tailgate wiring

[Marco Rolandi]

Hello

I own an 83 245GL, all of the wiring in the tailgate is shot.
I have been fixing it but I seem to be missing couple of wires on the right hand side.
Does anybody know which wires go on the rhs??
I figured blue and yellow are for the solenoid of the power lock and grey and black for the
windshield wiper. The wires for the windshield wiper are missing on the
roof of the car, I guess somebody has modified the circuitry before.
Does anybody know where these wires are coming from so I can fish them
out? Do they come from the left hand side?

Thanks,
Marco.

 

[K Bourke]

I think you're right about the wiper & lock power coming from the right
side, see ipd's page for a discussion of the replacement parts:
http://www.ipdusa.com/ProductsCat.aspx?CategoryID=110&NodeID=865&RootID=629

Replaced the harnesses in my '86 245 about a decade ago....easy job with the
parts/instructions from ipd....worst part was being aggressive enough with
the (very) stretchable roof-liner top get it out from around the
corner-brackets that have it mounted up tight to the interior roof! Then
you may be able to see the plug/ends of the harnesses you're attaching to...

KB

 

[Mike F]

I think you're right about the wiper & lock power coming from the right
side, see ipd's page for a discussion of the replacement parts:
http://www.ipdusa.com/ProductsCat.aspx?CategoryID=110&NodeID=865&RootID=629

Replaced the harnesses in my '86 245 about a decade ago....easy job with the
parts/instructions from ipd....worst part was being aggressive enough with
the (very) stretchable roof-liner top get it out from around the
corner-brackets that have it mounted up tight to the interior roof! Then
you may be able to see the plug/ends of the harnesses you're attaching to...

KB

Right, if you stretch the roof liner rearward (start about a foot from
the corner, it's easier there), remove its plastic edging from the slot
it sits in, then you can see and connect the wires to the car harness
easily.

--
Mike F.
Thornhill (near Toronto), Ont.

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[Marco Rolandi]

Right, if you stretch the roof liner rearward (start about a foot from
the corner, it's easier there), remove its plastic edging from the slot
it sits in, then you can see and connect the wires to the car harness
easily.

Thanks for the answers,

I have stretched the roof liner and found the wires for the power lock,
but no wires for the windshield wiper. The connector(black and grey) that
goes from the tailgate wiring harness is unplugged and I cannot find the
other end.
I need to figure out from which side of the car these wires
are coming from. On my car there is a yellow blue wire(power lock) that
goes under the roof liner from the lhs to the rhs into the hinge, so I
assume the wiper wire should come from the same side. Any ideas on where I
shall I look? Roof, lower lhs?

Thanks again,
Marco.

 

[Mike F]

Thanks for the answers,

I have stretched the roof liner and found the wires for the power lock,
but no wires for the windshield wiper. The connector(black and grey) that
goes from the tailgate wiring harness is unplugged and I cannot find the
other end.
I need to figure out from which side of the car these wires
are coming from. On my car there is a yellow blue wire(power lock) that
goes under the roof liner from the lhs to the rhs into the hinge, so I
assume the wiper wire should come from the same side. Any ideas on where I
shall I look? Roof, lower lhs?

Thanks again,
Marco.

The harness for all standard equipment (rear defroster, license plate
lights, rear dome light and rear wiper) runs up the left pillar, across
the roof to the right hinge. You should be able to find the harness at
the dome light. The power lock wires are in a separate harness that
runs parallel to the "standard" harness.

--
Mike F.
Thornhill (near Toronto), Ont.

Replace tt with t (twice!) and remove parentheses to email me directly.
(But I check the newsgroup more often than this email address.)