Thread: Electricals - phew

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I want to keep this thread going since it is my main connection to sanity for the wiring project. Although I got sidetracked with the top bows recently, I did learn a new trick for the grounding when I messed with the wiring for the wiper motor. It turns out the Bebops body has 1" square tubing framework inside the 'glass shell and the doors are hung from a substantial metal plate that runs up the front of the door wells welded to the tubing frame so I have found that I can use the bolts on the door hinges for grounding posts which are hidden inside which makes for shorter ground wires. The 1" square tubing is grounded to the frame and the negative post of the battery with 00 size welding cable at the base of the cowl. At first I tried using a common stud for all the ground wires inside the cowl but it really got tight in there after the third or fourth ground wire so now I have them spread out to one door hinge or another. I have replaced the tubing holding the wires to the wiper motor twice so the tubing you see in the picture is 3/8" brake/fuel line bent into an "L" around the corner of the left side of the windshield. Usually I get things right on the third try! Earlier versions were painted silver but this time I just left the galvanized surface of the tubing alone and it blends in with the windshield frame pretty well but I do not know if it will rust. In order to get the three wires through it I coated the wires with Vaseline and with a little patience shoved them through the tubing. Unfortunately for maintenance the wires will have to be cut because the connectors will not slide through the tubing so I hope it is good enough to stay there. If I get rust on the tubing, I figure I can release the mounts, put a lot of shielding paper around it and then spray it in place rather than cut the wires OR maybe it would be easy to just cut the wires under the dash? Let me hope the galvanized surface on the tubing will stay shiny!

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder