Re: [DML] Extra/unused wires in doors

[Peter Lucas <lucas@xxxx>]

There is definitely an unused wire that you can use for your 
launchers. My memory of the details has faded, but I'm pretty sure it 
is the single yellow/white wire that you mentioned.

The bad news is that this wire will only get you as far as the 
junction box in the center of the roof under the T-panel. It goes 
into the connector from the door to the roof harness, but you will 
discover that its mating pin is missing and there is no spare wire in 
the roof harness.

Here's what you have to do:
1) Remove the T-panel.
2) Remove the metal plate that covers the roof junction box. It is 
glued in place with black sealant. Just pry it up.
3) Remove the rear headliner piece (I can't remember if you also need 
to remove the center T-shaped headliner).
4) Locate the rectangular rubber bung inside the vehicle where the 
harness enters the cabin. You need to get two more wires through 
this bung somehow. I think I just squeezed them in, but I forget.
5) Fish the two wires along the roof, following the path of the 
existing harness until you get the wires into the junction box in the 
roof.
6) Remove the missing bullet connector pins from the connector for 
each door and connect your new wires to them using a suitable 
connector.
7) Run the other end of the wires via the route of your choice to the 
relays for the door launchers (I put mine in the area under the 
luggage shelf behind the driver's seat).
8) Wire it up and begin impressing your friends.

All of this is a medium hassle, but at least you don't have to have a 
new wire showing at your door hinge. And your friends really will be 
impressed.

--Pete Lucas
VIN #06703

At 10:34 PM +0000 9/20/01, mark@xxxx wrote:
> Does anyone know if there are extra/unused wires in the doors? I have
> seen several in there that don't look like they're being used. Can
> anyone identify them?:
>
> 1) A 2-conductor connector next to the power window connector. It has
> 2 green/white wires in one side, and a black wire in the other.
>
> 2) A single yellow/white wire in a female butt-connector next to the
> window motor
>
> 3) Two yellow/white wires going into a single female butt-connector
> in the middle(height)-rear section of the door.
>
> I am installing a door-launcher this weekend and would be REALLY
> happy if I didn't have to run more wires.
>
> Any help is always much appreciated!
>
> Thanks,
> Mark
> #10901