Patrick,
The street rodders already have the wiring kits made up and
for a reasonable price. You just need to know how may accessories you
will be using and order the kit. It has color coded wiring and the works.
Plus put in a bigger alternator for your 12" woofers :-)
Mike
Nowroc
"Patrick J. Horne" wrote:
> I am looking at redoing the harness on my 67.5. I am also planning on
>replacing
> all the relays (headlight and horn flasher and emergency flasher) and adding
>more for
> starter, accessories, fog,
> starter, accessories, fog, headlight off with key off, and ignition ballast
>bypass.
> I plan on setting up about 10 fuses too. I had not planned on the
>distribution buss
> bar though. I plan on relocating the relays and fuses from under the hood to
>under the
> dash so they will be less likely to get wet. So far I have located sockets
>for the
> relays that have tongues and grooves on them to gang them. They are for the
>small cube
> relays that Bosch sells for about $5. As for the fuse block, I haven't
>decided on one
> particular unit yet. I want something that uses the newer ATC type fuses. I
>am spending
> time in junk yards looking for something that fits my need that is easy to
>connect to and
> that doesn't cost a fortune. I found some combination fuse and relay boxes
>on the
> net intended for custom roadsters, but they didn't have enough locations for
>relays and
> were too expensive. My next trip to the junk yard will be for an early '80s
>VW Rabbit.
> I understand that the Diesel model has about 28 fuse locations and is set up
>for 7 or 8
> relays. I don't know how the fuse box connects to the wiring harness though.
> If it is a
> connector or two, that would be great, but if I have to cut and splice the
>individual wires
> it seems that there should be a better choice.
>
> Please let me know what you find.
>
> Peace,
> Pat
>
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