330CubeGt Posted August 17, 2012 Report Share Posted August 17, 2012 Did this write-up back when i had my 98, Also did the same thing to the cobra i own now (See Sig) Its works and its simple. Hope this write-up is useful and easy to understand Don't forget before you begin disconnect the POS snd NEG Battery leads.Basic Tools Needed.A Small pair of needle nose pliers may come in handy also.Remove the lid on the center console glove box, either before or after the box, depending of the year model. There are about three screws on the hinge area.Remove the rubber pads near the front edge of the box (they press in and out), and then remove the screws that are in the recess, On some models there may be extra screws holding the box in. [TABLE][TR][TD] [/TD][/TR][/TABLE] Pull up on the box, and remove it ( you may have to pull it up by the cup holder - carefully). Locate an 8 wire harness connector near the parking brake. Follow the harness to the left side of the console, and you'll see where it may be held in place with a plastic plug (with several little lips on it) The plug may be have been inserted from the top OR the bottom. Pull or pry (careful of the wire harness) the plug out of the hole. It may be stubborn, but WILL come out. Mine was pushed in from the bottom, so I used an icepick to push down and get it loosened a bit, and then a small screwdriver, underneath, to pry it out. If for some reason, there is an excess of play in the harness, you may be able to work on it without disconnecting it. The plug is reuseable, unless you really mangle it with pliers. It keeps the harness from wandering around and getting hung up in the brake mechanism, and/or rattling. [TABLE][TR][TD][/TD][/TR][/TABLE] Disconnect the harness connector. This is simple, but do to the crowded spaces, some owners have given up at this point. Carefully push out on the clips on the sides of the connector just a little bit (I used small and/or long screwdrivers - fingernails will break off), and at the same time - pull it apart . Note: the two clips are all that keep the connector from coming apart. They are flexible, but if you pry them out too far they will either break off, or become deformed and won't spring back enough to lock the connector halves together. Hold the connector in the palm of your hand and push the screwdriver blade underneath one clip and then turn the blade slightly and the clip will raise up. If you're applying pulling pressure on the connector at the same time, one of the clips should hang up long enough for you to do the same thing on the other clip. If one of the clips break off, you're still okay. The remaining clip will hold the connector together. If both of them break, you can always use a small plastic tie-wrap to hold the harness together. The alternative would be to replace the connector, and if you're in this situation in the first place, you certainly don't want to try and replace the connector! [TABLE][TR][TD][/TD][TD=width: 50%][/TD][/TR][/TABLE] Look at the connector half that's nearest the rear of the vehicle (this is the only half you'll work with) ... On the side of the connector, push "in" and "up" on the small red tab the "red" divider in the center of the connector will rise. Remove the "red" divider. Make a note of the alignment slots on the side of the divider, for re-installation. [TABLE=width: 533][TR][TD=width: 50%][/TD][/TR][/TABLE] Locate the red/black and the blue/red wires on the back of the connector (2nd from R/H side). You want to reverse the positions of these two wires. In the center of the face of the connector, there is a gray tab next to each wire position - See Figure 7, below. Each wire is soldered/crimped to a female pin that's locked into place by one of the gray tabs. [TABLE=width: 664][TR][TD=width: 50%][/TD][TD=width: 50%][/TD][/TR][TR][TD=width: 50%][/TD][TD=width: 50%][/TD][/TR][TR][TD=width: 50%][/TD][TD=width: 50%][/TD][/TR][/TABLE] Start with either wire - if there is electrical tape or insulation wrapped around the wires within 1 or 2 inches of the connector, remove part of it, to allow for movement of the wires, This is a perfect time to cut your finger or one of the wires - be careful! With a small blade screwdriver, gently push the gray tab towards the center of the connector to unlock the pin and at the same time, push down on the female pin next to the tab. With the blade held in the right position, it's fairly easy. If the pin doesn't move, the tab hasn't been moved far enough to unlock the pin. Once the pin starts to move, it's unlocked pull the wire out from the back of the connector (you may have to use small needle-nose pliers to push the pin out from the other side remember, these pins have to mate up to the other half of the connector, so don't bend or crush them ... they won't go back together) Remember which side of the connector it came from. Remove the other wire in the same manner. Carefully relocate each of these 2 wires in the harness (so there is no tension pulling on the wires) to line up with the opposite hole they came out of. Caution - don't bend the wire where it attaches to the pin - it may break off (if this happens, you're going to have to solder it back on to the pin, or buy a new pin & crimp the wire into it)! Push each wire into it's new location, and make sure it locks in place. The top of the pin should be flush with the rest of the pins in the connector. The gray tabs should be back in their locked position.Reconnect both halves of the connector (inspect the tabs on the side, to make sure they are in the locked position), anchor the harness back to it's original position with the plastic plug. [TABLE=width: 622][TR][TD=width: 100%][/TD][/TR][/TABLE] Connect Pos & Neg battery leads, and perform a test of the fog lights, with the light switch in different positions. Note whether or not the fogs go off when you hit high beam, and the overall effect on the ashtry light.Reinstall glovebox insert OR the lid, depending on the year model (the '95 lid is held down with a magnet - you have to align the magnet portion that's mounted on the console itself, with the slot in the top of the box insert) (Figure 10). [TABLE=width: 634][TR][TD=width: 100%][/TD][/TR][/TABLE] If the magnet doesn't align with the slot in the box insert, it could break the magnet assembly, so push the box in slowly, and align the magnet with the slot. I broke mine, the first time I slammed the box back into place. The '98 has a mechanical latch, instead of a magnet. I don't know about the other year models.Re-install the lid and mount screws (unless this has already been done), and rubber pads. You're done ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...