1992 optispark wire loom question
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1992 optispark wire loom question
We are deep into replacing the water pump and decided to take care of the optispark while we were at it. In spite of having a corroded harmonic balancer and crank pulley (very fun), we have finally replaced the optispark to come across another problem... The loom for the new optispark and old one are different. The old has a 5 pin config with one wire solid and 3/4 of the loom is wrapped in foil. Finally getting to the question, can anyone tell us what this is about?
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thanks for the link, I had looked at that hoping for insight, the loom portion that i am worried about plugs into the optispark (this connection is VERY corroded) and plugs into a five plug connector. It comes out of the opti as a 4 then has a five plug at the other end, one of the "wires" is a solid wire with insulation until it goes into the electrical tape wire loom, where it is wrapped in foil with a gold outer and silver inner. We are guessing this is to suppress radio noise, I have photos and will email you here in the next couple of minutes, thanks for your input!
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The 1992 opti used a different wire harness jumper than 1993-94. Sounds like you recieved the 93-94 unit, not sure if the 92 is still available. Do a search on the conversion needed to use what you've got.
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sounds like a plan, it seems like this is a 92 only type of thing, but can't find the solid wire in any of the workshop manuals we have, would love to know if it needs to be kept to make computer happy, also why the foil?
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no the foil is wrapped under the most likely original 92 harness that had electrical tape type wrap, also has a solid wire that connects to the 6 pin connector that has 5 pins used; the solid wire terminates under the electrical wire wrap... am uploading photos to photobucket now, will post as they become available
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am trying to add photos of harness with space foil, hopefully this works!