EA81 dash disassembly

[Uberoo]

How do I take apart the dash on an EA81?I need to pull mine so I can install the SPFI wiring harness.Ive undid just about every screw I can find but its still in there tight.Anyone got a picture of where the main dash bolts/screws are?

[SkankinPickle]

THe black vents on top of the dash for the defroster: did you take those off? They're two peices (left/right) and are held on by four little plastic reuseable rivets (remove them with a flathead screw driver). Underneith there are three or four bolts that hold the top of the dash to the firewall. I used a pair of vice grips and a socket clamped at an angle to loosen and take them off.

 

The other main bolts are on the bottom side of the dash. One big one on each side infront of the door that screw into the body.

Edited April 25, 2010 by SkankinPickle

[Uberoo]

Im just gonna stuff the ECU where one of the speakers went.

 

Ok,Im using a test light and Im trying to find Constant Hot,hot in run,and Hot in start.

 

On my 84 wagon there is a white wire that is hot at all times.On the back of the ignition switch there is a black w/ yellow stripe that is hot in run.But that wire turns to a black w/ white stripe on the other side of the connector.Im thinking that is the start signal because the signal wire off the starter is black w/ white stripe.Also there is a black w/ pink stripe on the ignition switch that isn't connected to anything PIN R on the switch.Is that the start wire for a computer?

 

I dunno anyone know a pinout of the various functions on an EA81 ignition switch?I don't want get this wrong because the last time I guessed wrong I wired the ECU to 12V constant and I had to use a switch to turn it off..

[TomRhere]

Link to an EA81 FSM.

 

http://www.mikeshoup.com/docs/fsm/EA81/

 

Much Thanks to Mike S. for having it up again...