73 Melted red/green tunnel wire?

[bgyglfr]

I bought a 73 tub a while back for my project and now that i am digging into it, I found the the red wire with a green stripe on it has been fryed in the tunnel. It seems that everything else looks OK so I was planning to just run a new wire in place of it. The problem is, I can'y find this wire on any diagrams. Does anyone know what the red/green wire that goes through the tunnel goes to? There is a possibility that this isn't the original harness.

[356RS]

Red wire w/green strip is the electric fuel pump but the wire should not be in the tunnel.

[bgyglfr]

That is what I found on the wiring diagram. But that is what is in there. Very strange. I guess I may pull a wire through in case I might need it down the road. I don't want to build this thing up and find that I need another wire pulled through the tunnel.

[ossiblue]

Has your fuel pump been relocated to the front cross member? Maybe the PO pulled wires through the tunnel to feed the new location. Just a guess.

[bgyglfr]

That could have been it. It was used as a track car. I am not positively sure it is the original harness. I will take a pic when I get home.

[bgyglfr]

Here's a pic of the harness where it goes through the tunnel.

[ossiblue]

Just another question after rereading your second post. Was the wiring you found in the tunnel as pictured--without being wrapped--or did you strip the wrapping to show the individual wires for illustration?

[pete3799]

There are several other wires that need attention in that picture.

[bgyglfr]

I pulled the wires out throughout the front of the tunnel and stripped the covering from that section. There are a couple of other wires that I will replace as well. I was able to figure out where those go. Some of them still have melted covering from the red wire on them. I am considering a completely new harness. If I go that route, what years will closely match up? Fo reference, I am building a RS style car with a 3.0l from a 78.