engine and drivetrain Wiring Harness Removal

[TurkisM2002]

Hi everyone, I need a little assistance on removing all the wiring from my '73. I've searched and couldn't find anything..though maybe my search skills are suspect. 

 

The car is completely stripped (I mean completely) save the wiring. PO had spliced wires adding a few aftermarket items, some of the original wires are cut, taped, badly crimped. Typical mess.

 

I'm trying to remove the harness by pulling it from the engine compartment through the firewall into the cabin. Is this the easiest/right way?  At any rate, I can't see how I'd get some of the larger connectors to fit through the hole in the firewall and I don't really want to cut now splice later.

 

Any advice appreciated.

 

 

 

 

[Stefan_m2002tii]

the harness is in 2 pieces, pull only one of them into cabin. there are a few connectors under dash to separate them. also you must disconnect the fusebox

[TurkisM2002]

Hi Stefan, the fuse box has already been disconnected. Picture was taken before that was disconnected.  So I'm not seeing where the harness is in actually 2 pieces. 

 

Here's a picture of inside the cabin looking at the two holes where the harness seems to branch apart. Is it under all that tape? 

 

I am working out pulling the larger wrapped set of cables that is going through the upper hole in the attached picture first. Are you saying there's a connector somewhere there?

 

Thanks

 

 

[Stefan_m2002tii]

white one in lower right corner, should be a black one close to it. no need to unwrap
I don't remember if its the uppe r or lower that should be pulled into cabin. The one with all headlight wires will be pulled into engine bay, the other into cabin.

[TurkisM2002]

white one in lower right corner, should be a black one close to it. no need to unwrap

I don't remember if its the uppe r or lower that should be pulled into cabin. The one with all headlight wires will be pulled into engine bay, the other into cabin.

 

Hmm...ok so all those connectors you mentioned are already disconnected. The's a connector body on the engine compartment side that won't fit through the upper hole - wish I had a pic that showed this. Wait I do...if you look at the first picture in my original post, you'll see a white connector on the right side of the picture just hanging out by itself (it has been painted over for some reason).   This is what I cannot feed through the hole. 

 

Thanks

[Stefan_m2002tii]

Looks like the service/diagnos connector, it should go through. worst case you can take the connectors out of the housing.

There are small tabs needed to be pushed in to free them 

edit..
found this pic in another post and if its the diagnos connector it looks like it should stay in engine bay

Edited August 1, 2014 by Stefan_m2002tii

[fsf517]

I think if you unravel the tape at the thickest part it will become more obvious. It will not come out in one piece.

[jgerock]

Pull sections from engine bay into cabin.  Pull section from trunk into cabin.  Pull reverse light harness from tunnel into cabin. Remove everything in one bundle.

 

Take your time and don't pull too hard - use two hands on either side of the bulkhead sections.

 

Edited August 1, 2014 by jgerock

[fsf517]

The front harnes and the rear harness are hockey taped together as the wires pass through the fire wall

The front harnes and the rear harness are hockey taped together as the wires pass through the fire wall