[urq] Pulling Wiring Harness out of a 200 3B?

[The Corbs]

Got it.  Thanks
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Todd Phenneger" <tquattroguy at yahoo.com>
To: "The Corbs" <c.corbishley at comcast.net>; <DGraber460 at aol.com>; 
<martin at quattro.ca>
Cc: "urq list" <urq at audifans.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 6:57 PM
Subject: Re: [urq] Pulling Wiring Harness out of a 200 3B?


> Ur-q wiring is crap.
> Don't splice.
> I'd use the 3b Harness intact.  If your going into an 85' ur-q with the
> updated fusebox all the better as the underside has ports you can plug 
> into
> direct for power and switched power.
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>> From: The Corbs <c.corbishley at comcast.net>
>> Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 17:11:49 -0400
>> To: <DGraber460 at aol.com>, <martin at quattro.ca>
>> Cc: <urq at audifans.com>
>> Subject: Re: [urq] Pulling Wiring Harness out of a 200 3B?
>>
>> Thanks Dennis.  Thanks for confirming that I didn't do all that for 
>> nothing!!
>>
>> Man, that 200 dash is built like a brick @#%&house!!
>>
>> I'm now at the point where I have disconnected all the wiring leading to 
>> the
>> fuse box and pushed it into the car.
>>
>> What I'm finding is that the "red" wrapped lead from the ECU branches 
>> into all
>> sorts of secondary connections.
>>
>> Do I need to trace all of these to source and pull them as well?
>>
>> That said, is it best to keep the 3B harness all intact, pull and discard 
>> the
>> UrQ harness, and substitute with the full 3B, ie no splicing?
>>
>> I hate the thought of having to dismantle the UrQ's dash to get the 
>> harness
>> in!
>>
>> Thaqnks
>>
>> John Corbs
>>
>>
>>   ----- Original Message -----
>>   From: DGraber460 at aol.com
>>   To: c.corbishley at comcast.net ; martin at quattro.ca
>>   Cc: urq at audifans.com
>>   Sent: Monday, May 26, 2008 4:42 PM
>>   Subject: Re: [urq] Pulling Wiring Harness out of a 200 3B?
>>
>>
>>   I just did this last weekend. No small task indeed!!
>>   One thing that would be of tremendous help would be to have someone 
>> else to
>> help. If you can have an assistant push while you pull, you will save 
>> yourself
>> a ton of time. It does all have to come into the interior side of the
>> firewall. Wear gloves if you can. The harness wrap is sticky gooey and 
>> hard to
>> clean off your hands.
>>   The heater box does have to be up out of the way to get the portion 
>> free
>> across the transmission tunnel.
>>   I had originally planned to use an AAN motor and pulled that harness 
>> which
>> seemed easier for some reason. That motor didn't work out so had to go 
>> back
>> and get the 3B harness. Trust me, you don't want to do this twice.
>>   Good luck!
>>
>>   Dennis
>>   Denver
>>
>>
>>
>>
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