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I am trying to remove the engine from my donor car by removing the harness and all as one unit. Does anyone know where this wires goes its in the main harness area and goes into the fender/frame area of the car. Its the wire with that blue plastic washer thing surrounding it.
Worst case scenario I am just gonna cut them and solder them into the new harness.
Last edited by 05ls430518; Oct 25, 2025 at 03:01 PM.
Don’t cut anything yet, I think that is a plug just down the hole. I think they go to the horns and washer bottle or something, but pull back the grommet and look in there and I think u can just unplug it right there
Don’t cut anything yet, I think that is a plug just down the hole. I think they go to the horns and washer bottle or something, but pull back the grommet and look in there and I think u can just unplug it right there
i've pulled it out and there is no connector that I can find, its never ending like a clown scarf lol. It seems to go all the way into the fender frame well, that's why I was going to just cut it and splice it into the new other vehicle. If anyone has any idea where the connector is or how to get to it, it'd be greatly appreciated
Last edited by 05ls430518; Oct 26, 2025 at 04:22 AM.
Is your car the same year? Does your car have the same harness and situation to deal with? If that’s the case then ya, cut em on both cars and just connect the new harness to the wires going into your fender. Have you pulled the inner fender liner out? With the liner outta the way you could probably remove the proper way..
Is your car the same year? Does your car have the same harness and situation to deal with? If that’s the case then ya, cut em on both cars and just connect the new harness to the wires going into your fender. Have you pulled the inner fender liner out? With the liner outta the way you could probably remove the proper way..
Good car is an 04 donor is an 05 they share the same harness as far as I can tell I will have to check. I have not taken the fender liner off trying to get this stuff done before snow hits. I am most likely just gonna cut and splice them into the good car. I have almost everything disconnected the main hold up is that stupid *** piece of plastic that bolts to the undertray. The ecu box is attached to that and its holding me up, as well as that weird wire into the fender lol.
That’s how it goes it with my projects, I start out taking my trying to disconnect everything from the donor vehicle, and then at some point I get frustrated and cut anything the snagged and doesn’t wanna get with the program. The finder Linder liner is just he’s in with a few plastic rivets and some 8mm bolts, and they are usually brittle so they with a good prying tool u could have it off in under a minute.
I appreciate everyone's help but I am just disconnecting everything from the engine and trans. You have to pull the dash to get the harness out and I am not doing that again lol.
i think you can just pull the glovebox out and disconnect the ECU from there, pull the wires back through the firewall. Toyota tried to make it easier to pull the engine
i think you can just pull the glovebox out and disconnect the ECU from there, pull the wires back through the firewall. Toyota tried to make it easier to pull the engine
The harness goes to both sides of the car you can do that on the passenger side the drivers side the fuse block goes up behind the dash rail and is tucked by the instrument cluster.
Here is a picture to reference what I am talking about.
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Does anyone know what these wires go to
