'88 240 Tailgate Wiring Harness

Jesse laid this down on his screen :

I live in AZ and have an '88 wagon with 325K miles. I have had to do it twice on each side. It is amazingly simple. There is a separate harness for each side. If I remember correctly, the right is worse than the left. I just did it one side at a time, and made sure I supported the side I was working on adequately. I would suggest doing them both at once. They are probably close to equally worn, and then you only have to pull the gate apart once.

Good luck!

John

I think I'll give it a shot. I've surfed around and not been able to find any step-by-steps, nor is it included in my Haynes. Anybody either know a good method to follow, or a place to find instructions? Not only do I not want to break anything else, but I don't really want to spend hours and hours diddling around!

Thanks,

Jesse

Instructions are at

IPD is usually a good source for instructions!

John

Jesse formulated on Sunday :

Based on your symptoms, both harnesses are bad. Wiper is on the right, defrost and lights are on the left.

John

Here's another.

Cool, thanks! I think I can do that. But, I am going to get another harness for the other side too, while it's off.

Yeah replace them both. If one breaks, the other is not far behind.

Stupid design really, one of the few places they really bungled on the 240.