boy, fabric-covered wires were a bad idea!
got just about all the behind-the-dash wiring completed... but there are some wires not connected to anything...
first of all, there's a long wire that goes from behind the dash on the drivers side (by the heater knob) all the way to the front of the car. neither end was connected to anything.
i found the horn wire, finally. decided not to replace the wire in the steering column because that's probably fine, but replace from the end of the steering column forward. not sure where it connects. middle terminal on the horn relay has nothing connected to it.
on the firewall, to the left of the main wiring through-hole, there's another one with about 5 wires in a tight rubber gasket. two of those wires were taped together and went all the way up to the front of the car. not sure what those are even for. front turn signals?
while replacing the wiring for the rear interior light, there is a wire going down the catch side of the passenger door frame. i tried to find what that went to, to no avail. i was finally able to pull it out and it was wired to a small rectangular metal piece with a hole on the end. any idea what that is for? do i need it? how to reinstall if i do need it?
bulbs: i found comparable bulbs to the interior lights (88 to 1004) and the gauge lights (51 to 1145) at autozone today. is there going to be a problem using 12v bulbs in a 6v system? i'm considering converting to 12v possibly next winter and i figured since i already have bulbs to replace, might as well get the 12v ones.
under-car wiring will come later. might buy a harness for those. also want to rig up backup lights, but have no idea how to connect those to the reverse gear. maybe would opt for a beeper instead, but it's the same problem.
also will have to do the slight bit of headlight/signal rewiring that the previous owners didn't do.
hasn't been a hard project, but not necessarily easy, either. but i'm having tons of fun with it!
got just about all the behind-the-dash wiring completed... but there are some wires not connected to anything...
first of all, there's a long wire that goes from behind the dash on the drivers side (by the heater knob) all the way to the front of the car. neither end was connected to anything.
i found the horn wire, finally. decided not to replace the wire in the steering column because that's probably fine, but replace from the end of the steering column forward. not sure where it connects. middle terminal on the horn relay has nothing connected to it.
on the firewall, to the left of the main wiring through-hole, there's another one with about 5 wires in a tight rubber gasket. two of those wires were taped together and went all the way up to the front of the car. not sure what those are even for. front turn signals?
while replacing the wiring for the rear interior light, there is a wire going down the catch side of the passenger door frame. i tried to find what that went to, to no avail. i was finally able to pull it out and it was wired to a small rectangular metal piece with a hole on the end. any idea what that is for? do i need it? how to reinstall if i do need it?
bulbs: i found comparable bulbs to the interior lights (88 to 1004) and the gauge lights (51 to 1145) at autozone today. is there going to be a problem using 12v bulbs in a 6v system? i'm considering converting to 12v possibly next winter and i figured since i already have bulbs to replace, might as well get the 12v ones.
under-car wiring will come later. might buy a harness for those. also want to rig up backup lights, but have no idea how to connect those to the reverse gear. maybe would opt for a beeper instead, but it's the same problem.
also will have to do the slight bit of headlight/signal rewiring that the previous owners didn't do.
hasn't been a hard project, but not necessarily easy, either. but i'm having tons of fun with it!
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