Re: Adventures in tune-up land: The saga continues.

["content22207" <brobertson@xxxx>]

Oh dear Payne, is it time to trade the little silver car for a new
Subaru? If your wiring harness is stock, you should have *THREE* black
wires going to the idle speed motor, each with a different stripe. The
middle one (Black/Pink) is 12v in. Black/Green and Black/Red are your
polarized lines back to the onboard computer. The circuit is grounded
inside the computer, so there's no need for any other wires (to
overcome twitchy ground, etc).

If it helps, my car is currently idling off its bypass screws -- idle
speed lines are capped until I can bend some conduit to reach my
relocated motor. Since A/C season is over, reasonable RPM's are easily
set manually.

Bill Robertson
#5939

>--- In dmcnews@xxxx, "Payne" <bpayne@xxxx> wrote:
> Many of you have read about my recent tune up adventure, and I really do
> appreciate all of your suggestions. Now I only have one more thing
to get
> fixed before I can drive her again. I ordered a new idle speed motor
> connector to replace my damaged one. I wondered why there was a
fourth wire
> going into it, and when I pulled the little rubber boot off I saw it was
> bunched up inside against an exposed part of the black wire. The
idle speed
> motor won't run without this wire touching it. I can't tell where
it comes
> from, but it goes into the frame rail. Does anyone know if this is
a common
> modification? I can only figure the black wire is dead somewhere so
another
> power source was wired in, rather sketchily I might add.
> 
> Now I don't know what to do. Should I find the source of the problem,
> restore the original wiring, and replace the connector as I planned? Or
> should I continue using it like it is, but making the modification a
little
> more reliable? Keep in mind I'm a fool when it comes to
electronics, and
> many devices have caught fire by my hands. I want to keep it as
reliable
> and simple as possible.
> 
> Thank you!
> 
> payne