hey I have a 87 turbo ii i just bought with no motor but what was included was turbo intercooler turbo and all other motor parts but long block willing to give you some parts if you can please help me diagnose and fix what im doing wrong!! all harnesses are there and intact!! but when i hook up battery to the terminals nothing happens when i connect the two bigger gage wires on same harness as battery cables the fan comes on and only the wind sheld wipers work no lights our anything inside works when i turn blinker it makes noise but no light up on display our anyting at all please please please help me I can take pictures?????

 

check ALL fuses under the hood and by the clutch pedal. if they are all good, then start checking for shorts ( cut wires, rigged wire connectors, burn marks, frays, etc.)

check EVERY SINGLE WIRE. seriously, you need to make sure that you have gone over the whole vehicle 110% making sure that there are no burnt wires. this would be bad and would mean a harness overhaul or new wires ran. what ever you find, take pics of what you are unsure of and feel free to send them to my email as well as posting them on here for others to view and reply with their inputs as well.

bluerotary22@yahoo.com

 

ok i will do so i checked all fuses by battery there are seven there big squares they all fine and i checked under dash by clutch brake gas , i heard there are three i am not aware of where the other is located and does anyone know about he other two wires I am talking about that i connected, but anyways im gonna go take pictures now!!

 

And provide the colors to the wires you speak of as well.

 

they are two black wires i connected of the same thick gage with round ground connections when i connect them a fan under hood turns on and only windsheil wipers work i do not know if you are to connect them workin on learning how to post pics now

 

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i connected these two wires im holding when hooked to battery

 

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I'm not sure what fan could be coming on under the hood cause there's nothing there...I'd guess it could be your heater fan coming on. I'm curious why you're so concerned with getting lights to work when you have no engine?

 

That's quite the custom clusterfuck you've got there. Curious as to what fan you are talking about...don't see one. The a/c fan?

The battery (when connected) should supply power to the fuse box which in turn supplies power to various components. If the wipers work, then other things should too (unless they are connected directly to the battery). That's where the checking wires and fuses comes in. It looks like someone monkey'd around w/the fuse box so there's no telling what is or is not getting power until u find out where those wires go and check them for 12v.

 

From your user name it would appear you plan on swapping the drivetrain on this car...which means that quite a bit of your stock harness will simply go away.
Your pictures show a fairly hacked up harness, so it'd probably be easier (and faster) to just start from scratch on the circuits that need to remain (lights, heater, etc.).

Once you replace the engine you'll find that most of the remaining electrical makes no sense in the new configuration because components were placed to clear an engine you no longer have.

 

I want to know they work cause I bogutht with no motor and am curios and yes I wanna swap motor. But ok I will check all fuses and wires when I get home and figure out what fan it is thatnks

 

You are wasting a lot of time.
Download the FSM and look at the wiring diagrams.

 

pulled all tape off harness and one the grounds was melted and a mouse bit through some other wires there were a couple fuses burnt out like radio and and a 7.5 amp fuse and a fuse labeled stop on cover so I replaced reconnected wires and hooked up battery connected the two wires and heater ac display came on midddle dashboard computer info came on said add coolent and some other things hahahaha and the trust old wipers worked but nothing else