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Re: 1JZ MX83 Cressida.... questions... ?? Fri, 06 August 2004 05:33 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Sunny,

A few answers that may be of help:

I have never swapped the whole harness but have known a few guys who have. Very time consuming as you need to pull the whole loom from the half-cut, pull the whole loom from the MX83 (which also means stripping most of the dash) and then replanting the JZX harness into the Cressida. From memory most connectors plugged in but the general comment was doing this way was a pain. All who did it also then had problems with fuel sender incompatibility. Remember too that the JZX81 came in both Chaser and Mark II variations so there may some differences between them. You'll also be able to use the digi dash if you do it this way too.

Do not attempt to simply plug the 1J engine loom into the Cressida plugs. If you have a look at my website and open the JZX81 and MX83 connector block pdfs you'll see that apart from one plug, they are not compatible. I have sold a number of replacement ecus to guys who did it that way.

As someone mentioned, if you send me both looms I can send you back what is almost a complete plug-in. Part of what I do is remove the connector from the 7MGE ECU board and graft it onto JZX81 loom so you can plug it in to the original connector under the Cressida dash. Cost is less than $600 but I will provide more details when I email you. If I get a chance over the weekend I'll put some photos on the site.

Speedo compatibility is not an issue. In later Grande models the 1J speedo sender will talk to the Cressida electronic speedo and those with cables can be interchanged with the 1J speedo ouput. Not a problem either way. ABS is compatible between the Cressida and JZX81 provided of course the Cressida has ABS. If not then you can swap the sensor and rotor over from the 7MG box.

Hope that helps.

[Updated on: Fri, 06 August 2004 05:34]

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