milehighcowboy

I have an 87 pathy that i am putting the manual into (as you all know very well by now lol). everything but the front drive shaft and t bars are in. i am now trying to figure out the electrical. I found out a few things about my wiring harnesses that might help ya'll a little. (harnesses going from front to back in length) Main harness has folowing wires (first color has most on the wire); White (W) Green (G) Green/Yellow (G/Y) Blue/Black (B/BL) Blue/White (B/W) Blue/Red (B/R) Black/Red (Bl/R) Red/Black (R/Bl) Second harness has; Black/Red Yellow Third; White Fourth; Brown (Br) Black/Red Fifth; Black Sixth; Yellow (sorry no pics i can get some if you really need me too) Now i discovered that the folowing combinations on the main harness iluminate the corisponding lights/gear choice on the dash: W+G/Y=Park W+R/Bl=Reverse (also turns reverse lights on) W+G=Neutral W+B/R=Drive W+B/BL=D2 W+B/W=D1 W+R/BL= nothing (ground?) So sam said you have to trick the truck into thinking its in park to start it. Well since the dash said it was in park with W+G/Y. I thought that it would turn over. Well to no avail i got nothing with the wire combination. i also tried starting it in Neutral. As well as the combo W+G/Y+R/Bl Why is it not turning over? Is it that the wires i am playing with are nothing more than lights in the dash? Touching more than two at a time to the W wire (excluding the R/Bl wire) will blow a fuse for the dash (blew a crap loud just to confirm this). I have not messed with any of the other harnesses mainly due to I do not know what they are for exactly. Also I am unsure on what exactly the last two harnesses are for. I know that they connect to the transfercase but exactly what sensors I am dealing with is beyound me . Can you help me in this? What do i need to connect to get it to turn over? Oh yea the short was a blown 10 amp fuse I skipped or missed or something the night I was looking at them all. Its fixed and now all dash lights work again.

done deal i guess i will be drainging it then. is it ok to leave the GL-5 in just to get it running? it just sitting there wont hurt it will it?

a search on google provided no information to me. it makes no sense to me that our transmisions would be the only ones out there that have bronze syncros in there. how can they say that an oil GL-1,4,5 would be bad if it meets requirements for GL-4. it must if its listed in the list which means that it cant have the sulur addative you all talk about. Did nissan lie to me and say its fine so that i would come back tot hem in the futur? i am thinking about it for a fill up and then its their fault if it fails.

WHY would nissan say GL-5 would be ok and that is what they would add to the tranny if i were to take it to them if its not ok? I added lucas 80w90 GL-5 after taking the bottle to Nissan and asking "Will this hurt my manual transmiossion in my 87 pathfinder?" he replied "No we use GL-5 rated lubes in our fill ups and flushes." oh yea i also asked about the TSB. They had no such TSB in any records they have at the shop.

so how am i too test these? i dont know squat about wiring. though i did wire my sterio up the other night i gave up on the engine electrical. (had no idea the speakers were aftermarket bosch, they kick azzzzzzzzzzzzzz big time)

kelly flats is an easy drive up 14 or i know a way using 287 and red feather road. i also want to hit that trail this summer. the little restraunt there on 14 i forget the name has a bad ass bbq chicken sandwhich.

every wire comming intot eh dash!!! you know how many there are?

i blew some sort of fuse i cant find cause my volts wont register on the dash it hard to explain i posted it in another link

who knows any thign about electrical? i goofed up some how and cant find the reason.

ok well i got the two wires that make the truck think its in park hooked up. (the light on the dash says P). but then i turned the key off and then turned it back on to ACC and i blew something cause now the dash does not work. nothing turns opn like ist supposed to. the battery signale does not even jump. any clues?

ok so i got a wiring diagram from nissan and i thikn i know what wries i need to splice as extreme was saying above. but i am not too terribly sure it is from an 88 pathfinder instead of the 87 like i have but i dont think they changed any thing. it says on the diagram A/T Control unit is this the harness that plugs into the tranny? and what color does L stand for?

i dont want to wire it up i just know that you have to do something to the wiring to get the truck to start and then there is the revers lights. and on another thread it said that some harnesses are not used (like which ones?)

i need a write up on how to wire up the 5 spd with the automatic wiring harness :confused: :help: . its an 87 VG30I for refresher. i need this ASAP. its almost done guys seriously . ben

sam could you please? a length would help me find the right bolt i need in this mess of a work space i got going here.

yea and there is one bolt that is not long enough that i ordered the length fromt he manual you sent me sam and its not working. i stripped two threads out using the bolt. ok sounds good max. i figured you would get em for me.

^^^^^that is sweet. although whats the little square thing on the hood?

i know there are a lot of guys doing a 5spd conversion right now so i figured some one will have these bolts lying around for the install. i need pics of all the bell housing bolts (that are used for the 5spd) and the starter bolt/nut (if there is one). help please? ben :help:

pics dan pics

well i cant begin to dig till i get some more cash i dont even have enough to buy fluids for the truck as it is now.

do a fluid swap change the filter and get a cooler on it. even if you get a cooler and it still blows up on you. you can use the cooler on the new tranny. (coolers are almost madatory with the pathy autos) if it ran smoother with more fluid it way be you just need new fluids. IMO

i really hope your talking to trance and not me lol. i am a 100% newbee. learning as i rip stuff off and put it back on. i could use a hand putting stuff back on if any one wants to just hang out and do some wrenching?

mods are not my big thing right now its just getting my truck running. i am still finishing my tranny conversion. and then after that some time this summer i am going to have to do a timing belt job on it. or as everyone else says ASAP. 203,xxx miles with i dontk now how long since the last belt change. the drive belts are ok looking as i recall. but it pretty much needs a complete overhaul tune up.

so this makes what three threads about CO people? any way im in denver 92 and federal

x2 same curiousity question

WTF??? that list and my list is the exact same. well now i know why the part number dont match up. classic stealership. well i guess my list was not original after all.