I am swaping in an ej22 into my 1987 GL wagon/loyale.I was told that I have to remove the dash.How is this done?I removed all of the 10 mm bolts that I could find.the dash will move like 1" at max.so how does it come out?

i have done 2 EJ swaps, and i have never pulled the dash.

 

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so then where do I put the striped harness?

Standing aside from EJ conversion tactics,I can tell you that you have the three 10mm bolts on top and then from underside in the far wings you have I believe one 10mm bolt on each end.

 

Take down the panels under the steering wheel first and disconnect the duct.

 

Disconnect the radio antenea,speedo cable from underside of dash(just pull it forward out of the socket).You'll also have a vacuum line in the form of a thin plastic hose with rubber hose connecting to it.And you need to disconnect the slider cable for the heat-to-cool lever all the way down at the heater box.Just yank up on the clip there,you'll see.Then you just take the loop of end of the cable off the cock lever.

 

Been a while for me,but I did it and got everything working again,so you can too.

 

 

I did a heater core swap,that's how I got my experience.And I took many out while parting way too many cars.While you have the dash out I think you'd be foolish not to inspect the heater core for corrosion,and replace it now if need be.Also check the blower fan and the resistor pack.And make sure the heater core cock is not corroded too.No better time to clean the ducts out too.

 

Good luck with it.