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[Reevesy]

Some solid progress today. Started by getting all the wiring connected up in the engine bay, all went smooth except for one connector which goes down to the gearbox. I forgot to tell AM Auto I was using the dual range box and they have wired in the connector for the Foz gearbox. I think I can undo where these bolt into the box and swap them that way, not sure yet. They are two large nuts at the rear of the box, can anyone tell me what they are and if these could be removed and swapped?



 

 

 

 

One is the Reverse sensor and the other is the neutral switch, cant remember which is which but I cant see why you wouldn't be able to swap them over with the forester ones

[CRUISN]

Love the progress. 

[AB501UT!0N]

I shall have a look see at that connector for you to see if can see it BTW great job on the car top notch job

[Adam]

 
 
One is the Reverse sensor and the other is the neutral switch, cant remember which is which but I cant see why you wouldn't be able to swap them over with the forester ones

This. And this.

I've swapped my sensors through 3 boxes. I'm pretty sure they are all the same

[JDWhiteWRX]

Thanks guys.

[JDWhiteWRX]

So I swapped those 2 sensors on the rear of the gearbox and connected up the harness so that is done now, I also trimmed a little off the turbo heat shield so it was easy to remove or install, seemed to be overkill in the stock arrangement.

 

I pulled the glovebox back out to try figure out where that connector goes but no luck. If anyone with a Gen3 Lib or Outback could stick their head under the passenger side dash and take a look at the wiring. There is a connector that goes to the blower motor at the bottom (has the "A" sticker on it) then if you follow that leading away from the main harness (away from the door) there is only 2 more connectors on it, one goes right to the top of the dash (only contains 2 wires) and the 3rd is the one I'm trying find.

 

[allpaw4]

Have you got a copy of a service manual? The wiring diagrams in there are great. If you don't, and I remember tonight at work, I'll have a look for you.

[Beckers]

Going out to the garage now.

 

Ok had a look under glove box, all wires seem to head in an upwards direction.

Sorry can't be more help, but would have to pull the dash apart to see anymore.

 

The wiring diagram siunds like a good idea to check.

[allpaw4]

Ok - I need some information.

What colour is the plug? Non-coloured, or white, black, green etc.

How many pins is it?

What colour wire and what colour trace - ie Black wire with orange trace will read Black/orange.

Whats the layout of the plug? Best get a photo straight on so I can see how the plug is arranged. Not explicitly needed, but helps when flicking through the appropriate sections of the wiring diagram.

 

I know the approx area it belongs to by your photos, and I can probably tell the wire colours, but if I get you to say, there won't be any screw ups.

 

If you can get this done tonight, I can look it up for you. After tomorrow morning, I go on leave for a week and wont be home to look unfortunately.

 

Cheers,

Ben

[JDWhiteWRX]

Today started well but didn't end well. First job was getting the intercooler back on now that all the wiring in the engine bay is complete (except the water pump). That went well and I gave it a good clean before installing it. Then I connected up the water lines to the intercooler and started adding some protective rubber in areas where the hose may rub on the chassis.





Next I reinstalled the fender, front bumper, fog lights and secured the headlights.



Then I decided to install the new fuel pump, things were going well and there was a chance of starting the car this afternoon



Then this plastic nipple snapped and I basically lost interest and went and did some gardening.



Hopefully I can get a new fuel assembly at a wreckers

[JDWhiteWRX]

Going out to the garage now.

 

Ok had a look under glove box, all wires seem to head in an upwards direction.

Sorry can't be more help, but would have to pull the dash apart to see anymore.

 

The wiring diagram siunds like a good idea to check.

 

Thanks for looking mate, it does help to know its up top somewhere.

 

Ok - I need some information.

What colour is the plug? Non-coloured, or white, black, green etc.

How many pins is it?

What colour wire and what colour trace - ie Black wire with orange trace will read Black/orange.

Whats the layout of the plug? Best get a photo straight on so I can see how the plug is arranged. Not explicitly needed, but helps when flicking through the appropriate sections of the wiring diagram.

 

I know the approx area it belongs to by your photos, and I can probably tell the wire colours, but if I get you to say, there won't be any screw ups.

 

If you can get this done tonight, I can look it up for you. After tomorrow morning, I go on leave for a week and wont be home to look unfortunately.

 

Cheers,

Ben

 

Here is a close up of the connector

 

 

In this photo you can see where the tree of wires plug into the main harness circled in red, everything on this tree is plugging into the heater so I'm guessing the missing one must also plug into the heater.

 

 

Note my harness might not be in the same position as yours.

 

Thanks.

[allpaw4]

Has the black wire got a trace on it or is it just the orange loops?

[JDWhiteWRX]

Has the black wire got a trace on it or is it just the orange loops?

 

Sorry what do you mean by that? my knowledge of wiring is limited at best

[AB501UT!0N]

I have the subaru service manual diagram for you, click on the link to download the pdf

 

https://drive.google...dit?usp=sharing

 

Also I took some photos but photobucket is playing up!!!

[allpaw4]

From what I can see there, on that plug, there is a white wire, which has a blue trace (or line, if you want basic lingo) on it, and a red wire with a white trace on it. Sorry, I really should have explained that one, my bad.

 

From what I can see in the manual, theres not a lot of 3 pin connectors in that location. One of which is the ABS 'G' sensor. Somewhat crucial to the operation of the ABS and perhaps the airbag systems. Another one is supposed to be black, and thats the turn and hazard module.

But I doubt the manual goes in depth at this level to bridging connectors - ie a plug to join 2 looms together to make removal easier. They get covered under each individual system.

 

At this stage I cant find anything in the gen 3 liberty/legacy manual to say what it might be. Did this part of the loom get shipped off to AM Auto? You may be looking at a forester part of the loom, which I dont have any info on.

 

Best bet for quick fix is to hook a battery up and see if a fault code comes up. The A/C system has its own diagnostics separate from the main ECU, I'll have a look later tonight to see what the process is for that and will let you know. I'm sorry I cant be of more help, this sort of thing is painful to try and fault find.

 

Edit - Champion! - that will help him majorly. Download that and check out the wiring system part - there is a section there thats called 'Harness components location' that is what I've been refering too - make sure you look at the specific sections for RHD/Wagon/no of cylinders for your original car though - otherwise you'll be chasing your tail.

 

Cheers,

Ben

[Tim.]

I've got lots of pics from the conversion.

 

Looks like it plugs in on top of the fan/heater box:

 

[allpaw4]

That certainly looks like the culprit Tim - Cheers! Hope that gets you out of trouble man.

Makes sense too - the actual contact patches (or at least where the contact patches should be) are just as corroded as the rest of the metal plug. Which would indicate it wasn't actually connected to anything.

[bobbyjimmy]

Hopefully I can get a new fuel assembly at a wreckers

 

If worse comes to worse, you can buy the housing separately from a dealer #42052AE221 and retail is around $150 .

[JDWhiteWRX]

I've got lots of pics from the conversion.

 

Looks like it plugs in on top of the fan/heater box:

 

 

Wow I feel stupid now, it was right in front of me the whole time, I will check it out when I get home this arvo.

 

Thanks mate.

[JDWhiteWRX]

 

If worse comes to worse, you can buy the housing separately from a dealer #42052AE021 and retail is around $150 .

 

Thanks mate, is that everything except the pump or just the top plastic lid part?