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

[Todd Phenneger]

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.




> 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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