Hello My Name is Tony and I have DWD, caught a bad case in the electrical way Options

[TonyAKAVW]

So the car that I'm doing my Subaru conversion on just had a major setback tonight. My body wiring harness is no longer installed (for the most part). I pulled the wiring from the front trunk and also from the dash area. Its going to get stripped of wiring that I don't need, and I'm going to add wiring that I do need that isn't there.

For instance:

Deleting:

> fresh air blower wiring (I'm going to weld over the fresh air inlet and not use it.

> side marker wiring (not using)

> dome light (not putting in a backpad, going to do something else for light)

> heater controls (Ripped out stock heater controls, going to do a custom variable speed control for the dual blowers that I'm going to install someday)

> Door switches (I consider this excess, useless wiring)

> Seatbelt relay and Logic relay (again, useless to me)

Probably more too...


Adding:

> OBD II wiring for Subrau engine up to dash board

> harness wiring for Subaru ECU (going to be mounted between seats at the firewall, on the floor.)

> wiring for windshield washer pump

> 12 volt distribution for engine bay, front and rear trunks and under the dash (for stuff like tools, etc.)

> DC and AC wiring for power inverter (to power a laptop, etc.)


So like I said I caught a bad case of Dirk Wright's Disease. I've taken it upon myslef to redo the wiring instead of use what was probably a 99% functional body wiring harness. Luckily most of the wiring will stay the same, but the way I do the fuses and relays in the cabin will change considerably.

I know I'm not the only one here who does this sort of thing. We need a 12 step program.



-Tony

[jsteele22]

Hey Tony,

I'm not going all-out like you, but I've got some humble plans for my car. I'm sick of twisting my torpedo fuses to get the corrosion off, and looking under the floormat for the ones I kick out of the fuseholder. (Not as nimble as I used to be...) So I went to the boneyard and did some searching around. I pulled the fuse/relay box from a '93 Legacy. It has ATO blade fuses and several relays. Don't recall the count, but it was enough for the 914 circuits and a few spares.

My plan (eventually) is to snip the corroded spade connectors from the 914 wiring and solder (I despise crimp connectors) the 914 wires into the leads from the Subie box, and make an adapter to bolt the box more or less in the stock position.