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Old 01-01-2013, 09:46 AM
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Ok, picked up a 98 sport for $1000 and am slowly working on all the hack work the guy did. Thetes 4 mystery wires that are cut and a 02 sensor who's plug is dangling over my front diff, are these wires for the upstream 0xygen sensor if so would going to a junk yard cutting off the connector and splicing it into the harness affect the ecm.

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Originally Posted by Finch
Ok, picked up a 98 sport for $1000 and am slowly working on all the hack work the guy did. Thetes 4 mystery wires that are cut and a 02 sensor who's plug is dangling over my front diff, are these wires for the upstream 0xygen sensor if so would going to a junk yard cutting off the connector and splicing it into the harness affect the ecm.

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They do look like the upstream O2S wires. If properly spliced, there shouldn't be any problems. If you are going to butt splice the wires make sure you use a quality crimper and use the weather proof type butt splices (heat shrink built into the butt splice ends).

The wires from the body harness should be:

Wire color/tracer color

Black/Dark Green
Dark Green/White
Black
Brown/Yellow
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My preference when doing wiring repairs like this is to stagger wire connection lengths, solder each wire together, shrink tube each, then shrink tube the entire harness. This creates a durable, weatherproof repair. Easily accomplished since you can do all work from above. A simple crimp connection will likely cause problems later.
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My preference when doing wiring repairs like this is to stagger wire connection lengths, solder each wire together, shrink tube each, then shrink tube the entire harness. This creates a durable, weatherproof repair. Easily accomplished since you can do all work from above. A simple crimp connection will likely cause problems later.
Agreed. But not everyone is capable of good soldering. OP may be however.
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They do look like the upstream O2S wires. If properly spliced, there shouldn't be any problems. If you are going to butt splice the wires make sure you use a quality crimper and use the weather proof type butt splices (heat shrink built into the butt splice ends).

The wires from the body harness should be:

Wire color/tracer color

Black/Dark Green
Dark Green/White
Black
Brown/Yellow
Thank you that's exactly what I'm looking at here couldnt find and pictures!, I asked about the wiring because each splice pulls the resistance down .5 ohms, just like wiring a subwoofer, I don't really Care about it being a long lasting repair I just need the engine light to go off lol.
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