More jobs done,
Mostly wiring L
In preparation for fitting my new front shocks last weekend (which arrived but were mis matched ) I tested the water to see how much of a pain they would be to remove, which meant removing the headlights which in turn revealed some very scary looking wiring, the combination of poor or no in insulation to the many many joins (most along the same length of cable) and the sheer number of loose stray wires with seemingly no use was quite intimidating.
First was the horn – well both of them
It would appear that at some point or another the original horn mounted behind the front bumper has failed so rather than replace it a new horn had been placed further up the engine bay right in my way to access the gearbox and the feed wire extended to reach, then an earth tacked onto the neg of the battery, so with a new horn fitted back down the front and the original earth wire re-used that’s 1 loose wire taken care of and one of the multiple of ring terminals from the battery neg removed too.
There then just followed a systematic strip down of all the wiring on the front of the car (ancillary circuits such as lights and fan etc., not engine related yet) and I dealt with the following
Passenger main beam wired to the driver’s side main beam, wire re-joined and full power restored with a clean of the fuse terminal
3 extra earth wires that took different routes round the engine bay from the battery neg to the same earth point at the front of the car, the same earth point that utilised the main thick lead from the battery neg anyway so why the need for these is a mystery? – all removed
Fan switch, the worst wiring I’ve seen in my life
The pos feed was taken straight from the battery (thankfully with a fuse) to the switch, the wire from the switch to the fan motor was intact but only just
And the switched live that should have powered the switch was just dangling around behind the headlight?
Pos feed from battery removed and all new wiring installed, now at least I have faith the fan will work when needed.
All in all it’s a lot of work without much to show for it but it’s a job that needed doing anyway , still more to do though
All new wires grafted in with new proper crimp on terminals, still work in progress as I'm waiting on new spiral wrap to arrive