Thread: Electricals - phew
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06-15-2008 12:34 PM #1
Electricals - phew
I'm in the midst of wiring my car - no problems with the American Autowire stuff. There is w-a-a-a-y more wire then I'll ever need so any add-ons, no problem. My "problems" have been some of the other items. The MSD - the coil and distributor wires were about 6' too long, no problem.....but the ignition wire and the two power wires...about 6' too short - some #12ga, about $11 worth later, corrected. The Vintage Air - the schematic says hook up the pink and green wires to the 87A speed control relay.....where are they? There are no pink and green wires, they're orange and red instead and that particular loom loom of 4 wires, it was about a foot too short. Oh well no big deal !!! The main battery wires, 1 gage. The red positive cable is about 16-18 feet long, the black might be 2'....this was a $35 fix for an 8' length (did I say copper wire is expensive now !!!).
Just had to whine a bit as this wiring is really going well with some time eating aw s**ts. I'm really happy so far with the quality of the wiring kit. It has everything that I paid for with probably enough wire left over to wire another small car. I've added a couple of switches and a few connectors but those were my choice. I don't have the fenders on the car yet to reduce the chance for damage, but have wires hanging for most of the components. Now I'm trying to see what I can do about hiding some of the wiring coming from the engine compartment, fan and headlights - might just go inside the frame rails yet. Then hang the rest of the tin, crank 'er up and terrorize the neighbors (in my dreams)
Dave W
I am now gone from this forum for now - finally have pulled the plug
".......So sanded it all down and resprayed. ......" Been there. done that on a couple of paint jobs over the years. Usually took me a couple of days to get over being mad before I started...
Stude M5 build