How to remove K harness??
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Racer
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How to remove K harness??
I have done my search for an answer and didn't find any.
Can someone point me to step by step instructions for removing the K harness?
My car is a recently purchased 02 coupe 6 speed.
The paperwork shows that the recall was done, but it only references 04006, it doesn't say whether A, B or C versions were done. So I don't know if it was just reprogrammed or whether it has the K harness. From reading the sticky, I assume it was just reprogrammed.
I have orange, purple black and green wires coming down from the steering wheel on the left side, pretty much parallel with the column. They plug into a black connector on the metal bar under the knee bolster. On the other side of this connector is white, black, purple and green wires which disappear behind the dash.
I do not know if I have the K harness, I don't know if I'd recognize it or not.
I have installed the CLB from CofH, but I understand that I should remove the K harness. Does someone have instructions on how to do that? I've posted this question in the sticky above but haven't had an answer. Thanks all!
Can someone point me to step by step instructions for removing the K harness?
My car is a recently purchased 02 coupe 6 speed.
The paperwork shows that the recall was done, but it only references 04006, it doesn't say whether A, B or C versions were done. So I don't know if it was just reprogrammed or whether it has the K harness. From reading the sticky, I assume it was just reprogrammed.
I have orange, purple black and green wires coming down from the steering wheel on the left side, pretty much parallel with the column. They plug into a black connector on the metal bar under the knee bolster. On the other side of this connector is white, black, purple and green wires which disappear behind the dash.
I do not know if I have the K harness, I don't know if I'd recognize it or not.
I have installed the CLB from CofH, but I understand that I should remove the K harness. Does someone have instructions on how to do that? I've posted this question in the sticky above but haven't had an answer. Thanks all!
Drifting
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From: Carson City, NV
I have done my search for an answer and didn't find any.
Can someone point me to step by step instructions for removing the K harness?
My car is a recently purchased 02 coupe 6 speed.
The paperwork shows that the recall was done, but it only references 04006, it doesn't say whether A, B or C versions were done. So I don't know if it was just reprogrammed or whether it has the K harness. From reading the sticky, I assume it was just reprogrammed.
I have orange, purple black and green wires coming down from the steering wheel on the left side, pretty much parallel with the column. They plug into a black connector on the metal bar under the knee bolster. On the other side of this connector is white, black, purple and green wires which disappear behind the dash.
I do not know if I have the K harness, I don't know if I'd recognize it or not.
I have installed the CLB from CofH, but I understand that I should remove the K harness. Does someone have instructions on how to do that? I've posted this question in the sticky above but haven't had an answer. Thanks all!
Can someone point me to step by step instructions for removing the K harness?
My car is a recently purchased 02 coupe 6 speed.
The paperwork shows that the recall was done, but it only references 04006, it doesn't say whether A, B or C versions were done. So I don't know if it was just reprogrammed or whether it has the K harness. From reading the sticky, I assume it was just reprogrammed.
I have orange, purple black and green wires coming down from the steering wheel on the left side, pretty much parallel with the column. They plug into a black connector on the metal bar under the knee bolster. On the other side of this connector is white, black, purple and green wires which disappear behind the dash.
I do not know if I have the K harness, I don't know if I'd recognize it or not.
I have installed the CLB from CofH, but I understand that I should remove the K harness. Does someone have instructions on how to do that? I've posted this question in the sticky above but haven't had an answer. Thanks all!
John
Last edited by Cscokd; May 28, 2007 at 12:46 AM.
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http://www.corvetteactioncenter.com/...t.php?attId=18
If you read the instructions carefully, it sounds like the relay harness was just put in series between the column lock mechanism and the connector that would normally connect where the CLB is now plugged into.
I don't quite understand what this relay harness was all about (GMs version of a CLB?) since there was talk in the TSB of column lock and relay synchronization that had to take place. Can anyone explain the whole reason behind GM's relay harness in the recall?
Last edited by ZeeOSix; May 28, 2007 at 12:53 AM.
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Racer
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There is one confusing thing in your writeup. You said the steering column lock harness (orange, purple, green, black) is plugged into the connector to the right of your steering column to which you have purple, white, green, black. I assume this is what you had BEFORE you installed your CLB.
So - Do I need to worry about removing the K harness, or just leave it?
Thanks for your help with this confusing issue.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Feb 2006
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From: Des Moines Iowa
You are correct, this IS what I had before I installed the CLB. The CLB is now plugged into the the black connector on the metal bar. There are white, black, purple, and green wires coming out of this connector, running away from the CLB and going under the dash.
So - Do I need to worry about removing the K harness, or just leave it?
Thanks for your help with this confusing issue.
So - Do I need to worry about removing the K harness, or just leave it?
Thanks for your help with this confusing issue.
Racer
Joined: Aug 2005
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You are correct, this IS what I had before I installed the CLB. The CLB is now plugged into the the black connector on the metal bar. There are white, black, purple, and green wires coming out of this connector, running away from the CLB and going under the dash.
So - Do I need to worry about removing the K harness, or just leave it?
Thanks for your help with this confusing issue.
So - Do I need to worry about removing the K harness, or just leave it?
Thanks for your help with this confusing issue.
If you have a white wire there is a modification relay (not the K harness) in the passenger foot well. This needs to be unplugged and the white wire (relay pin 30) joined to the orange wire (relay pin 87) if the CLB doesn't work reliably, I did mine anyway. All this information is in the above sticky.
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I am a little frustrated with this issue also.
While I am not having any CL problems. I want to avoid any in the future. The general consensus of the CLB stickies is to install a CLB for peace of mind. But after reading the entire 600+ posts in the stickies yesterday, it seems the later 04 corvettes were more than a simple CLB installation. For instance since I have a 04 I probably have a K harness. The K harness is a factory CLB, but my CL still works. While many posts in the sticky said the K harness is unreliable and should be replaced with a CLB, none of them actually identified what the K harness looked like or where exactly it was located. Some posts indicated that the K harness was installed if the connector under the knee bolster and had a white wire coming from it. While others indicater it is under the dash on the passengers side.
I guess the question is 1) how do you determine if your car has a K harness, by operational check or inspection, 2) Where is the K harness and should you remove it if you install a CLB.
Thanks in Advance.
PS with a late production (June 04) C5 the sticky seems to indicate that installing a CLB as typically described, may cause more problems than it solves.
While I am not having any CL problems. I want to avoid any in the future. The general consensus of the CLB stickies is to install a CLB for peace of mind. But after reading the entire 600+ posts in the stickies yesterday, it seems the later 04 corvettes were more than a simple CLB installation. For instance since I have a 04 I probably have a K harness. The K harness is a factory CLB, but my CL still works. While many posts in the sticky said the K harness is unreliable and should be replaced with a CLB, none of them actually identified what the K harness looked like or where exactly it was located. Some posts indicated that the K harness was installed if the connector under the knee bolster and had a white wire coming from it. While others indicater it is under the dash on the passengers side.
I guess the question is 1) how do you determine if your car has a K harness, by operational check or inspection, 2) Where is the K harness and should you remove it if you install a CLB.
Thanks in Advance.
PS with a late production (June 04) C5 the sticky seems to indicate that installing a CLB as typically described, may cause more problems than it solves.
Last edited by SDLS1Rider; Jun 14, 2007 at 12:16 PM.
