Hey guys, does anyone know how many harness' there are behind the dash that run from side to side? Maybe how many wires are in them?

 

Somewhere between a lot and too many.

 

lol thanks, i kinda figured that much lol

 

Well think about it for a second: (I'm using a lot of estimating here) There's the wiring to all your guages, which has about 40 wires going into it (if it's speedometer isn't run by a cable), the wiring from your steering column which should be about 16 wires maybe, the couple of wires for your brake lights when you push on the brake petal, the wiring for the stereo which should be about 14 wires, the wiring for your A/C and heater controls, which I think would be about 8 wires, the ECM is back there, the Bendix, and if you have an automatic there's a computer for the tranny, (so that would be like 80 million wires ) If you have cruise control, there's a module for that as well. The lights that go behind to anything that lights up, so in all honesty, you won't know how many until you go under there and start counting yourself, and good luck with that.

 

I have removed the dash harness before but is only one big a$$ harness with Around 150 to 250 wires it sucks taking them out .you have to gut the interior to the back seats

 

No, lockup control is housed within the ECM. It is not a separate unit
Airbag control IS however a separate piece and likely what you're thinking of

My suggestion to the OP is to leave the dash harness alone. It is extremely complicated

The dash harness is back there. Depending on year and options, various module are attached but contained within the harness itself such as airbag, cruise, VSS buffer etc

Separate harnesses are for the HVAC box, cruise, power seats, power door functions, overhead light (90-92 cars included the 3rd brake light), and rear light harness

 

I have seen a few boxes hangin around behind the face of the dash so if I knew which of these were what I might be able to decide what to keep and what to toss since I've already gotten rid of a couple systems and will be dumping more probably. Like one is a yellow box that has a yellow wire running to it in the same guage as the SIS wiring that I disconnected when I removed the stock steering wheel.+

 

Yellow connectors and yellow wrapped wiring are signals of airbag wiring

You do realize that if you are ever in a wreck your insurance can simply refuse to pay out because you removed safety equipment right?

 

wow, no ****? I think I just said that

and yes, i am well aware

 

about this many..... start counting