90red
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- Austin, TX.
Okay, here it goes.
I have a 90 XJ 4.0 manual everything. I bought an 89 XJ for $350 power everything minus the motor because it was seized. I took the doors with power windows and locks off of the 89 and put them on my 90. Because they were different colors I thought, what the hell, lets paint the 90 so everything will match. Now its painted a lovely Porsche red and looking good. When the paint dried and it was safe to work on, I decided to start to hook up all the wiring. Well, low and behold, the current wiring harness under the dash of the 90 doesnt have the proper connections to power the doors. So I am currently driving around an XJ that wont allow me to roll down its windows. I have started working on removing the wiring harness from the 89 to install on my 90.
Before I get too far, is this doable? Will the wiring harness swap from the 89 to the 90 without having to modify any wiring? If it is just plug and play, I can handle that. But anything past that I will probably struggle with. Also, the 89 is an automatic and it has a tranny comp. My 90 is manual. When I swap everything, will that need to be hooked up even though it wont be controlling anything, or can I leave it unhooked. I also believe I may be having some issues with the main comp. in my 90 so I was thinking about trying out the comp. from the 89. Good idea? Bad idea? Any and all help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance guys.
90red
I have a 90 XJ 4.0 manual everything. I bought an 89 XJ for $350 power everything minus the motor because it was seized. I took the doors with power windows and locks off of the 89 and put them on my 90. Because they were different colors I thought, what the hell, lets paint the 90 so everything will match. Now its painted a lovely Porsche red and looking good. When the paint dried and it was safe to work on, I decided to start to hook up all the wiring. Well, low and behold, the current wiring harness under the dash of the 90 doesnt have the proper connections to power the doors. So I am currently driving around an XJ that wont allow me to roll down its windows. I have started working on removing the wiring harness from the 89 to install on my 90.
Before I get too far, is this doable? Will the wiring harness swap from the 89 to the 90 without having to modify any wiring? If it is just plug and play, I can handle that. But anything past that I will probably struggle with. Also, the 89 is an automatic and it has a tranny comp. My 90 is manual. When I swap everything, will that need to be hooked up even though it wont be controlling anything, or can I leave it unhooked. I also believe I may be having some issues with the main comp. in my 90 so I was thinking about trying out the comp. from the 89. Good idea? Bad idea? Any and all help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance guys.
90red