OK, so I'm finally putting my car back together, and typically, I've already forgotten where a few bits and pieces go. I've got a Gregorys manual, but it doesn't always go into enough detail. Seeing as this is gonna be a slowish process, and there is bound to be several things I gonna need help with I thought I would create my own special thread! So today I need to know which hole in the firewall the fuse box loom goes through. There are two large round holes in the left hand side of the firewall, I'm just not sure if the loom goes through the upper or lower hole. Can anyone confirm? Cheers Tom

Upper, the lower hole is for the 6 cyl Engine loom.

Quote: Originally Posted by NZ_GTS OK, so I'm finally putting my car back together, and typically, I've already forgotten where a few bits and pieces go. I've got a Gregorys manual, but it doesn't always go into enough detail. Seeing as this is gonna be a slowish process, and there is bound to be several things I gonna need help with I thought I would create my own special thread! So today I need to know which hole in the firewall the fuse box loom goes through. There are two large round holes in the left hand side of the firewall, I'm just not sure if the loom goes through the upper or lower hole. Can anyone confirm? Cheers Tom yeh I'm finding the same problems,just aswell i've got a few spare cars to look at,and even then the parts do'nt want to go back how they should(she'll be right) wished i had taken photos Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

i find putting the dash back together on vls is annoying nothing seems to fit perfectly, ****ty holden plastics

what the fu*ck is this,i have never seen this before,its puuged into one of the big plugs by the brake booster,it is not connected to anything(well its pluged in)but the actual unit is not connected to anything??can any one help Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

i have exactly the same thing danny! i discoverd it there one day and was like wtf is this doing. i still don't know. would it be something to do with the auto gbox? mine was converted to manual. otherwise i wuldnt have a clue what it is. sam

yea man could be,i converted mine to manual a little while bak(about 2 years ago and i cant remember anythink kike that,and then i found it on the mrs car the other day,weird it must be something to do with the auto box because it dosnt start when i unplug it

You got me thinking good aswell Danny, but you both must be right... Went to check mine and it looked like nothing was there... Then on closer inspection it was hiding...well half of it anyway lol Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

mmmmmmmmmm,can any one with a auto please check this for us,and see where the fu*ck it goes??

Its common for there to be random unused plugs on a wiring loom. Many cars only have one wiring loom to cover all models, from the pov packs to the fully loaded ones. Makes manufacturing simpler and cheaper. There are wiring diagrams in the Gregorys manual if its reeaally bothering you, but they all look like gibberish to me! It's weird that unplugging it stops your car starting, I would've thought most of the electrics associated with the auto would've been bypassed or overridden when the conversion was done. So is that thing that is sat on the battery what is on the other end of the plug?

according to gregorys manual,it is a 'neutral saftey switch' yeah on top of the battery

yeh the 3 connectors are for the auto box, and the metal plate is the neutral selector switch for auto box, you need manual box loom to make the reverse lights work etc

There you go then. Bizarre how it still works even though its not connected to anything. I'm guessing your reverse lights have been boogied up somehow to make em work. Unless of course they don't!

you will still need that white thing, unless you find the two purple wires and join them.

Quote: Originally Posted by NZ VL com the middle plug and harness is for the auto neutral/park safety circuit, the plug to the right of that is the manual gearbox plug and harness, you will need a MANUAL one if you have converted to manual. (note....autos used the manual plug also, throw away and get manual harness, or if your tricky you can get a wiring diagram and make your own its easy) if you want to remove the auto plug and harness, its easy to unplug and remove it...BUT... you will have to bridge the two purple wires in the front drivers side of the engine bay, the plug looks the same as the manual harness plug and has yellow ends on it and leads to a relay, remove that too, make a loop wire or cut and solder the purple wires, the manual versions had a loop plug, try and get one of those so its plug and play. hope that helps. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

yea i joined those purple wires together a few months back coz the relay pooped itself and wuldnt let me start (becoz their is no auto gbox for that neutral start switch to plug onto). just bought a calais today its still got the auto so i'll have a look tomorrow and try figure something out.

photos!!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by NZ VL com photos!!!! of what? just checked the calais yup it goes to the gearbox so danny i think your rite in saying its a neutral safety switch. cant think of anything else it could be

Yes it's the neutral safety Danny and I looked at my old calais auto box today and it was still there on the gearbox