Got the donor completely torn down...
...and then began the process of cleaning everything up and getting everything organized.
It's deja vu all over again in taking this apart...
Oh, and remember what I mentioned about the 99 making some things easier? The 99 used an airbag module mounted in the same place as the 98, so I had to remove my bracket that was welded to the floor. Promise you won't tell anyone this is how I covered the holes.
...from one dash harness attempt to the next one
Got the dash harness installed and everything setup. The donor has EATC so I went with everything from the donor, you can see the air sampling tube for the EATC mounted there.
Remember what I mentioned about having access to all the bits being important? Turned out to be absolutely key. The Security module and harness changed too, and that harness plus into the dash harness/GEM, and then goes to all the doors. So I had to take everything apart, pull all the 4 of the door harnesses, and put them back in one by one. It was tedious, but at least I put new speakers in while I was there..
Another one of the "little things" I really enjoyed... was able to add a keypad with the 99's security module and door harness
A brand new condensor and heater core went in at the same time, so hopefully the last time I need to do this!
Now we'll have a combo that you never got from Ford in any F150/Expediton... EATC and a Lightning cluster!
First test of it all powered up showed mileage working and I could pull codes, it was telling me about everything that was unplugged under the hood! I'll call that a success for now!