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Originally Posted by Wayne 962
That's a good suggestion. Nearly the entire car is wired using the standard non-OE crimp connectors, so I was simply replacing / using what was previously in there before. In fact, I went to the car right now to try to find some non-plastic coating connectors, and it was a bit difficult to do that.
The goal is indeed to get the car running very soon without this turning into a 3-year total restoration. It's tempting to look this thing and say, "we need to rewire the entire car", and in reality, it could probably use that. But that would take a full 3-4 months and for this thing, I would rather only replace the stuff that definitely needs replacing and keep as much other stuff as original as possible...
-Wayne
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I can appreciate that approach.
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Originally Posted by Wayne 962
This is a sample of what I'm dealing with (this is what it looks like currently):
The car supposedly didn't even *have* a fuse block in it when it was built (nothing fused). So, one of the previous owners put one in and rewired things a bit. It's a good idea indeed, but not exactly done in a super-logical way.
I've had to go through each component on the car, test it, check the wiring, and figure out how everything is all wired up. I'm working on an "electrical manual" that details each part, the part number, its individual wiring inside, etc:
-Wayne |
It’s interesting that half the fuse box has OE style terminals, it appears several cooks have been in that kitchen.
Could the potted square device be a voltage reducer for the gauges? Where do those wires go ?