V1 Wiring Video 10 Questions

[Robinjo]

At the end of Wiring Video 10 Lonnie says to pull a purple wire and red/white wire though. Is the red/white wire the one from the amplifier?
Another thing from this video, we connect all the green wires together. Does that include include the green ones we tagged from the body and dash labels?


Last thing, is this right in the fuse box? Should there be one more multi-plug (inside) and two more clip plugs on the ECM?

 

[Keckster]

Your missing plug in the fuse box as well as the last two pcm plugs are on the engine harness. You only want to connect all the green wires that were in that splice pack. If you have an lsj car make sure not to include the green wire from the obd to the pcm when joining those wires!

 

[Ark :D]

Not sure if it's the one from the amp, but it probably is. Red/white or pink/white is usually ignition-on power.

Your fuse box is only missing the engine harness block, you're good. But do I spy a pretty nasty burn on the large white rectangular connector?? Might want to check that out.

 

[Gtstorey]

Red/white is actually non/switched power and pink is switched power.

 

[Robinjo]

But do I spy a pretty nasty burn on the large white rectangular connector?? Might want to check that out.

Yes, The previous owner had the EPS power running directly there. Something must have been shorting and he re-wired the ESP with it’s own inline fuse. It wouldn’t be a project car without silly issues. I’ve run the EPS power from the fuse box and if the issue is resolved run it the normal way. If it’s not, then it’ll keep it’s inline fuse with power directly from the battery.

 

[Robinjo]

So, I only have two left over green wires to connect. This seems very low.
I did thin a few out from the splice pack when removing things during the video instructions at a previous step.

 

[Lonny]

The wire you have marked C7 should be extended to C7 from the fuse box area to dash area.

 

[Lonny]

The splice pack wires should have more than 2.
1 Theft
2 Instrument cluster
3 OBDII
4 BCM
5 keyfob receivers on later models if kept.

 

[Robinjo]

The splice pack wires should have more than 2.
1 Theft
2 Instrument cluster
3 OBDII
4 BCM
5 keyfob receivers on later models if kept.

Well shucks. At least that narrows down where to look! Thanks Lonnie, just a few more day and I’ll be done asking wiring questions for now….
Thought, can I connect a test light to the group and then go to the green pins to see which bundle I need to unwrap?

 

[r3drckt]

On us LSJ Guys, there’s 2 green wires at the OBD port. Only 1 of them goes to that splice pack. I believe port 2 on the OBD is the ECM connection. DON’T add that one to the pack. I did that mistake

 

[Robinjo]

I found and re-fixed my error. When I ‘fixed’ the anti-theft plug, I connected that green wire to either the OBD or Gauge Panel green. All good now, 4 wires connect.
Wiring Video #10 is now completed. On to see how bad I butchered the ground wires.

 

[Keckster]

DON’T add that one to the pack. I did that mistake

Lol me too

 

[Robinjo]

Another Video #10 Question: The red and purple wires at the end of the video, what are they going to do? I'd like to label them as something since it'll be about 3 months before my frame is delivered and back from powder coating.

 

[Lonny]

The RD/WH is accessory power. The purple wire is one of the two wires that powered your fog lamps on your donor. When the orange button panel wire is momentarily contacted to ground the fog lamp circuit turns on. Another contact with ground turns it off.
The fog lamp circuit can be used for whatever you want.

 

[Robinjo]

The RD/WH is accessory power. The purple wire is one of the two wires that powered your fog lamps on your donor. When the orange button panel wire is momentarily contacted to ground the fog lamp circuit turns on. Another contact with ground turns it off.
The fog lamp circuit can be used for whatever you want.

I'm still not clear on what the red does. What does accessory power mean? What do we do with it in the end?
On the purple, this could power a power port for charging a phone?

Sorry for the confusion, I'm not great wiring and their terms.

 

[Lonny]

You can use the red one to put accessories like a radio, phone charger, amplifier, or optional gauges.
You can use the purple one to turn on interior lights or street glow lights.

 

[Robinjo]

Does the purple not have enough current to run gauges as well? Or can it be used as well?

 

[Gtstorey]

You will have to reset the switch to make the purple hot every time you start the car or permanently ground the wire feeding that switch (or jump the fog light relay).

 

[Robinjo]

You will have to reset the switch to make the purple hot every time you start the car or permanently ground the wire feeding that switch (or jump the fog light relay).

I'm still confused, what if I add a ground on the other end of the item on the purple wire? Would that circuit become live. If not, then I do not understand it. The fog lights had power, you flip a switch to turn them on and they had power. Or is there some other trigger that I'm not understanding?

 

[Gtstorey]

I think the way it works(I haven’t studied the wiring diagrams, but basing it on Lonny’s comment) the grounding through the switch will tell the BCM that the state of the fog lights needs to be changed, either on or off. The BCM then changes the state of the Fog Light relay in the fuse box. Hit the button again and it changes the state again.