1993 Caravan OH console on a '92...?

I bought a '93 OH console with the digital display but the guy I bought
the van from cut the harness! I could go to a bone yard and try to find
one; other than that is there any way to get a diagram of the wiring so I
can try to cob one together?

I already Googled. Hopefully someone has some first-hand info...?

 

You're probably looking for something free, but if you were willing to
spend $25 bucks for it, you could get a 1 year subscription to
www.alldata.com, which would include the factory schematics specific to
the year and vehicle.

 

I'm always looking for something for free. Isn't that what the Internet,
and especially the groups for? To pick brains?

Other than that, will the $25 cover only ONE vehicle, or the 4 I have on
the road currently?

 

Price drops for multiple vehicles and for multiple years. The best
things about the subscription is that you do get the complete factory
schematics (not "typical" multi-year, multi-platform schematics found in
aftermarket manuals) and the TSB's that are applicable to that vehicle.
The procedural repair info. is generally right out of the FSM, but is
spotty - if you're lucky the info. you need is there, if unlucky, that
particular info. was left out.

 

I'm always looking for something for free. Isn't that what the Internet,

You get what you pay for! The printed factory service manual set of books
costs around $150. The same factory information which alldata has. FYI both
would have *complete* wiring diagrams of the entire vehicle.

I've been working in the electrical business all my life [very experienced].
I would not even try to install that console without the factory wiring
diagrams. (That is unless it was something simple like just a light and just
needed power for the light.)

 

In some ways the data is less complete than what is in the FSM, but it
is always updated. That's a big deal on a new car where bugs are still
being found, it's a total non-issue on a 25-year-old car where all the
common problems were found long ago.

But it is a LOT less expensive than the FSM. I don't think it's a real
substitute for having the real shop manual but it's a tiny fraction of
the cost.

On the other hand, you can sometimes get the shop manuals for older cars
inexpensively on Ebay... I think I paid $25 for the electrical volume for
my E28 and then $50 for the engine volume.
--scott

 

Thanks for the advice, guys but we're talking an 18 year old vehicle I
paid $150 for on eBay with 240,000 miles. If it had only 125,000 like my
last one I might invest a little more money in it; while it runs well it's
expected life at this point is a big question mark.

 

Drop me a note and I'll see what I can do to help.
remove NOT from the address and mention the group.

 

Yes - to be clear as I said, schematics are complete, the rest of the
info. is very spotty/incomplete.

 

I agree with everything you said, though I would just emphasize more
that the information contained in it is *far* *from* complete (other
than the schematics, which are complete).

 

But do you put any value on your time? If the schematics save you two
hours, is that a good trade off for the $25? Funny how people won't
spend $30 on an old vehicle, but they will spend 5 hours to avoid
spending the $25. If you put *any* value on your time and use the same
logic, then does that mean if you have to put more than 3 hours into it,
you junk it? Of course now, if you call it a hobby, you can do whatever
the heck you want and not have to justify it. (obviously you don't
have to justify anything to anyone anyway)

 

This just about nails it!

I buy old cars, put a couple hundred $$$ into them, drive them for 2-4
years and then go looking for the next.

Except my Supra, of course. There is a copy of the shop manual on line,
and a computer in my garage.

 

Check you mail....

 

I wouldn't say pick.
I would however say share.
Everyone brings something to the table.
Your wiring fable says to me you have not seen even one wire, much
less counted them.
FAIL!

 

Oh I see, put a $100 console in $150 car.
FAIL!

 

Does anyone know WTF this idiot is talking about?
"Wiring fable"? I used to wire up large aircraft engine controls, point to
point.

So here's the fable: I have a bundle of wires sticking out from the
headliner that are supposed to attach to an overhead console. The
connector has been cut off. So, do you have an idea what wire goes where,
or where I can get a wiring diagram so I can rewire it myself, or are you
just going to be a big mouth with nothing to say, but are going to
say it anyway?

 

Who paid $100 for it? Maybe you might do something that foolish, but I got
it for $15, working. And I got it as much for the dome lights as I did for
the trip computer. I like to do things the right way, and not string up a
bunch of "really KEWL blue LEDS" like it sounds you would. So, do you have
an idea of what wire goes where? Didn't think so. Thanks for playing,
troll!

 

They may be rather hard to make out, but the wires should be color
coded. Leastways they are on all the Chrylser vans I have had. (91, 95,
05.) Local scrap yard, if they have any that old, would likely sell you
that end of the wire harness pretty cheap. (Not like anybody is gonna
buy the whole harness for a 92) Just match up the colors and use butt
connectors.

Note that Chrysler DOES change the wiring harness from year to year,
usually to make it cheaper. I wanted to backdate some dashboard stuff on
my 05 to what the 01 through 03 had. (ie, add another power socket, to
replace the plug where the second switched one used to go. Dealer
claimed the pigtails would be hanging in there. Nope. To save a quarter
per car, they eliminated that wire. I had to use vampire tap and power
it from the main one.) Chrysler was really into 'decontenting' in those
years. My doors are also missing some sound deadening and water stops
that previous years had(according to the pictures in the manual), and
the rear wiper and defrost controls were moved down into the HVAC pod to
make assembly cheaper. (Too bad you have to take your eyes off the road
to FIND them, unlike the original up-high locations...) Junkyard wanted
an arm and a leg for those dash parts, so I said the hell with moving
them back.

30 years ago, Ford used to use the same harness on all the vehicles
built off a particular platform. Made it real easy to upgrade my
junkheaps with toys from junkyard cars. Just bolt it on, and plug it in.

 

This looks like the way to go. They made about 4M of them from 1988 to
1993, and about 15-20% of those were LE and SE versions. I can see the
wiring and the colors, and I did find a diagram for a '92.

I also found the wiring for the Infinity stereo, and now can hook up an
aftermarket and have those magnificent rear speakers booming their bass
out...

 

Go to youtr local library and see if they have a manual. Second
choice subscribe to Aldata or see if anyone around your area has the
computerised manuals that can print you out the diagram. Can't
remember the name of the program - but most garages use either it or
Aldata now.