It's Electrics now, advice please
Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2006 6:31 pm
I've started on the electrics part of the rebuild now. As someone said to me last month on here "have some bottle" and get the jobs done.
Well I'm a complete electrical numpty but I'm attempting to put a new full loom in car. So far so good I've joined car loom to engine loom to dash loom,via soldered joints and it's looking quite neat. I would like to check circuits tomorrow and put some contolled power through them but before that I have the first few of probably millions of questions when it goes T1ts up
1) I seem to be short of the headlight flasher in engine bay as I have two black and red wires with no home. I was supplied with the car IMO relays and the headlight main relay is an IMO 12V 50A unit. What flasher should I buy tomorrow spec. wise? to match....can't find it in the book.
2) Where my loom splits into 3 under footwell I have a black/white wire spare, I also have one in engine bay. I assume this is HRW which I don't have, shall I snip it?
3) I have no anti theft unit and my wires are just dangling behind dash. Just looked it up on search and guys have said bypass it......so I will , Am I correct in saying that I just join red/green to red/green and tie up the purple/black and black wires.
4) My oil gauge fitted is a capillary but I have a brown and white wire for pressure gauge on engine loom. Is this for an oil warning light on existing gauge or am I best off finding an electric gauge for this wire......there is no electrical connection on pipe fitting on block.
5) Red/White wire (thicker than the one on back of clocks) is homeless, off dashboard loom near steering column, any ideas please?.......
The most electrical thing I've done in my life is fixing the fairy lights, but I guess if you just splash out and pay someone you'll never learn and won't be able to help people yourself one day.
Thanks again for any answers to any of the above.
Kenny
PS Still not as hard a job as getting H/rake cable and fuel line through with body on
PPS Please excuse my dreadful electrical teminology and ignorance
Well I'm a complete electrical numpty but I'm attempting to put a new full loom in car. So far so good I've joined car loom to engine loom to dash loom,via soldered joints and it's looking quite neat. I would like to check circuits tomorrow and put some contolled power through them but before that I have the first few of probably millions of questions when it goes T1ts up
1) I seem to be short of the headlight flasher in engine bay as I have two black and red wires with no home. I was supplied with the car IMO relays and the headlight main relay is an IMO 12V 50A unit. What flasher should I buy tomorrow spec. wise? to match....can't find it in the book.
2) Where my loom splits into 3 under footwell I have a black/white wire spare, I also have one in engine bay. I assume this is HRW which I don't have, shall I snip it?
3) I have no anti theft unit and my wires are just dangling behind dash. Just looked it up on search and guys have said bypass it......so I will , Am I correct in saying that I just join red/green to red/green and tie up the purple/black and black wires.
4) My oil gauge fitted is a capillary but I have a brown and white wire for pressure gauge on engine loom. Is this for an oil warning light on existing gauge or am I best off finding an electric gauge for this wire......there is no electrical connection on pipe fitting on block.
5) Red/White wire (thicker than the one on back of clocks) is homeless, off dashboard loom near steering column, any ideas please?.......
The most electrical thing I've done in my life is fixing the fairy lights, but I guess if you just splash out and pay someone you'll never learn and won't be able to help people yourself one day.
Thanks again for any answers to any of the above.
Kenny
PS Still not as hard a job as getting H/rake cable and fuel line through with body on
PPS Please excuse my dreadful electrical teminology and ignorance