wire harness replacement / where is p/n sticker on harness ?

though i'm unsure if we talking about the same harness ... i will be replacing the on routed around the engine bay and not quite the piece between engine and ECU ? or i'm totally wrong and they are one thing after all ...

i'm going to do this one:


and NOT that one:


or rather they come together when buying a used wire harness (everything under hood) ?

yeah, the one running through the passenger fender. I think it runs above the fender liner, so no need to unbolt the fender itself i think ... though i might be wrong per firewall entry point as I have only seen routing of aftermarket wiring in that spot, no original thing.

might need to double check the fender harness routing with my other 5s-fe solara to see how it's supposed to go in.

I hope radiator can stay, i think removing fans should be enough to get the access ... if not it will be a looong weekend hehe ...

and right this is the one interconencting all under hood fuse/relay boxes together, so removing wires will be a must hehe (new one comes with no boxes, so no plug & play installation).

I think I will remove it with boxes installed on it as you said and figure it out at home hehe ...

it also seems that bumper can stay in place, i had pretty clear access to all front end wiring from under the car after removing the fender liners (which are one piece with fog light splash shields).

now i keep my fingers crossed for the warehouse ... i hope they sent me the correct harness (correct type for the car and correct one for body and not engine itself) ...

A couple of thoughts:
When dealing with any of the ECM, ABS, or "black boxes" they are static sensitive devices and depending on the weather (dry is worse case), you can generate static electricity and damage the "black boxes". For this reason, I would opt for NOT plugging in the connector to those items until last. Well other than confirming you have the right harness.

Same with removal. Unplug from the ECU, ABS ect before yanking stuff from under the hood.

Brain dead today, but body shops have manuals that quote stuff like hours and process to replace things like the wiring harness.

Look in the camry schematic and tell you about tools needed to extract pins from connectors which may be required to fit them through some locations. I'd also get butt load of quality crimp connectors. Use the BARE ONES and cover with your own shrink tubing not the big nasty hard plastic stuff but connectors. Some electrical tape and that split plastic wire wrap may be good idea too. All in various sizes. You'll want some good crimping pliers too Like:
And ZIP TIES! A good hand held lighter for shrink tubing.


And LASTLY, NEVER USE THESE EVER! They destroy the wire and cause latent failure by means of cutting and breaking the wires conductive strands. TWO RED CONNECTORS!!!!! EDIT>> THREE RED CONNECTORS!!!!!




If I need to splice:
Cut to length, strip wires, size the crimp connector (snug is best), size the shrink tube (4X length of splice), install shrink tubing, insert the butt, crimp and pull. It shouldn't fall apart! Slide shrink tubing into place and heat with BBQ lighter. The flexible wand type.

As for the PN tag and labor:
Example: Camrystuff.com on the Gen 3 is a file gen3_part_list.pdf It shows the part cost, part location, tag location with PN (what you need), and the labor hours to replace the part.

I can't find this for yours but maybe a trip to the library would help?

Anyway, be careful with the static thing, cause you CAN KILL STUFF with stray spark and the dryer the weather, less due point, lower humidity increases the the risk!

ok, thanks for clues. tomorrow i will be getting the package with harness, so will see what i got. first things first hehe

I have the strip and crimp tools, electrical tape, heat shrink wrap/tube and butt connectors (in hard plastic shells around metal tube in 2 sizes). i have also splices in two sizes - most car alarm installers use them on in-cabin harness widely, they work fine over there, i will not use them under the hood though.

those above red splices (3 are installed on 1 wire, not 2 hehe) were done by someone before me, i was actually removing them. but it doesn't matter now, as this wiring will be getting replaced (if i got the correct harness for engine bay and not for engine itself).

ajkalian, i think I will pass on replacing the engine harness even if i get it (i doubt they come in one piece) ... unbolting intake manifold would be a PITA. after all i just need the outer harness. so far haven't figured out yet where it goes through the firewall (so wires from engine bay reach the passenger kick panel area) - i think the entry point is same as my current aftermarket wiring in fender).