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mystery harness? 87 GL wagon


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Not sure about that. It was tucked behind the pillar trim piece next to the seatbelt reel. I'd think seat power would run under the seat, not back there where it's near a flex point. None the less, this is a stock interior and the seats are the standard manual adjust type. Any other ideas?

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Does your fuel gauge work? All the lights in the back? The tail gate/trunk indicator on the dash? Not sure why any of those would need a harness mid-car, but it's a cheap way to rule things in or out.

 

Also, some models have the ECU under the seat, though I believe most, if not all EA82s are under the dash. I think you'd notice if THAT was unplugged though (and it doesn't look like an ECU harness); unless it is a weird looking test connector or code reader harness?

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Actually, I think I remember there being some odd useless wires the last time I was chasing electrical problems in my EA82. Iirc Subaru had built lots and lots of identical harnesses, then just never used certain wires that had no purpose on the model being built at that time. There may be another model with electric seats or eletric seat belts that required that connector, but yours did not.

 

It was probably easier to just have one bin full of wire harnesses of which you only use some parts than "Joe, I told you a thousand times to get the OTHER bin when we change models...now we have to do 1000 cars all over again!".

 

Someone with more knowledge may be able to shed more light in this direction, but that is as good as my guess will get without breaking out a wiring diagram.

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That's what I was thinking, too. I was just hoping some one on here knew what the feature was incase it pertained to some sort of upgrade I and others could easily accomplish with the wiring already installed. Oh and I'm always curious about terminated plugs just laying around.

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