JetMech727
Active Member
Thanks to a few members that have encouraged me to finish the car the thread has been moved from "For Sale" to this section. I had become unmotivated and had lost interest in the build but have now decided to finish it with their help and encouragement. Thank you!
Indycars, here are the replies to your questions.
" Do you have all the switches that are included in the wiring harness, such as dimmer switch, headlight switch, ignition switch? "
Yes. Also have turn signal indicator lights as well as high beam. I have also added a 12v outlet for phone / GPS charger in dash. Dimmer switch will be installed the seat riser face. Ignition switch and headlight switch are in the dash.
" Have you decided how you want to run the wires to the dash? Will they stay inside and under the carpet?
- How will the wires get to the taillights? Inside the frame or outside? "
Yes. Dash wires will run under seat to driver side of body and then up. Normally I would come out from under riser and go up diagonally fwd to dash back. Their will be a bit of dead space between body & interior side pnl. Neutral safety will run from center of riser under carpet directly to shifter. Back of the car wiring does not run through frame. It will be external. No hole provision in body for them yet. So open to any and all suggestions.
" Is there a hole in the floor yet to get wires into the frame? If not, then where will it go? How big "
Yes. Both sides of the frame & body have corresponding 3/4" holes under seat for wire access. Frame holes have been deburred inside and out. Inside of frame has been cleaned / blown out as much as possible. Grommets were added and are thick enough to seal opening to floor. R/H headlight, turn signal, elect fan & starter wires will go down inside R/H rail. L/H headlight, turn signal & engine harness (water temp, fan switch & distributor) will go down inside L/H rail. Alternator is a single wire and should only need a wire going to pos battery terminal of starter? Correct? Holes have already been drilled & deburred in frame for corresponding exit points for each section of wire. After paint and before reassembly I ran wiring pull wires through each hole with a corresponding grommet left dangling on wite end in the frame and up and out the exit hole into the body. Pos battery cable is already in the r/h frame rail & attached to solenoid. Other end exits the frame top in bed area just forward of the battery. Both holes deburred inside & out out and grommets installed. When I ran the wiring pull wires down the right rail I tried to make sure they went over the top of the battery cable to hopefully make pulling new harness wire easier because the battery wire fwd exit hole was drilled towards the bottom so cable lays flat on rail bottom. In a past project one of the pull wires ended up sliding under the battery cable and became a problem trying to get the new bundle to slide under it. After a few mtn dews, few choice words and being called a DA several times I did prevail.
Indycars, here are the replies to your questions.
" Do you have all the switches that are included in the wiring harness, such as dimmer switch, headlight switch, ignition switch? "
Yes. Also have turn signal indicator lights as well as high beam. I have also added a 12v outlet for phone / GPS charger in dash. Dimmer switch will be installed the seat riser face. Ignition switch and headlight switch are in the dash.
" Have you decided how you want to run the wires to the dash? Will they stay inside and under the carpet?
- How will the wires get to the taillights? Inside the frame or outside? "
Yes. Dash wires will run under seat to driver side of body and then up. Normally I would come out from under riser and go up diagonally fwd to dash back. Their will be a bit of dead space between body & interior side pnl. Neutral safety will run from center of riser under carpet directly to shifter. Back of the car wiring does not run through frame. It will be external. No hole provision in body for them yet. So open to any and all suggestions.
" Is there a hole in the floor yet to get wires into the frame? If not, then where will it go? How big "
Yes. Both sides of the frame & body have corresponding 3/4" holes under seat for wire access. Frame holes have been deburred inside and out. Inside of frame has been cleaned / blown out as much as possible. Grommets were added and are thick enough to seal opening to floor. R/H headlight, turn signal, elect fan & starter wires will go down inside R/H rail. L/H headlight, turn signal & engine harness (water temp, fan switch & distributor) will go down inside L/H rail. Alternator is a single wire and should only need a wire going to pos battery terminal of starter? Correct? Holes have already been drilled & deburred in frame for corresponding exit points for each section of wire. After paint and before reassembly I ran wiring pull wires through each hole with a corresponding grommet left dangling on wite end in the frame and up and out the exit hole into the body. Pos battery cable is already in the r/h frame rail & attached to solenoid. Other end exits the frame top in bed area just forward of the battery. Both holes deburred inside & out out and grommets installed. When I ran the wiring pull wires down the right rail I tried to make sure they went over the top of the battery cable to hopefully make pulling new harness wire easier because the battery wire fwd exit hole was drilled towards the bottom so cable lays flat on rail bottom. In a past project one of the pull wires ended up sliding under the battery cable and became a problem trying to get the new bundle to slide under it. After a few mtn dews, few choice words and being called a DA several times I did prevail.