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Quasi-Traction · Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 2:35 am Post subject: Wiring 1986 Berlinetta

Ok.........i got the cabin wiring harness out of the 84 camaro and put it in the 86 Berlinetta and installed the dash......hooked a battery up.........and........nothing. Absolutely no electrical power to anything. Checked to make sure the battery had good contact to the battery posts and a good ground.......still nothing...There was no Alternator hooked up, so I dunno if that will be the difference...I wouldn't imagine so.

When I got the car it had a and Had a Digital dash an fully electronic gauges. I removed the In-cabin wiring harness (still have it) and the Emission (seperate) harness with the ECM. I disconnected the firewall plug and left what was in the engine bay alone. I took the in-cabin wiring harness off the 84 camaro and connected the two at the firewall plug. It has the 84's old dash in it, so by all means the wires hook in all the correct spots. Everything worked when it was in the 84 camaro. should I take the engine bay harness out of the 86 and put in the 84's old one? The only thing I could guess is that the connector pins on the firewall plug have different things for different spots between the 84 and 86.

Any other suggestions for how to solve this problem?

rjmcgee · The Hammer Joined: 08 Jan 2004 Posts: 2320

Is there a starter in the car? The positive battery lead just goes straight to the starter on the solenoid, there will be three or four smaller 10 -12 awg wires that go on the solenoid stud with the battery cable that provide power to the rest of the car. If there is no starter those wires are just hanging there.

Quasi-Traction · Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 7:48 am Post subject:

Don't remember.........I'll check it out today and get back to you.

Quasi-Traction · Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 4:45 pm Post subject:

Well, the starter is installed, and all the prospective wires seem to be in the right places.......For all intents and purposes there should be power going to the car.