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Old Jan 27, 2005 | 08:18 AM
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1988 ford ranger 2.9

ok dont know that harnes i ned for the computer wires and all engine senser
 
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Old Jan 27, 2005 | 10:32 PM
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Ok, what's going on here. Do you have a truck with a damaged wiring harness? Or are you engine swapping?
 
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Old Jan 28, 2005 | 12:54 PM
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in starting over

i went out bought new wire harness ant pick and pull and the plug for the tranny is for an automatic and i have a stick i want to cunvert it so it fits my manual 5 speed
 
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Old Jan 28, 2005 | 01:27 PM
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I first thought this would not be possible, since the auto truck and the manual truck use different computers. But it looks like they both use pin 30, with a white/black wire.

-On the auto computer this is the neutral drive switch.

-On the manual computer this is still pin 30, white/black and is called the neutral gear/clutch engage switch.

So I would look at the old harness, and find out where the white/black from pin 30 went to. I can't tell if it goes to the clutch switch, a switch on the shifter, or both.

Do you have a darkgreen/white dangle around under there? This is the vehicle speed sensor + pin 3.

There is another wire black/white, pin 6 that is vehicle speed sensor negative.

I don't know if your truck had the speed sensor in the tranny or the rearend like some of the larger trucks.

You might have a tan/lightblue pin 52. This is shift solenoid 3/4 and you won't use it.

You also might have in the auto harness a white wire pin 53. This is convertor clutch override, which you won't use also.

It probably is doable to change this thing around, but it's going to take a lot of head scratching.
 
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Old Jan 28, 2005 | 02:17 PM
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thanks

you have no clue how may people said they didn't know

the dark green wires on my truck is the neutral.
 
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Old Jan 28, 2005 | 10:09 PM
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here we go again

ok i think that is working now my truck starts good and sounds good for 3 min then it dies any requst im checkg disturbr in 5 min brb
 
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Old Jan 28, 2005 | 10:39 PM
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Try to figure out if it's a fuel problem or a spark problem. Look at the fuel injection rail carefully around the engine and injectors, and see if you have a fitting that looks like a tire valve. You can check for fuel pressure there.
 
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