Originally Posted by JimFreeh

I considered that before I got into it. I laid the new one over the old one last night and checked for anomaly. Some runs have different lengths of wire and would require extensions, and then there are minor differences like the t-stat wires having four wires on mine, and 3 wires on the new one.

I can pay $1069 for a new harness now, or I can splice this one that I paid $20 for into my existing one.

An examination of my current harness reveals that I've got some time left before other wires deteriorate. I'll also keep my eye out for another lightly used harness, one that is the correct part number, while running with this fix. I'm betting I can grab the right one before this one gives me any more trouble. The car is not giving me any trouble right now, runs just fine, but the last time I changed plugs, I noticed the insulation on the wire going to the rear coil getting brittle, and that's the only place I've observed any deterioration.

It's painful to spend that kind of money on a car that isn't worth all that much, even though it still looks close to new..... That's got to be close to 20 percent of the car's value.

But, thanks for your response, I had thought about selling this one and applying the cash toward a new one, but once I discovered the t-stat lead had been cut, I was more reluctant to offer a damaged one up.

Jim