SVTWEB
Veteran Member
Saturday was a very productive day. As with any project of this magnitude, it is best to get a full overview of what you will be dealing with before you start tearing anything apart. The last thing you want to do is get halfway through the job and realize that your missing a necessary part for completion. And with the origin of most of the parts, it's not like I can just run around the corner and pickup whatever I need.
Lito and Mikeyworks loaned their hands to the process this week. Tomo also graced us with his precence for a short time. Many thanks goes to John at Impex FAP for donating a corner of his warehouse for this project. If you need any VW parts John has the best pricing on the net.
The donor vehicle was disassembled in Germany and shipped via container to the United States. While it appears that they were very efficient in the disassemble process, they did not mark anything as to where anything went.
Here is what the vehicle wiring harness looked like when we removed it from the box.
Now, I'm an engineer. I also take great pride in being able to look at an object and visualize how it will go together. That along with the belief that no matter how complex the problem, it was originally designed by a human, therefore it can be replicated by another human.
I decided that the best plan of attack for the wiring harness was to do a mock-up of the harness based on the physical layout of the vehicle. Lito, Mikey and I took the plywood sides of the shipping crates and created a "Virtual Workbench".
With the help of some finishing nails and wire ties we began laying out the harness on the board. We started at the right rear and worked our way forward. This allowed us to mark sections on the board that we could coordinate with location in the vehicle. As you can see, the board is quite large. Mikey is the one in the hat, I am the folically challenged one. Tomo is assuming the position of supervisor and the 4th person is Paul from Heritage VW parts.
So as not to upset the all the wives, Lito, Mikey and myself had to call it a day. When we lifted it onto its side everything held together so I guess we did a good job on making the board sturdy. The progress was very good. We have about 70% of the harness laid out of the board, and about 50% of the connectors labeled. So far it looks like the only modifications that I will need to do to the harness will be the addition of Power seats w/memory and Front fog lights. Mikey made an astute observation when he noticed that Both rear fog lights were wired up. I could be incorrect, but I believe that Europe follows the same standard as North America in that only the left rear foglight is enabled. Here's the last picture of yours truly standing next to his creation. Thanks again to everyone for their help. As a footnote, the cardboard box is a standoff for the dash wiring because it runs across the top of the dash. Figuring out all of that will be next weeks objective.
Lito and Mikeyworks loaned their hands to the process this week. Tomo also graced us with his precence for a short time. Many thanks goes to John at Impex FAP for donating a corner of his warehouse for this project. If you need any VW parts John has the best pricing on the net.
The donor vehicle was disassembled in Germany and shipped via container to the United States. While it appears that they were very efficient in the disassemble process, they did not mark anything as to where anything went.
Here is what the vehicle wiring harness looked like when we removed it from the box.
Now, I'm an engineer. I also take great pride in being able to look at an object and visualize how it will go together. That along with the belief that no matter how complex the problem, it was originally designed by a human, therefore it can be replicated by another human.
I decided that the best plan of attack for the wiring harness was to do a mock-up of the harness based on the physical layout of the vehicle. Lito, Mikey and I took the plywood sides of the shipping crates and created a "Virtual Workbench".
With the help of some finishing nails and wire ties we began laying out the harness on the board. We started at the right rear and worked our way forward. This allowed us to mark sections on the board that we could coordinate with location in the vehicle. As you can see, the board is quite large. Mikey is the one in the hat, I am the folically challenged one. Tomo is assuming the position of supervisor and the 4th person is Paul from Heritage VW parts.
So as not to upset the all the wives, Lito, Mikey and myself had to call it a day. When we lifted it onto its side everything held together so I guess we did a good job on making the board sturdy. The progress was very good. We have about 70% of the harness laid out of the board, and about 50% of the connectors labeled. So far it looks like the only modifications that I will need to do to the harness will be the addition of Power seats w/memory and Front fog lights. Mikey made an astute observation when he noticed that Both rear fog lights were wired up. I could be incorrect, but I believe that Europe follows the same standard as North America in that only the left rear foglight is enabled. Here's the last picture of yours truly standing next to his creation. Thanks again to everyone for their help. As a footnote, the cardboard box is a standoff for the dash wiring because it runs across the top of the dash. Figuring out all of that will be next weeks objective.