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Old 02-17-2019, 11:13 AM   #41
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the external harness is the expensive one... now i want to know how the original got Melted from a monster truck.. if the bus batteries were actually imstalled and connected , and the harness connected to the transmission and TCM when the harness got melted, then id be returning all that.. if it was melted from a torch doing some cutting, thats a different story then your TCM and trans should be fine

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Old 02-17-2019, 11:21 AM   #42
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the external harness is the expensive one... now i want to know how the original got Melted from a monster truck.. if the bus batteries were actually imstalled and connected , and the harness connected to the transmission and TCM when the harness got melted, then id be returning all that.. if it was melted from a torch doing some cutting, thats a different story then your TCM and trans should be fine


No the scrap yard pulled the engine (t444e) sold it to a friend, pulled the transmission (Allison 2000) and tcm and sold it to someone else that mistakenly thought it had a pto. That person figured out it wouldn’t work for them because it didn’t have a pto and returned shortly before I came to the scrap yard. During the time the previous person had the transmission the donor bus was smashed up at the monster truck thing then sold for scrap and melted down.
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Old 02-17-2019, 12:02 PM   #43
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good deal so the drivetrain was harvested prior..
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Old 02-17-2019, 03:04 PM   #44
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good deal so the drivetrain was harvested prior..


Do you know if the external harness is universal? As in can I get a used external harness from another donor vehicle regardless of engine type?

Then I could have the TCM to ECM cable made specifically for my application since it should only be two connector plugs... the round bulkhead plug to whatever input MY 545 is currently using.
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Old 02-17-2019, 03:23 PM   #45
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Like this one... looks like it will work. But I have to keep researching..

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Old 02-17-2019, 09:42 PM   #46
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my harness was custom made by a guy that no longer does it, all I had originally was the TCU with the 2 plugs in it with about a foot of wires on it
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Old 02-18-2019, 02:15 AM   #47
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I posted the Freightliner part number for the harness to our 2002 homas Built Bus in your other thread. The number is: A06-43296-000.
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Old 02-18-2019, 06:20 AM   #48
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you can use another harness.. and the only TCM to ECM connection is usually the J1939 link which is 3 wires..


depending on your application the speedometer may get its signal from the J1939 or may get it from a signal wire that produces 40 pulses per driveshaft rev... an allison AT545 produces 16, you can reprogram your ECM to use 40, or you can use a Dakota digital speed sensor signal converter box.. your ECM may need reprogrammed to get throttle info to the trans.. no way to know.. on international then you will need to reprogram your ECM or the speed signal sensor will throw error codes.. im not sure on a freightliner or bluebird ECM, how they handle it. I went through a bit of a mess till I got the software to reprogram my ECM with the 'Allison MD' (stands for WTEC III integration).. vs allison AT/MT.



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Old 02-18-2019, 06:42 AM   #49
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P.S. I remember now that you are T-444E, on the ECM side of the engine there will be a 3 pin connector that is stubbed off near the valve cover.. if you pull the jacket back a little it should have a yellow,green, and black wire.. thats your J1939 connection which will wire to CAN on Gray TCM connector..



these would be broken out already if you get a harness from the same engine..


your VSS pins are there too..



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Old 02-18-2019, 09:27 AM   #50
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P.S. I remember now that you are T-444E, on the ECM side of the engine there will be a 3 pin connector that is stubbed off near the valve cover.. if you pull the jacket back a little it should have a yellow,green, and black wire.. thats your J1939 connection which will wire to CAN on Gray TCM connector..



these would be broken out already if you get a harness from the same engine..


your VSS pins are there too..



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First, thank you Christopher, Kubla, and Native. For all the help and knowledge. I owe you guys big time.

I’m about to purchase this harness but there are a couple of connectors I can’t identify. I looked on the transmission and I can see that all the connections that plug into the transmission and the TCM are there. But I don’t know what I’m looking at on the other side of the harness. This harness is an international part according to LKQ so I would guess it’s got a better chance of plugging into the existing harness. I want to avoid having to pay shipping twice and a 20% restocking fee..

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PS. I guess some of these other plugs on the bus side could be for reverse lights/beepers etc. That one large 8 pin plug is still puzzling me.
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Old 02-18-2019, 12:55 PM   #52
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I talked to the international dealer and gave them the harness part number.

They told me the harness is compatible with 3200 series buses that were equipped with dt466 engines.

I have a bluefire j1939 code reader so I’m feeling pretty confident I will be able to make this harness work despite it being designed or a different engine.
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Old 02-19-2019, 03:00 PM   #53
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I ordered the wiring harness today. Hopefully I’ll be able to get it to interface with my t444e.

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This I’m my TCM, I’m banking on my ECU being capable of sending throttle info to the TCM... if not I’ll need to find a work around.
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Old 02-19-2019, 04:14 PM   #54
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Your throttle will send from that 3 pin connector I described, you need to reprogram the ECM to make the Speedo and cruise work correctly and not throw codes.
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Old 02-19-2019, 04:18 PM   #55
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I’ll have to see if my oncommand has the pinouts for all those connectors, it should since it covers those years. You may have to add some wiring in the chassis side as it may not be there by default.
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Old 04-11-2019, 05:56 PM   #56
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What scrap yard(s) did you go to? I'll likely be trying to poke around some scrap yards if not just for fun.
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What scrap yard(s) did you go to? I'll likely be trying to poke around some scrap yards if not just for fun.

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