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  1. brainsboy

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    Two questions here. First is that I forgot where the A/C wire plugs into. The only wire I have open is by the voltage regulator and its green with a red stripe.

    Second is that where does the wire goto for the floor shifter. I cant find on open source to plug it into in the engine compartment.
     
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    What wire for the floor shifter? Is it for a light on the floor shifter? if so I think I just found a constant hot wire under the dash to splice into.
    As far as Air Conditioning wiring - I can't help you on that, but doesn't it have a factory plug end?
     
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    Since your car didnt originally come with a floor shifter there is probably no place to hook it up in the engine compartment, you will have to create a spot for it.

    A/C wire should hook to the compressor for the clutch (I believe that what its called)
     
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    Floor shift cars had a seperate wiring harness that plugged into the neutral safety switch on the side of the tranny....went up thru the firewall.....and plugged into the main interior wiring harness near the bottom of the stering column (where the column mounted neutral safety switch would normally plug in). I think I posted some pictures of it somewhere.
     
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    Yellow75, The car did come with a floor shifter originaly its a GT, it just didnt have all the floor shifter parts when I bought it. But I would say that all wiring harnesses would be the same anyhow.

    Thanks craig, I forgot about the wiring harness that runs to the transmission. I dont have the interior in it yet. I will look for the wire this weekend.

    Anyone know which area the A/C compressor plugs into? The coil harness or the Voltage regulator harness? The only open wire I have is the green with a red stripe, but Im not sure if thats it.
     
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    The AC Compressor will plug into the wiring harness that is with the heater/AC box.
     
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    I believe that wire comes out of the firewall near the heater hoses. Can't be certain, ... stripped the heat and air out of mine a long time ago, but there is a spare wire there now.
     

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