1988 3.2 Carrera How to safely remove electrical connector

[Snitzler]

See the picture, I need to pull the connector to get oil pressure before the first start up. Is there a trick to pulling these? I get worrried about working the connector too much and breaking it. I just wiggle the heck out of it and it comes loose after a while...

[john walker's workshop]

I disconnect the plug for the injectors on the crossmember behind the heater blower motor.

[917_Langheck]

Remove the spring clip. Search junior timer connector.

To prime oil pressure you can remove fp fuse or the dme relay.

[wazzz]

Originally Posted by john walker's workshop

I disconnect the plug for the injectors on the crossmember behind the heater blower motor.

This! To me the easiest and fastest way to not start a 3.2. I even use this sometimes as a second (or third) anti-theft.

You can't see the plug but can easily reach it by feel. Just pull it straight up slightly and leave it in this position so you just have to push it back down once pressure has built up.

[famoroso]

Originally Posted by wazzz

This! To me the easiest and fastest way to not start a 3.2. I even use this sometimes as a second (or third) anti-theft.

You can't see the plug but can easily reach it by feel. Just pull it straight up slightly and leave it in this position so you just have to push it back down once pressure has built up.

I like the DME relay as a non-grimy (i.e. not reaching into the engine compartment) anti
-theft option.* I tend to unplug / plug the DME relay by "hugging" the base of driver's seat from the side. It's pretty easy to do by feel, at least under Pole Positions.

*I've thought it would be SUPER COOL if Focus 9 offered a "switched" version of their relay with a protected rocker switch on the top, as it would be easy to reach down and turn the DME on / off for any number of purposes.

[Ctopher]

Originally Posted by famoroso

*I've thought it would be SUPER COOL if Focus 9 offered a "switched" version of their relay with a protected rocker switch on the top, as it would be easy to reach down and turn the DME on / off for any number of purposes.

I agree and have communicated with them about the feature. They provided detail on how to make a kill switch, of which I have not done yet. Would make it easy to have a car alarm/kill switch but I mainly just pull the fuel pump to crank for oil pressure. I use this between long delays in drives.


CTopher

[famoroso]

Originally Posted by Ctopher

I agree and have communicated with them about the feature. They provided detail on how to make a kill switch, of which I have not done yet. Would make it easy to have a car alarm/kill switch but I mainly just pull the fuel pump to crank for oil pressure. I use this between long delays in drives.

CTopher

Cool. Glad to hear that the idea is already out in the universal consciousness (it takes a village).

I appreciate that one can wire-in separate kill switches, but the coolness factor from one integrated into the DME relay would be hard to beat.

[Ctopher]

Originally Posted by famoroso

I appreciate that one can wire-in separate kill switches, but the coolness factor from one integrated into the DME relay would be hard to beat.

I totally agree! I would be willing to buy another for just that switch function!


CTopher

[wazzz]

Originally Posted by famoroso

Cool. Glad to hear that the idea is already out in the universal consciousness (it takes a village).

I appreciate that one can wire-in separate kill switches, but the coolness factor from one integrated into the DME relay would be hard to beat.

You could do it yourself. Just find a mini toggle switch and attach it through a hole made at the top of the plastic cover. On this picture, the pin I would cut is 85b. The current that flows through it should be small enough so you don't have to care about the current rating for the toggle switch.


I personally wouldn't do it because I don't find the position of the DME relay to be convenient for an everyday use kill switch. You still have to bend and partially remove the carpet that protects the relay and ECM connector, then reach to the switch at the top of the DME relay.

[famoroso]

Thanks Gilles. Cool to see the inside.
Mine are easier to access due to Pole Position seats and aftermarket floor mats (w/o the flap that covers the leading edges of the ECU & DME relay).

[yelcab1]

I thought having a manual transmission alone is anti-theft enough in the 21st century when the kids don't even drive. Disconnecting the battery ground is the second layer of anti-theft. Unless the car thief is a Porsche owner, he would not know where the battery is.

[917_Langheck]

If you have gone to the effort to add a rocker switch to the dme relay, you could add enough wire length to remote the switch to a place more accessible than the relay itself.