different.Having previously changed my cluster to the TC unit that left me with a bunch of hacked connectors on the back of my dash.. So I decided to change the dash harness out to one that was stock with the buttstuffog cluster.*enter Jim* (8birdy8)After spending days going over the differences of fox harness's I decided to try an 88 TC dash harness. The only things different between the tc dash harness and the cougar harness besides the obvios cluster are things that dont matter as my car doesn't even have those. Like ride control and fuel selector. Oh and Jim is the one who had the TC harness.*what changes* Besides the cluster this harness has the ATC, fog lights and systems sentry. Jim and I also discovered that the cornering lamps require nothing more than two harness changes to convert any car. More on this later as I will probably make a little write up about it.*hard part*Since RJ confirmed my suspision that the dash to engine connectors are the same between (88 only) v6 and v8 cars that I will have to do the same things that someone isntalling a v8 into a TC would have to do. Hard? Not likely.*results*Aside from the pretty black dash (that will lead to me painting more parts on my coffee table yes) I will gain a bunch of popular options. Number one thing I wanted with doing this was the unhacked connector for the cluster. I will be getting ATC, systems sentry (even though half of it will not work, for now), cornering lamps and stock functioning fog lights. Wich leads me to another discovery, the connectors for TC and other cars headlight harnesses are different, regardless of cornering lamps. The TC has a black connector and the other cars have a grey connector.So I'll have to convert to the TC headlight harness, wich also makes for good things because I'll be converting my bumper back to the TC bumper I had installed in 05. ( a nicer condition one this time though). fog lights FTW.I'll be converting my air box because they are different between atc and non atc cars. Also the blend door on the back of the dash is different, thanks Jim for pointing this out. I already have all these parts but I'm still tracking down one stupid little part that is buried in the dash and impossible to get too when its back together. The harness extension and through firewall gromet for the heater core line sensor. Quote Selected
Do I have something missing too? Update 11/23 Reply #1 – November 03, 2006, 01:39:16 PM What I don't see anythingn missing. Lets see steering wheel, brake, gas, shifter... Seems to be good to me.What exaclty are you doing? Quote Selected
Do I have something missing too? Update 11/23 Reply #2 – November 03, 2006, 01:41:52 PM Watcha doin? Quote Selected
Do I have something missing too? Update 11/23 Reply #3 – November 03, 2006, 01:49:39 PM Aint she pretty? Quote Selected
Do I have something missing too? Update 11/23 Reply #4 – November 03, 2006, 01:52:21 PM Cracked up junk. Quote Selected
Do I have something missing too? Update 11/23 Reply #5 – November 03, 2006, 01:57:54 PM Sweet.. looks excellent. Quote Selected
Do I have something missing too? Update 11/23 Reply #6 – November 03, 2006, 02:01:34 PM The point of the project! &*)@#!$!%&*$#@ thing! Second time now!But the box is all the way out because I'm actualy chaning boxes.Oh and I'm using Fedora Core 6 and the image upload thing works perfect with it! Quote Selected
Do I have something missing too? Update 11/23 Reply #7 – November 03, 2006, 02:28:17 PM Gimmie that tripminder. Quote Selected
Do I have something missing too? Update 11/23 Reply #8 – November 03, 2006, 02:40:27 PM *look at first post for updates* Quote Selected
Do I have something missing too? Update 11/23 Reply #9 – November 03, 2006, 03:07:21 PM Not bad for a car you were giving up on, a few months ago... Quote Selected
Do I have something missing too? Update 11/23 Reply #10 – November 03, 2006, 03:15:35 PM You may consider installing a relay in the fog light wiring to take the load off of the switch. Quote Selected
Do I have something missing too? Update 11/23 Reply #11 – November 03, 2006, 03:36:27 PM , someones been busylookin good Quote Selected
Do I have something missing too? Update 11/23 Reply #12 – November 03, 2006, 03:46:22 PM Quote from: cougarcragar;111389Gimmie that tripminder.and give me that crack free dash. Quote Selected
Do I have something missing too? Update 11/23 Reply #13 – November 03, 2006, 04:15:08 PM There's a blue crack free dash on E-bay for $70.00 right now. Quote Selected
Do I have something missing too? Update 11/23 Reply #14 – November 03, 2006, 04:19:21 PM I got the tripmeter out of my car if somone *really* wants it. Great job by the way Claude, it looks kickass so far. Quote Selected
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