Hi gang, long time no post. Since selling the Fairmont ive been wallowing around in a BA Mk1 XR8, it's doing the job but the autobox is just about had enough of propelling 1800kg, cue: T56 manual conversion.
Now the mechanical side of things is straight forward, very easy. The one thing that has me puzzled is the wiring. I know people are going to say 'do a search' and i have, but there are no difinitive answers for my questions.
-First off, i have the gearbox harness from a BF XR8, it has the wiring for the rearmost oxygen sensors (which are not required, being that is going into a BA) and the wiring for the reverse lockout (which i'll rig up a relay and hook to the brake lamp switch) and reverse lamps. These wires can be weeded out no problems. The harness is pictured below, minus half a 'kay of tape...
-Secondly, can the original auto BA ECU (being a 2003 model) be re-programmed with the required parameters to make the car behave with the manual gearbox? I still haven't been able to find a straight answer if this is possible or not. Strangely, ive been given a five speed ECU with the conversion, could this be used also? Or should i be going back to the wreckers asking for a BF ECU?
-Thirdly, does any of the wiring on the engine harness need to be linked/terminated where it branches off for the autobox for everything to work correctly?
I think after this long winded post, that's all i need to know, if anyone can help i'd be hugely appreciative
