Air Bag Simulator

[thedortondad]

This may not be the right place for this, so feel free to move it somewhere else if need be.

My name is Alex Dorton, and I have 3 boys that race motocross. We don't live in our van, but I bought a 2013 Chevy Express 3500 15 passenger to make into our motovan after years of doing the pick-up truck and the trailer thing.

I gutted the interior of my van a few months ago, I took out the passenger curtain airbags to allow for more room to build more, insulate, etc. I bought a simulator to still allow functioning front air bags, but recently realized when I threw away the airbags, I also threw away the wiring that connected the airbags to the connector that's behind the pillar/cover beside each front seat. I've spent 2 days searching online to see if I can find the wiring that I threw away to replace it and still be able to plug up my simulator resistors without any luck. Has anyone screwed up like this before that might have found a solution, or am I just making this way harder than it really is?

Thanks in advance for any help.

 

[Gr8ful]

Check junk yards for the same model van.

 

[maki2]

eBay is another good place to search for automotive parts. Lots of pickers-for-profit and junk yard owners list the easy to ship parts such as wiring harnes sections on eBay.

 

[thedortondad]

The only thing I've found on ebay is a whole curtain airbag, so they are really expensive, although you can see they still have the wire I need attached. lol.

I've thought about the junkyard idea, although I know I'll have to go take the ceiling down and the plastic pilar cover off. Hopefully I can find a junkyard that is laid back and I can halfway destroy some of those pieces so that I'm not there for an hour for a little 3ft long wire. lol

Thank you both.

 

[user 22017]

The only thing I've found on ebay is a whole curtain airbag, so they are really expensive, although you can see they still have the wire I need attached. lol.

I've thought about the junkyard idea, although I know I'll have to go take the ceiling down and the plastic pilar cover off. Hopefully I can find a junkyard that is laid back and I can halfway destroy some of those pieces so that I'm not there for an hour for a little 3ft long wire. lol

Thank you both.

Might try searching here: https://car-part.com/

Edit: that website is a database that junk yards use. The search results will be junk yards. You can sort them by distance.