90 Ranger question

[Roger]

I'm in the middle of a cab swap, pulled the wiring harness from the old cab getting ready to swap to the replacement. But. As I was pulling the lighting/power harness, I came across connectors that I don't know what they go to. Since there is one on each side with the rest of the lighting, I imagine these might be for foglights/driving lights. Anyone know if this was an option in 1990? Or, maybe what they might be for? I can get a pic tomorrow and wire colors.

This truck is strange as it is a 2.3 5 speed truck that I would call stripped with a rubber floor mat. But it had auto hubs and has the electric shift t-case. And no AC...

 

[RobbieD]

These don't ring a bell, if they are stock, but get some pics up or more details (# of wires, wire colors, ect.) and we'll see what we can figure out.

 

[Roger]

They are in the factory bundle, weather pack factory connectors, 2 wires. I'll get a pic and wire colors tonight.

 

[RobbieD]

Cool; I'm kinda curious what they are myself, now.

 

[Roger]

Drivers side Orange w/Green stripe and Blue w/White stripe

Passenger side Dark Green w/Orange stripe and White w/Green Stripe

Unused and in the bundle. Couple more pics at Warthog Rising and feel free to look through the other albums...

 

[RobbieD]

I know that this sounds nuts, but it looks like those are speaker circuits. Early Rangers (gen1 & gen2) had the door wiring routed out of the doors, forward and around the front of the engine compartment. The top connector is a match for C108, with driver's door speaker wire colors; and the lower connector is a match for C144 with the passenger door speaker wire colors. Great to know, just in case you ever want to hook up speakers behind the grille, huh?

 

[Roger]

Well, now looking at the color chart on the TRS site, I have to agree. Too bad though. I was hoping for factory wiring... Hmmm, wonder if they would ... no, I won't do that...

Plans are to rig the door speaker wiring with a disconnect so I can pull the doors in the summer.

Thanks!

 

[Roger]

Thanks RobbieD. They might be speaker wires originally, but I gave this some thought last night. I thought I might still be able to use those wires for lights. After more thought, I can use those wires (I know they are not going to support lots of wattage) to feed some relays for lighting. Fewer wires to route elsewhere, and I am going through the harness anyway to correct previous owners mistakes (one guy tried to add a second alternator and battery, the next fixed the alternator wiring, but left the battery harness!!!). So I can strip the looming and move some stuff around, re-loom where needed, and document what I change for myself or the next owner...

Since this truck is 4x4 and lifted and getting 35" tires, I am adding "rock lights" under the truck and other additional forward and rear facing lighting. And because I learned from a mistake with lighting 20+ years ago, all lighting I add goes through relays and fuses. Under dash electric fires are NOT fun!

As a note here, I am not reusing any of the 88 wiring harness, and am NOT adapting 2 harnesses to make one. I have completely stripped out the 90 harness and am fitting it to the 88 cab complete. And anything I can add that doesn't require extra holes in the firewall, so much the better.

 

[salisbury1882]

MAN LETS SEE SOME MORE PICS!!!!

 

[salisbury1882]

Just joking about WORTHLESS part! But lets get some pics!