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    Living in Southern Utah and loving the outdoors!
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  1. OldieSubie
    Hey y'all! I am removing my bumpers and am wondering if anyone is interested in it. I will have the front marker lights attached. I'll send pics tomorrow when it's brighter out. I am not asking anything for them, just pay shipping.
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    Hey y'all, so I got the new voltage regulator and installed it! I have a question about the loose black wire with the female bullet connector and it's purpose. I don't know what it connects to and what it's used for. Also, because I installed the proper part into the car, the fuel pump isn't getting power, any ideas? The two pictures below are of the voltage regulator (left) and the hack job of previous owners (right). Any help would be appreciated! I tried looking at the schematic and it's isn't very clear
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    I think I figured out what those wires are supposed to be....a voltage regulator! It all makes too much sense now. A friend of mine was just trying to figure out why my new alternator was blowing a fuse and said that i should replace my voltage regulator because my old alternator was 41 years old, and assumed that the regulator wasn't changed either. Turns out that I don't have one!...but I'm supposed to. I need to wait a few days for the part to come in and I'll post pictures. I have done a lot of replacing of old ignition parts and the likes trying to resolve many car issues, and I think this will be the biggest improvement to date!
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    My wiring diagram shows that the alternator goes to a voltage regulator....and that just happens to be where a previous owner installed a relay and crammed 6 out of the seven wires into three wires to fit the relay. I've been trying to figure out where the grey connector goes to, and this post gave me the much needed breakthrough!
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    Can someone post a picture of the voltage regulator? I have an 81 DL 1800 and I think someone jerry-rigged a relay as a VR. And it's been the bane of this cars existence since I've become an owner. I have been searching everywhere for what the grey harness connects to, and I think it is the Voltage Regulator.
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    Thank you everybody for your help! I have been pretty busy for the last week or so, I'm trying to stay on top of this post and the car, and a apologize for not being very active on here. I will look over the electrical schematics and see if I can make it mirror in my car.
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    Hey Bennie, Thank you for the pictures! What model is yours? I am asking because I feel like I'm the only one with two 7-pin connectors in the engine bay ( a blue one and a white one) I see yours is a blue-to-white connector, but what leads to the fusible box and relay is just normal wiring.....what am I missing or what is unique about what I have? This is slightly irritating.
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    After a few minutes of looking< I need part 46 and 47. Does anyone have a picture of those two parts on their vehicle? I just want to see the wires going into the box and what the inside of that box looks like. I can make a DIY box, just the wiring, fusing and relay wiring is what I need guidance with. Edit: Parts 34 and 35 (Fusible Links) are still available through subaru parts online!
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    Moosens, Thank you so much for looking! I won't be able to get into you pictures for at least a day, but this will help me figure out what should be there instead of this janky mess.
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    Moosens, Thanks for looking into it. I'm still trying to scour the internet and find any glimpse of a DL with my wiring set up (factory wise).
  11. OldieSubie
    Hey Bennie, Yes, that's exactly what had happened. The previous owner took four wire from the relay side, joined them together and added a black wire to feed into the relay.
  12. OldieSubie
    Ok, the gray/white plug that goes to the mysterious relay has wires as such: White: 12V Hot White/Red Stripe: 12V Switched Black/White: 12V Switched Blue/Yellow Stripe: ? Yellow: ? White/Black Stripe: ? Black/Tan Stripe: ? The Relay side is as such: White goes to Blue White/Black Stripe goes to Yellow *Blue(Blue/Yellow Stripe pin) joins with White/Red Stripe *Yellow joins Black/Tan Stripe Black/Yellow Stripe (Black/White Stripe pin) goes to nothing. White Relay wire is Ground *= These four wires join to one Black wire and feed into relay point 85 Relay Diagram: 85: Black wire 86: White wire (Ground) 87: Blue wire 87a: N/A 30: Yellow wire
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    I've read over the service manual that I downloaded for an 83, and there are some differences between what I have and the 83. If there is a digital 81 service manual out there, I haven't found it yet. And a really large portion of the 83 manual I have is missing in regards to the electrical chapter. I did note and list the wires going to the relay and to the loom at the gray connector. I will boat it later today when I have the chance....although I don't know what these wires originally went to still.
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    Moosens, I'd really appreciate if you could post some diagrams! I'm about to bite the bullet and but a service manual from: https://www.faxonautoliterature.com/1981-Subaru-Repair-Shop-Manual-Original The PDF that I downloaded has a lot of missing pages in the electrical section, there isn't too much I could do. Plus, it's for an '83...so the wiring is a bit different.
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    6 Star, Thank you for the photos! It looks much more stock than mine haha! And the mud is a good look on there! This will be a great reference to see what's different about my set up.
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