Natedog
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Anybody have a wiring diagram for a 1987 Ranger? I'm finishing my a4ld to M5r1 swap and need to make it so it thinks it in neutral so that it will crank the starter. Also need to make my reverse lights work. I'm not using the clutch neutral safety switch that goes on the clutch pedal, hate those things.
My wires are different colors than the ones in the a4ld to Fm145 swap tech. Played with a DVM using volts and ohms settings but didn't want to fry my ECU or something else possibly. After using DVM I used a test light and connected a few wires in the plugs and couldn't get the engine to crank or my reverse lights to come on.
I have two plugs from my a4ld. First one is a two wire, a red and an orange wire. The red wire has 12 volts power only in KOER. Orange wire don't know what it does.
Second plug is round five wire. Black/purple stripe wire is ground. Brown/purple stripe is 12 volts power only in KOER. Red/purple stripe don't know what it does. White/pink stripe is ground. Red/pink stripe don't know what it does. I jumpered with a test light from the brown/purple stripe to ground and with koer it lit the test light. So I tried a few others. If I connect the brown/purple stripe wire to the white/pink stripe or the black/purple stripe the test light comes on with KEOR, but goes out when ignition is in the cranking position (starter engage). However, the engine will NOT crank and run no matter what I've tried. Didn't want to try to much more without a diagram to help keep the smoke in...call me chicken I guess.
BTW, o2 sensor that is part of this harness group was not plugged in during these tests but don't think that should matter.
My wires are different colors than the ones in the a4ld to Fm145 swap tech. Played with a DVM using volts and ohms settings but didn't want to fry my ECU or something else possibly. After using DVM I used a test light and connected a few wires in the plugs and couldn't get the engine to crank or my reverse lights to come on.
I have two plugs from my a4ld. First one is a two wire, a red and an orange wire. The red wire has 12 volts power only in KOER. Orange wire don't know what it does.
Second plug is round five wire. Black/purple stripe wire is ground. Brown/purple stripe is 12 volts power only in KOER. Red/purple stripe don't know what it does. White/pink stripe is ground. Red/pink stripe don't know what it does. I jumpered with a test light from the brown/purple stripe to ground and with koer it lit the test light. So I tried a few others. If I connect the brown/purple stripe wire to the white/pink stripe or the black/purple stripe the test light comes on with KEOR, but goes out when ignition is in the cranking position (starter engage). However, the engine will NOT crank and run no matter what I've tried. Didn't want to try to much more without a diagram to help keep the smoke in...call me chicken I guess.
BTW, o2 sensor that is part of this harness group was not plugged in during these tests but don't think that should matter.
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