Anyone care to give any tips as to re-looming an engine harness? Now that I'm pulling my engine again, I figured I'd fix the cracking, hard, baked and mangled engine harness.

Is it worth it to cut out all of the wires, even if they're in good condition? I remember Bonzai saying something about 1 method of branching a wire being better than another (when talking about teh microtech wiring harness), and I'd like to put spades on the wires used for an S-AFC, and re-work the grounding.

My only thought thusfar is to take a lot of pictures, zip-tie the clusters, and remove all of the connections to things that I've removed (emissions components, solinoids, etc).

Any input would be appreciated, as I plan to get started on this sometime today.

 

Be VERY Careful while removing the Emissions wiring. All the grounds in the harness are intertwined like a Tennessee Family Reunion!!!.

Make sure you re-install the copper ground wrap (Shielding) when you are done.

 

Any info on the superior way to branch a wire (vs. the stripping/soldering method used in the M/T harness)?

 

Oh! And I'm only removing the connections that are currently dangling; they're not grounded how they are, and my car ran fine... until the block cracked...

 

^for the electrical guys who sleep at night^