The easiest thing to do is get some new harnesses if possible or maybe
someone can sell you a used one that isn't chopped up.
To rewire an entire car w/o a lot of knowledge can put you in the hole for a
lot of money and time and it still may not be correct.
Mike
BTW, you're the third guy using "Roadster" as your email name.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roadster" <roadster@lvcm.com>
To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 7:59 PM
> hello everyone,
>
> this will be my first serious "I need help!" post. this is for my early 67
> roadster. I having a hack of time figuring the wiring out. I bought the
car
> and it had some hacks too it. this is what I have so far.
>
> 1. car has to voltage regulators. one is stock and the other is
aftermarket.
> they share on bolt hole. all the wire go into the stock unit except for
the
> alternator. it is hooked to the aftermarket. he told me the car ate two
stock
> alt's so they installed a GM unit. seems to work great.
>
> 2. car runs when a jumper wire is run from the + on the coil to the + on
the
> battery. it will start at the ignition switch but I have to pull the
jumper to
> shut the car down.
>
> 3. im getting juice to the dash but the only lights that come on are the
head
> and tail lights. naturally everything worked until I started "correcting"
the
> hack job.
>
> 4. If I touch the vanity light housing to the car body the light comes on.
it
> will not on its own. was this grounded to the dash originally?
>
> 5. Dash lights will work when grounded at each individual bulb but not
> together at the rheostat. I used a meter on it and it shows the voltage
rising
> and lowering as the knob is turned.
>
> 6. where is he resistor located? it shows it on the schematic but I cannot
> identify it on the car hehehee. the picture shows a black wire going from
+ on
> coil to resistor to fuse block.
>
> im thinking seriously of getting the universal 12 circuit wiring harness
from
> painless and replacing it all. what do you guys think? im not an
electrician
> by any standards. computers are what I do.
>
> if this is longer that the typical forum e-mail or violates the standards
> please let me know. the last think I want to do is bog someone down.
>
>
> thx again!
>
> mike
>
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