Apparent differences between years?

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93redATX

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Not really sure what to title this as, as it is more of a heads-up from my own experiences. Anyway, while re-assembling my '90, I noticed several odd things, such as screw holes not lining up for trim pieces, trim pieces being slightly different, and, perhaps the strangest of all, wiring differences. So far I have found two instances of wiring problems (connector on fan is the same as the harness in the car :confused: and the front center airbag sensor plug is incorrect).

Now, the interesting thing about all of this is my donor car was a '91. I really don't think there was anything altered on either car, as they both appeared original. The only thing I can think of as a possible reason is the '90 was very early production, while the '91 was a plus model assembled in July '91. Even still, the airbag system was the same from 1990 through 1992, correct? Even 2nd gens have the same airbag sensors, so I'm kind of confused about the differences.

Just wondering if anyone had some insight into these issues, as I've never heard of them until now :shrug:
 

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On most of the trim pieces that have screws the hole in the metal is made by the screw. If you change the trim piece there is a chance that the old hole will not line up just from manufacturing differences. As for the wiring differences, I have run across the different fan connectors when replacing the fan in my '90. Since some times Ford changes vendors (or has multiple vendors for the same part) there could be differences in specialized things like airbags.
 

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Strange how those things work out.

That is weird about the screws; I knew the trim screws were self-tapping sheetmetal screws but I guess I always just thought the holes were pre-drilled :confused:
 

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