Ford changes its door wiring in the same year. 1994

[ImprezaFreak]

Hello. I've got an interesting predicament. As I posted in a previous thread, my drivers side door was falling apart. Instead of fixing it, I decided to get one from the junkyard. After getting it home and getting the old door off, I found that the new door had larger plugs on the wires that connect the power mirrors, doors and locks.

After taking a look on the inside panel, the dates for the old door state 05/94 and the new door 08/94. Does anyone have anymore info on why they did this, and/or is there a wiring harness that converts them?

Thanks!

 

[Michiganbear]

dated 8/94 MAY be a 95 model year door or wiring.. thats pretty close to the changeover time.

but dont be surprised at stuff like this. they all make changes mid stream to save $ or fix an problem.

 

[CDW6212R]

If the Explorer door has a large connector in the jamb area with a circular pattern to the wires as you look at them, that is a 95-01 door. You can swap the doors, but the wiring is far different. You should use a pre-95 door. The older doors have a pair of wiring connectors that are hard to get out of the jamb enough to separate them. The newer LF door has a connector which bolts together with one 10mm bolt.

 

[Spdrcer34]

I have seen that same thing in my trips to the junkyard.

Just go back and get another wiring harness from an Explorer from an earlier Explorer.

Ryan

 

[walterd140]

Can you salvage the old harness & acessories & put them in the new door?

 

[CDW6212R]

Yes, that can work also, but just seal the huge hole left from the 95-01 door harness. The older harnesses are easy to remove from a door. The LF harness from a 95-01 is very hard to remove or install.