looking for vss wire in 93 ford taurus
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Printed Date: June 29, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Topic: looking for vss wire in 93 ford taurus
Posted By: deejayakoni
Subject: looking for vss wire in 93 ford taurus
Date Posted: August 09, 2008 at 11:57 PM
I am looking for the VSS wire on a 93 Taurus with the 3.8l engine.
The install info available says "GREEN/ Black" from transmission harness, but I can't find that combination coming off the tranny-- I did find a GREEN/ black wire on a large harness that is bolted on the driver's side strut tower but I am fearful of probing due to airbags being in the car. Anyone have any ideas?
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Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: August 10, 2008 at 12:01 AM
VSS Wire GREEN/ Black Wire Harness from Transmission
Pulses Per Mile 8000 PPM
Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: August 10, 2008 at 12:07 AM
Speed Sense PURPLE (AC) ECU MODULE TO THE RIGHT OF GLOVE BOX PIN 14 OF A 26 PIN PLUG
Note PSC/ECU TO THE FAR RIGHT BEHIND GLOVE BOX
Posted By: deejayakoni
Date Posted: August 10, 2008 at 12:08 AM
Hi, thanks, but I got that info-- I don't find a GREEN/ black combo coming off the tranny. Do you have a specific location on the tranny that might be found (other then the actual vss location cause thats buried deep!)?
Does ford typically duplicate wire color codes or are they uniform across the car?
Posted By: deejayakoni
Date Posted: August 10, 2008 at 12:16 AM
Again.. Im not sure about that location. The only module to the "far right" of the glove box is a blue box that I believe to be the airbag module--- I'm really not going to solder anything to that!! :)
The engine computer can be accessed from behind the glove box but it it is directly above and the harness is not accessible from the interior of the car. Any more ideas?
Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: August 10, 2008 at 12:41 AM
If there is a 26 pin plug on that box, and there is a purple wire at pin 14 of that plug, it might be worth your while to attach a volt meter to that wire and drive a bit and see what happens. Set the meter to the AC volt selection, car at rest = 0 volts, and voltage goes up linearly with speed. If that wire does that, chances are that is your wire.
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