I guess my ignition harness shouldn't look like this
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I guess my ignition harness shouldn't look like this
A little history on m car... I purchased this car 3 months ago and it came with the KD rotary anti-det mod done. This means the car is setup to run without the trailing plugs. Tonight I was installing the leading coil pack (even though it uses leading plugs it fires off of trailing coils) back into the car, so I could undo the mod in the future when I can have it tuned by a pro.
I was unplugging the coils to make room and black tape started peeling off....So curiousity mode kicked in and I started undoing all the black tape. Here is what my harness looks like without all the tape:
So I can't imagine it came from mazda like that.
I was unplugging the coils to make room and black tape started peeling off....So curiousity mode kicked in and I started undoing all the black tape. Here is what my harness looks like without all the tape:
So I can't imagine it came from mazda like that.
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Im no expert on this. But i think that looks fine. I have not taken apart my ign coil harness, but i did take apart my engine harness. The blue tape is common among the wiring in the FD. Mazda liked it, and used it all over the car. :? To me though, that all looks like the stock unmodified ign coil harness.
Please take this with a grain of salt until someone who knows more then i do regarding this chimes in.
Please take this with a grain of salt until someone who knows more then i do regarding this chimes in.
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FYI, that is the original ignition harness, it's not the updated one that Mazda has now. The old one has the ground wire that connects to one of the coil packs, the new design doesn't.
If you're in there replacing parts, go ahead and buy a new harness with the updated design. The old ones are prone to have misfire problems and ignition breakup at high RPM.
Dale
If you're in there replacing parts, go ahead and buy a new harness with the updated design. The old ones are prone to have misfire problems and ignition breakup at high RPM.
Dale
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Both the ignition harness and main engine harness should be replaced if both are the original bad ones, and you are doing any major engine work. The first design had used inferior wiring which was very prone to insulation cracking and becoming brittle, and the copper wire oxidating.
My replacement ones which were installed in 1999 (11 years old now) are in so much better condition than the originals were when replaced at age 7 years.
My replacement ones which were installed in 1999 (11 years old now) are in so much better condition than the originals were when replaced at age 7 years.
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new coil pack harness vs old pics
Hi everyone,
My car usually idles flawlessly. Sometimes, seemingly randomly, it starts missing. I'll start the car an hour later and it's back to normal. Also, I have high RPM breakup now and then.
I picked up a new, sealed-in-the-Mazda-bag coil harness for about 50% of the dealers (Malloy's) in the for sale section of this forum. Given the price (lucky find), this is as good a place as any to start troubleshooting the problem. Besides the old harness is crispy and needs to be replaced anyway.
The old harness has the ground strap and the new one does not. I was going to ask why but this forum seems to have all of the answers after 10+ years. I shot a pic and thought that this would be a good thread to add it to.
James
My car usually idles flawlessly. Sometimes, seemingly randomly, it starts missing. I'll start the car an hour later and it's back to normal. Also, I have high RPM breakup now and then.
I picked up a new, sealed-in-the-Mazda-bag coil harness for about 50% of the dealers (Malloy's) in the for sale section of this forum. Given the price (lucky find), this is as good a place as any to start troubleshooting the problem. Besides the old harness is crispy and needs to be replaced anyway.
The old harness has the ground strap and the new one does not. I was going to ask why but this forum seems to have all of the answers after 10+ years. I shot a pic and thought that this would be a good thread to add it to.
James
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That's just how they did the new harness with no ground strap. Seems like the ground would be better but I guess it wasn't needed.
I've seen quite a few cars with weird ignition problems that a new ignition harness fixed.
Dale
I've seen quite a few cars with weird ignition problems that a new ignition harness fixed.
Dale
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Anyone know the part number for the new engine harness?
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The N3A1-18-... part is the main engine harness (Illustration #1) for Manual Trans cars; where-as N3A2-18-... is for automatic. N3A3-18-... is the Illustration #2 harness (coils)
N3A1-18-05ZF is an acceptable alternative to N3A1-10-05ZE
and N3A1-18-05ZH is and alternative to N3A1-10-05ZG
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dblboinger,
True. But thought only the ignition harness had changed. In any case, the correct engine harness numbers (for 1994 models) are shown both in my attachment above, and also are listed correctly by Julian in post #18 above.
True. But thought only the ignition harness had changed. In any case, the correct engine harness numbers (for 1994 models) are shown both in my attachment above, and also are listed correctly by Julian in post #18 above.
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I've never torn into an FD harness, and hope I never have to, but going from my experience with the harness on my REPU, and looking at the pictures shown here, Mazda uses blue tape to mark splices.
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