Tranny issues...PLEASE HELP.

[kyle's protege5]

all the "wiring diagrams" you find online to download are incomplete and DO NOT show all the systems that you will need to look at to properly wire up what you need

I'll get what i need then

anyhow, there's already enough differences between the manual harness from the auto harness that it'll take a fair amount of time to convert over... it's not impossible but it's not a walk in the park... it's definately time consuming... but since you got ABS in the mix, it's going to be one big headache

I think i'm leaning towards just modifying the abs mtx harness, if i cannot find a non-ABS harness here relatively soon. I've got them both out on the garage floor, and the only difference is the obvious tranny plugs and the one having the large white abs plug. There is the extra individual plugs behind the the strut towers that i'm not sure of, and thats it.

and I do hope your P5 does not have activematic... if you do like gimpo2 did, then you're in for a bigger mess

Nope! One less pain in the ass.

if any of you think this s*** is bad, try ******* with all the new school "fordazdas" (the 3, 5, 6, etc)... there's even more electronic bulls*** and wiring differences that basically makes it impossible to convert or change anything

I know this is a pain, but it has to be done. No atx can really take what i'm gonna be putting at it, or have been putting at this one. Lentech is way out of line on their prices, so thats out of the question.
I have WAY too much time, effort, and money in changing just about everything on this car to start over again. I bought this car totalled and rebuilt it myself, (well except for the paint). There is very little thats been left alone on it. So i'm just gonna have to do it ya know?

 

[kyle's protege5]

The reverse lights are wired through the roof harness, not the dash harness-- that's why. Your roof harness is incompatible with the sender on the new tranny. You'll need to purchase the respective roof harness and swap it out, or put your reverse lights on a lighted SPST switch.

when you say incompatible with the new sender, is it just because of plugs and wiring, or is it a different kind of signal all together?

couldnt i have the reverse switch trigger a relay that would then turn on the reverse lights? Skip the replacing the roof harness then?

 

[kyle's protege5]

well I went over the wire harness from plug to every last plug. I had to make some changesbecause of the abs, so i put the harness the way it should have been for the mtx non abs. I put it all in and wired up the battery. Checked the reverse switch by jumping the 2 prongs together and the reverse lights came on perfectly! HER-AY! The speedo checks out from dash to sending unit, so it should work too. this is awesome.

The 2 plugs i was unsure of were the left and right front wheel sensors for the abs. I removed them as well as all of the other wires that were only there for the abs. Looks as good as new now.

As far as the wiring digrams i got, i got them from, crap not sure, i'll find it, its on the laptop. Anyways, they were SUPER detailed. Told everylast system, from start to finish, the wiring colors, a break down of every plug in the entire car, very, very helpful. I'll post a link when i find them on the other computer.

So..... so far so good!