Over the weekend I finally started opening up the wiring harness in the engine compartment of the Vanagon, and made some progress until I was overcome by a bad case of bronchitis. My very preliminary findings are: Whoever did the wiring modification had the proper gauge wire, but had a limited choice of colors - therefore no continuity of colors from the inside to the outside of the harness. I found that the 2 long wire pigtails that come out of one of the sub-harnesses are part of the charging system. Using the wiring diagram for a 99 Legacy, the large red wire goes to hot with ignition in the run position, and the small black wire goes to the alt. lamp. The other 3 wire pigtails that come out of the main harness are: red to battery voltage, one of the orange wires is hot when ign is in crank position, and the other orange wire is hot when ign. is in run position. I plan to re-verify this this coming weekend, and move on to the wires that go to and from the relay bank mounted in the engine compartment. In the meantime, however, I thought that I might ask if there are any preferred locations to splice these wires into the Vanagon electrical system, as opposed to just using the wiring diagram to find locations that would appear to be appropriate sources for each circuit. Thanks !!
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Thanks Kent, Brent, James, and Scott?for your timely response. It does appear, however that James and I have one common connection, however. Yes, James, this is the vehicle that was at the Hot Rod shop near Raleigh. The shop owner said that he thought that the wiring harness was sent to someone in Chapel Hill to be modified, but I'd be willing to bet that it was done by the same person in Raleigh thad did yours. Much of the wiring has been installed, but there are still a number of wires, almost all without connectors on the ends,?that need to find a home. The wires?had all been?tagged with paper tags indicating where they went, but after sitting outside for a couple of years, the printing on almost every tag has faded to the point that it is illegible. One big question that I have is concerning 3 relays that are part of my harness. These are 3 identical relays that are mounted together on?the left side of the engine compartment. There are wires
coming from the harness bundle that attach to the relays, and then there are wire pigtails about 10" long?that come from the relays and are hanging loose. With time, I think I could trace out the rest of the wires, to determine where they go, but since the relays are not factory Subaru, I can't even guess what their purpose might be, or where the pigtails should be attached. Do you know, by chance, the name of the shop that did your harness modification? If they are still in business, maybe we could get a little assistance from them. In the meantime, I thought I'd try to make some photos of the different areas I have questions about in the next few days, and post them for inspection by any helpful group members. Thanks again, everyone for your assistance !!
--- On Mon, 3/5/12, James Henry <jch@...> wrote:
From: James Henry <jch@...>
Subject: RE: [subaruvanagon] Vanagon with a DOHC 2.5 engine in North or South Carolina.
To: subaruvanagon@...
Date: Monday, March 5, 2012, 4:35 PM
Darrel,
I am another NC vanagon owner with a 2.5 (96) that is incomplete and could
use some input. I think I have most of mine figured out, except for wiring.
My wiring harness was done a shop in Raleigh, but never installed, not
really finished. I have finally found the time and courage to get into it
and figure it out. I? am hoping to put it in the vanagon this weekend if I
can get answers to a couple of questions. Brent, your site has been
enormously helpful.? I have most of the other parts figured out. I think.
Brent or Scott, or anyone else, I could do a video chat through FaceBook, or
Microsoft Messenger, or WebX from my laptop and interactively ask a couple
of questions, if you would be up for it. You would not need video at your
end, we could talk via telephone.???A laptop in the shop is a wonderful
thing.
I have a reverse cooling system from Tom Shields, and a lot of SmallCar
parts. This project has been going on for too many years, Tom has been very
helpful, as has SmallCar. Darrel, I am not that far from Charlotte, maybe we
could collaborate. I could even come to Charlotte. Did you buy your project
from a hotrod shop south of Raleigh? You beat me to it if you did. I am in
Durham.
Thanks to all for any and all help. I hope that I have not jumped your
thread here Darrel, sounds like we are sharing some common problems and are
working to the same end.
We need to have these done and ready to show off at EveryBus in April!!!!!
www.everybus2012.com
Jim Henry
Durham, NC
84 Westy
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From: subaruvanagon@... [mailto:subaruvanagon@...]
On Behalf Of DARREL
Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2012 21:42
To: subaruvanagon@...
Subject: [subaruvanagon] Vanagon with a DOHC 2.5 engine in North or South
Carolina.
?
I am trying to complete the installation of a 99 2.5 DOHC engine in an 86
Vanagon Weekender. I bought this vehicle from a third party seller, who had
very little information about the vehicle, other than that the engine was
from a 99 Legacy with 44,000 miles, and that he heard it run before it was
removed from the Subaru. I talked to small car, and from my description,
they said it did not sound like the modification parts were from them. The
seller did say that he possibly remembered that the owner mentioned getting
a modification kit from a Subaruvanagon member named Bryan, spelled with a Y
instead of an I. The installation appears to be about 80-85% complete, but
there are still some areas that have me at a loss. If I could have the
opportunity to look at a completed installation, I think it would give me
enough information to get this project wrapped up in time for camping
season. SO - I'm wondering if anyone within a 2-3 hour drive of Charlotte,
NC would have a V-gon with a 2.5 DOHC that I could come and inspect, and
maybe make a few photos of the areas I have questions about, so I can get
this vehicle on the road. Thanks in advance! Darrel
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