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ok so i want happy with the state of the wiring loom when i took it all out. For example the wires to the headlights were all cut off and as i didn't have the old lights to be able to work out the colour codes it was going to be difficult..

 

Also when looking at the loom and positioning of some components i decided that i would like to move some bits around to make it not only safer but i feel more reliable..

 

Some of the changes i want to make are:

 

The first thing i have done is to lay out the original loom and work out where all the cables go and what they do.

 

 

Then i had to make a list of the cables and what they did .

I have placed and order to Autosparks for new wires, connectors and fuse box, pictures of these to follow...

 

What i would like to do with the fuse box as mentioned earlier, is to move it in to the car and not in the the engine bay where it can get wet and cause problems.

 

So i will probably mount it underneath the dash somewhere hidden out of sight but still accessible when needed .

I also want to add in extra fuses to separate the different groups, I want to move it from

Old Layout

FUSE 1 FUSE 2
All systems that are powered without ignition control (also known as permanent live) All systems that are powered through the ignition (also known as ignition live)

 

My New Layout

FUSE 1 FUSE 2 FUSE 3 FUSE 4 FUSE 5
Permanent live Left head and side lights Right head and side lights Brake lights, Horn, Radio, indicators Wipers, Hazards, Interior lights,

 

My parts have arrived now

New Wires colour's with tracers

Washer bottle connector

New switches

New headlight connectors

New fuse box for blade fuses

Multi cable connector

Well a lot has happened since i started this page, the car is now painted and i have started to put the wiring loom back together. I had originally planned to use the fuse box that I ordered from autosparks but had a change of plans when i got to see this one, it has 2 rows of fuses, I plan to connect one set to the ignition feed's  and the other to the permanent feed's and all the earths connect to the bottom of the box.

With my chipboard wiring diagram and the Haynes manual i set about fitting the loom and decided that i would start from the main connector the one that comes from the indicator stalk and cut off the original connector and fitted the new 9 pin connector.

 

From there i started to see what cables did what and what i could connect in to the other side of the 9 pin connector. Some were easy as they only did one thing but others have proved to be more difficult.

This led to me realising that if i wanted more fuses in the system then i would need to use both the fuse boxes that i have instead of only one as originally planned.

And here are both fuse boxes connected in to the loom, i will try to draw a wiring diagram of how i have connected everything.

This is how some of the wiring loom looks like at the moment.

Now that i have connected all the wires together i have separated them into individual wiring looms to tape together and make it look neater and tidier.

 

I came across the problem that I had nowhere to mount the fuse boxes, as there are several holes along the dash board area i decided that i would make some plates that fitted in to the area that would cover the holes using cardboard pieces as template's, then I bent the middle one so that it followed the raised area above the heater box.

with this done and some holes drilled for the cables to come through i painted it all in the same colour as the rest of the car

now i am able to bolt the fuse boxes down so that they don't rattle around.

During my recent trip home to England i have located more parts including the following.

Headlights H4 Quadoptics, chrome ring and bowls

 

Interior light

 

 

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