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1996 swap here just finished and waiting for drive shaft... starts and runs great. Check engine light is still on though.. Any one know how to disable that or is that something I'll have to deal with?
Huck369's write-up for cable driven swap is MUCH recommended no matter the year... Mine is the 1996 LSI model and so far there are no problems. Maybe after all is done and figured out, I can get him to update his write up to include any thing that is different for the 96~97 cars. (How bout it Huck? ;):D) lol

:)If any one is interested here is a link to the pics of my swap.:)

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/inde...lbumId=1836535

There are many different ways to fabricate every thing. Mine is just done out of the convenience of the parts I had available. Any good welder and mechanic can design their own things with out any problems. I had a full donor car to cut up and use what ever I wanted to. If your not mechanically inclined or know how to weld then replace your tranny with stock or take it to some one who can. :D:D:p:lol:

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Nor do I have them here. LOL Good thing cuz I would have been screwed since I didn't know I wouldn't pass until now lol

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The check engine light will always be on for 96/97 because with obdII there is constant communication between the ECU and TCU and since you remove the TCU for the swap, there is no signal causing it to light up.

And yes, the obdI and obdII harnesses are going to be different

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Sure, just get me a list of any differences and I'll see what I can do...

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So far there looks like there aren't really any except the four prong pug at shifter but I have to confirm this later today. Sorry for incorrect info on things.

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Is the entire tower strut bar self made?

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No i did not make the entire thing. Only items painted red I fabricated. That bar was a bar that some one I knew had that did not have the brackets for it so I made my own. I figured it was easy and cheap upgrade and it turned out nice.:D

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You can make a jumper harness to run an OBDI ECU in an OBDII car. It takes a lot of time and some ECU connectors along with an OBDII ECU for parts to make it though. I have one here, but it is not for sale

Tom

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No reason for me to since I have no smog here and don't really care about the light personally. I would be interested in the wiring schematics and procedures just for future references.

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You could always remove the light, too. That's what I did with my airbag light since I have a JDM steering wheel.

Mike

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very true... trick the inspectors too lololol

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you would just need the pinouts.

Tom

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Any one have the pinout diagrams for both OBDI and OBD2 cars I could get a hold of? PM if you do or send them to Brandon774@hotmail.com subject line titled: Pinout Diagrams. :-)

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I do, I will try and email them to you sometime

Tom

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Thanks Tom.