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Re: Tr3 wiring harness replacement querys

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Subject: Re: Tr3 wiring harness replacement querys
From: Geo Hahn <ahwahnee@cybertrails.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 18:05:34 -0700
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Jim Lee wrote:

>...What I am looking for is any final words of wisdom before I embark on this
>Lucasonian journey.  I have never rewired a car...
>
IMO a slow methodical approach is enough to assure a good job.  A few 
inexpensive tools and no special skills are really needed -- mainly just 
a careful and thoughtful execution.  I was fortunate enough (?) to have 
the car tied up at the world's slowest bodyman when I got my new harness 
so I had many months to be ready for its return.

I made an actual size cardboard mock-up of the dash (as seen from the 
backside) studied wiring diagrams (many versions out there), made my own 
diagram of the new harness (from Moss), stripped wires for the screw 
connectors & tinned the tips, made the auxiliary harnesses --- hey, like 
I said, I had months.  After all the prep the wiring of the car was 
almost anticlimactic, taking only a couple of hours and everything 
working perfectly the first time.

BTW -- I went with the PVC for the reason noted by others -- very easy 
to see its true colors.

Geo Hahn
59 TR3A
Mt Lemmon, AZ




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