EA81 steering column interchange (info)

[Ever Victorious]

This is probably well known to some, but I did not know it, nor did Sooboutaw.

 

He brought over a column from an '83 GL, and the wiring connectors didn't look like they'd match up. After further investigation (and sourcing an '82 column... from Skankin's ex-BRAT), the difference between the two columns is the wiring harness for the turn signal switch.

 

Looks like '80-'82 used a single 10-pin connector, and '83-'84 used a 7-pin and 4-pin connector pair.

 

So if you ever need to swap out a column in an EA81, you can do it using the "wrong" style column as long as you swap your turn signal switch over.