I got a tripminder out of the yard and it was off a 89 mgm. I am going to put it on a 89 mgm. I ended up cutting the wires and am not sure how to wire it up to mine. I assume that a couple of the wires are for the clock and are already on mine. But I am not sure what wires I need to connect to others and where to connect them. The pictures are of what notes I made and the 2 different connectors I got both ends of. 
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Blue/red is light dimmer input. Blue/violet is fuel flow, green/white is vss+ black is vss - aka ground -
It has been years but I found a connector in there which I was able to plug directly into the tripminder connector without doing any wiring. I switched from a clock to the tripminder on the 89 LS. I believe the wire did not seem long enough to reach the TM at first but I rerouted it behind the dash trim and it worked just fine. It is on the driver side.03 Marauder DPB, HS, 6disk, Organizer Mods> LED's in & Out, M&Z rear control arms, Oil deflector, U-Haul Trans Pan, Blue Fuzzy Dice
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yeah, if you pull the harness out of the 89, it will just plug into another 89. You may need to un-tape the factory connector where its hidden under the dash but the wiring is there. Getting that harness out is a pain in the ass though.86 Lincoln Town Car (Galactica).
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Originally posted by phayzer5
I drive a Lincoln. I can't be bothered to shift like the peasants and rabble rousersComment
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i should have gotten the harness cause i think there might be a short in my lighting wiring somewhere that makes them go crazy.Comment
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The harness in question only provides VSS and fuel flow signal. The rest of the stuff comes out of the existing plug for the clock. Memory is fuzzy here, but I want to say the existing plug goes into a socket on the harness, and there is a very short length of wire between that and the connector for the tripminder. Been years since I actually had my hands on one of those but its something fairly plug and play like that.86 Lincoln Town Car (Galactica).
5.0 HO, CompCams XE258,Scorpion 1.72 roller rockers, 3.55 K code rear, tow package, BHPerformance ported E7 heads, Tmoss Explorer intake, 65mm throttle body, Hedman 1 5/8" headers, 2.5" dual exhaust, ASP underdrive pulley
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1984 Lincoln Continental TurboDiesel - rolls coal
Originally posted by phayzer5
I drive a Lincoln. I can't be bothered to shift like the peasants and rabble rousersComment
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The 89 has the vss, dimmer, and fuel flow on one connector sitting above the headlamp switch I believe. It's in a real stupid place. It's a gray 4 pinned square connector with round pins.Comment
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So there's enough wire to fish it from there to the trip minder's location? Fords the same way, right? Are earlier years this way as well or is this '89 only?1985 LTD Crown Victoria - SOLD
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On my 89 when I added it from another 89, i loosened the metal shell on top and removed. It was taped behind the instrument cluster, above it, on a harness. Then I took the junkyard one and clipped the appropriate connectors in and voila - Tripminder plug and play.
Go back and get the harness, splice back together what you snipped and make your life easier.-Nick M.
Columbia, SC
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The 89 harness is year-specific but Ford and Mercury are the same. Older ones plug in someplace different, though I don't remember exactly where. Some of the older ones you have to add the fuel flow pin to the ECM connector too.86 Lincoln Town Car (Galactica).
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91 Lincoln Mark VII LSC grandpa spec white and cranberry
1984 Lincoln Continental TurboDiesel - rolls coal
Originally posted by phayzer5
I drive a Lincoln. I can't be bothered to shift like the peasants and rabble rousersComment
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Ah. Thanks for the info.
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