New Member - Desperately need parts assistance

msg_jwilliams said:

Thanks for the several pieces of advice. I did try Ford Parts Giant and it is discontinued, no longer available from Ford and no known aftermarket producers but I will try giving them a call. From what I can tell online in pictures, the 4WD and 2 WD harnesses are different in what connectors are included, I assume for the transfer case. There are a couple classic car restoration shops around here, but they had no interest in rebuilding a harness for me. So, I will be calling the dealer where it is sitting to make sure a tow truck can get it, and have it brought to the house so I can play with wires (and wait for the nasty gram from the HOA because I have an inoperative vehicle (expired tags and safety inspection sticker) in my driveway.........if I ever move from here, never again will it be someplace with an HOA

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msg_jwilliams said:

Greetings everybody. I can certainly post this wherever else it may be helpful, but I am really hurting for a part. I have a 2007 EL Eddie Bauer with a dead transmission wiring harness (7L1Z-15525-BA) because it fell down on the exhaust and melted. The vehicle has now been sitting unused for going on two years because I cannot find a replacement harness for it through dealers or retail suppliers. Any assistance anybody can provide to find a replacement, at this point even a take off from another vehicle, would be great.

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Trainmaster said:

Just fix the harness. The shop manual shows each wire gauge in the schematics. Shops do this kind of work every day. I can't count how many I've repaired.

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Allie Cooper said:

If you're not up to repairing the harness yourself, I second the suggestion of finding an auto electrical shop to repair yours or build a new one. It's not difficult for them to do. If you can't find a place near you, there are several places that build harnesses for entire cars and ship to you. I'm most familiar with the ones that build them for Mustangs, but I know there are others that build them for other cars, including customs. They might be a little expensive, but probably a lot less than $400.

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timo482 said:

so the dealer has just left it sitting because they cannot fix it? or will not fix it? or they are charging too much? i have seen 2007 that look new, and 2007 full of rust holes.. which is this one.. any competent mechanic can make a wire harness with the plugs and the color code and wiring diagram - all dealers have this information.

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