Quick help! Removing a complete autolamp system!

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Quick help! Removing a complete autolamp system!

Reply #30 – September 10, 2007, 01:32:40 AM

ok, thanks all... I post more updates tomorrow when I'm not typing on my iPhone in bed! :p

Quick help! Removing a complete autolamp system!

Reply #31 – September 10, 2007, 11:22:46 AM

ok, so first, thanks for the offer daboss351!

Next, 83-86 DID have the option... it's where I got my system from for my 88 TC.

Removal: Gotta remove: drivers kick, a-pillar, both visors and clips, gauge bezel, headlight switches and i ended up dropping the column at one point. I also unbolted the dash so I could pull it forward a bit, not sure if it was necessary. It was a PITA to pull the harness up from behind the kick panel (it runs down behind the hood release). Also, getting your hand in behind the switches to unplug the "big connector" was tough, need small hands maybe. And fishing the harness out of the dash (where they run behind the gauges). After that, it's just a matter of unplugging then removing three relays from a tree, disconnecting the autodim sensor (don't forget to take this sensor AND mirror) and fishing the upper harness out of the headliner.

I think that's pretty much it. Took me about 1.5 hours to figure out and remove all the right pieces and about 45 minutes to install.

Quick help! Removing a complete autolamp system!

Reply #32 – September 15, 2007, 09:22:14 AM

One more thing to add, the 84-89 Mark VII has the exact same setup, I plan on ripping out the autolamp from an 86 LSC parts car I have and put it in my Cougar when I do the heater core.

Lotsa fun.

Quick help! Removing a complete autolamp system!

Reply #33 – September 20, 2007, 10:45:16 PM

Ugh!!!
I dunno what you guys are talking about, That was PITA.

I hit up the yard and found a setup in an 88 'Bird, Took me over an hour to get the whole setup out... And then instead of charging me as whole for the unit i get nickel and dimed for it at the register... *Grumbles*

Are the switches different for an 83-86 and 87-88? 'cuz it looks like im gonna have to make a custom install of the switches out of the '88.

On the way out i noticed (barely) a mashed up Mark and the interior was all nasty and mildewey, But it had the autolamp system as well! No time to get out the wiring (and kind of unwilling to go through that again) I just grabbed the switch panel and the rearview mirror setup.

Quick help! Removing a complete autolamp system!

Reply #34 – February 16, 2009, 10:49:23 AM

I'm gonna resurrect an old thread...because today's the day I go pull the autolamp wiring from my LSC parts car, so wish me luck!!!

(I'm gonna need it)

Quick help! Removing a complete autolamp system!

Reply #35 – February 16, 2009, 03:14:59 PM

Nevermind...the Mark VII's wiring is completely different. Not surprised, this car had power everything standard...only the auto dimming mirror had a different harness that was a plug and play affair too.

, , !!!:toilet:

:D

Quick help! Removing a complete autolamp system!

Reply #36 – February 16, 2009, 04:42:03 PM

the 88 XR7's were supposed to come w/autolamp but
mine didnt. has anyone discovered that the harness is
in there anyway and never used? just a thought.--irv

Quick help! Removing a complete autolamp system!

Reply #37 – February 16, 2009, 05:40:38 PM

Quote from: irv;257128

the 88 XR7's were supposed to come w/autolamp but
mine didnt. has anyone discovered that the harness is
in there anyway and never used? just a thought.--irv

Negative Batman, I have an 88 XR7 with no auto lamp and just has the jumper behind the headlight switch.

Quick help! Removing a complete autolamp system!

Reply #38 – February 16, 2009, 08:23:07 PM

Quote from: irv;257128

the 88 XR7's were supposed to come w/autolamp but mine didnt.

No, it was an option. Ask the guy who bought his new and remembered seeing a zero option XR-7 with crank windows.

Quick help! Removing a complete autolamp system!

Reply #39 – May 08, 2009, 10:41:49 PM

Quote from: booksix;175303

My guess is I unplug the ONE connector that is currently there (then making TWO open connectors) and connect the autolamp harness in between. Can anyone confirm this...

Ok, which one of the two in the car did you unplug to connect the autolamp harness inbetween? I got my harness (from an '88) and unplugged the two connectors at the kick panel and connected both of the autolamp's connections in there instead. So I don't know which plug to splice it into.

Note, my car is currently dead with the dashboard removed, so I can't exactly test to see WTF is going on. Thanks. :)