| The coloum on the left should be the colour code of the front harness and the coloum on the right should be the colour code of the main harness, the letters down the middle are the pin id's as embossed in the multi-plug plastic moulding.
Main differences are already high lighted
and both are 19 pin harnesses
I know of at leat 4 differnt front harness's, two with 19 pins and two with 22 pins, and they all plug up inside the headlight exactly the same.
I had to work out the differences for myself between the two 19 pin ones and hence the spread sheet
On the 916 the 12 volts is on pin U of the multi-pin, it then goes through the kill switch and onto the start button, which when pressed sticks the 12 volts onto pin S where it goes to the start solinoid
On the 998 the 12 volts comes in on pin S and when pressed goes out via pin B to the starter soinoid
If you have the wrong front harness the solinoid will be connected to the charging light which isn't exactly going to do a lot.
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