New Loom or continue fixing piece by piece
Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2018 6:59 pm
I am the new owner of a Federal 70 Plus 2S.
Absolutely delighted with being back in the Plus 2 fold (having sold the previous one when I moved to the US 30 yrs ago). But am deciding whether to bite the bullet and install a new wiring loom (investment of time and $$) rather than dealing with a succession of very irritating wiring problems.
I have all the basic necessities to drive the car - indicators, headlamps, windows, brake lights, temperature gauge, but all seem a little ropey and don't instill me with confidence.
I have rewired a 67 MGB in the past, so this wouldn't be my first attempt at a total re-wire, but that was a bare shell.
One of the advantages would be to install a new/restored dash at the same time, so that would be a positive.
I am leaning towards going with the new loom, it would mean avoiding installing a bunch of new relays for horn, windows, headlamps (or at least make them part of one major job).
I am assuming that I can install without lifting shell off the chassis?
I would seem to have two choices for US based suppliers - Bean or BritishWiring, the latter seems to offer the most flexibility,
Any preferences, suggestions or recommendations on fix or replace or which supplier?
Thanks much
Absolutely delighted with being back in the Plus 2 fold (having sold the previous one when I moved to the US 30 yrs ago). But am deciding whether to bite the bullet and install a new wiring loom (investment of time and $$) rather than dealing with a succession of very irritating wiring problems.
I have all the basic necessities to drive the car - indicators, headlamps, windows, brake lights, temperature gauge, but all seem a little ropey and don't instill me with confidence.
I have rewired a 67 MGB in the past, so this wouldn't be my first attempt at a total re-wire, but that was a bare shell.
One of the advantages would be to install a new/restored dash at the same time, so that would be a positive.
I am leaning towards going with the new loom, it would mean avoiding installing a bunch of new relays for horn, windows, headlamps (or at least make them part of one major job).
I am assuming that I can install without lifting shell off the chassis?
I would seem to have two choices for US based suppliers - Bean or BritishWiring, the latter seems to offer the most flexibility,
Any preferences, suggestions or recommendations on fix or replace or which supplier?
Thanks much