brianteel Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 I am now urging everyone to use the 3800 monte carlo harness for the swap. it keeps everything stock in the first gen cars. i will be getting a bunhc and modding them for people Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiscoStudd Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 You're speaking of the 98 and 99 Montes with the L36, correct? Would the 98-99 Monte harness be any different from a 96 Regal L36 harness? So bottom line, when I finally do the L67 swap, you recommend eschewing the harness from the L67 motor I end up buying and using one from a Monte, or would you need the Monte harness in addition to the one that came with the L67? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianteel Posted May 13, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 you are using the monte one because it will run the 4t65e trans. yes you dont need the L67 harness at all from the ar you get the motor from. yes the L36 monte carlo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mihela816 Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 What do you mean "keeps everything stock"? You don't need to mess with the interior harness? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianteel Posted May 13, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 you never had to mess with the interior harness except running the wires fro the OBD 2 port. I mean it keep sthe battery on the driver side with the wind washer tank an the PCM and the coolant over flow on the passager side. for poeple with the new style cruise control unit there is no wiring for that you just plug it in and go. for poeple who have OBD 1 you still need to run wires for the OBD 2 port but that is really easy to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mihela816 Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 Neat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 sweet, i'll be doing the swap as soon as i can find a place around here under $3000 for the engine and trans :shock: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitaloutsider Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 sweet, i'll be doing the swap as soon as i can find a place around here under $3000 for the engine and trans :shock: http://www.car-part.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianteel Posted May 13, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 New way Old way as you can see the new way is alot cleaner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 sweet, i'll be doing the swap as soon as i can find a place around here under $3000 for the engine and trans :shock: http://www.car-part.com been there done that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiscoStudd Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 you are using the monte one because it will run the 4t65e trans. Oh that's right, the 96 Regal still used the 60-E tranny... New way Old way as you can see the new way is alot cleaner Very cool! That basically keeps it looking like a stock install It seems the longer I wait to do the swap, the more you guys discover new "tricks" ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianteel Posted May 13, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 yeah at this point there is not much to figure out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terryk2003 Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 SWEET...so basically, i can use a MC harness and don't have to change anything?...i'm hoping to be doing this swap within the next year...as soon as i come up with the $$ for the engine... AND, WTF is up with L67swap.com!?...i tried to join the other day and it won't let me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GnatGoSplat Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 Hmmm, I'd been telling people to use the MC harness ever since Cat-man finished his swap several years ago. If you want to use a 4T60-E HD (or risk blowing up your old 4T60-E), you can also use a 3800 Series I harness and PCM with an L27 MEMCAL. Some tweaking required if you use a non-3800 tranny since the FDR is different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianteel Posted May 13, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 well you can use the 96 regal that will keep the 4t60e trans use the monte one or any w-body harness before 95 that has the 3800 attached to it do you have aol? that will cause a issue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian P Posted May 14, 2005 Report Share Posted May 14, 2005 ya know I thought I saw a discrepency at the C100 harness just between 1995 Cutlass (OBD1ish) and 1996 Cutlass (OBD2) MOST wires are the same except of course theextra for OBD2, HOWEVER I also notice a few power wires MOVED. So that being said are you SURE this is plug and play for pre-'96? Also by chance were you contacted by a Cutlass Ciera owner from Long Island about a job? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maybe2fast Posted May 14, 2005 Report Share Posted May 14, 2005 would this harness work in a Reatta? Can the stock one be used? Oh! and the E-trans what do I need to add to make it work and the axles are they different? thanks Reatta SC 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianteel Posted May 14, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2005 no i was not contacted by anyone from LI. I never said it was 100% plug and play. youhave to cut some wires and run some wires. for the most part the wires are in the same locations. i am trying to figure out right now how many of those red wires are really needed. I usually hook up all of them but it looks like that is not needed as for the reatta check the site a guy just did one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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