I built mine using all the proper wire colors and connectors. Purchased all
the bits and pieces from British Wiring for little more than the cost of a
stock harness. The big difference is that only the bundles going to the
forward tilt bonnet, the dimmer switch, and the tail light sections are
wrapped. The rest are just bundled with plastic ties and can be separated
for mods/additions as required.
Currently the dash harness can be unplugged from the rest as a single unit.
This was done using multiple multi-wire connectors as there are quiet a few
wires going through the firewall. I plan to change this and use a firewall
connector block that will handle all of the wiring that passes through the
firewall.
If it were not for the mechanical temp gauge I could just unplug the harness
and pop the dash out in a few minutes. It takes a little longer to get the
temp gauge tube out of the car.
I made a similar harness for my other Bugeye over 25 years ago and it lasted
until I started a total rebuild of the car recently. I would have kept it
for reuse but I did not use the proper wire colors so will redo it when the
time comes.
Larry Miller (Ex Hot-Rodder)
Larry Miller
----- Original Message -----
From "Brad Pace" <britclas at WorldShare.net>
To: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>; <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 12:16 PM
Subject: Re: DIY wiring harness
> I have worked on thousands of cars over the years and have NEVER
> seen a decent homemade wire harness. It's not easy to find a
> commercial harness that has been decently installed by an owner
> or professional for that matter. I repair them when I can and add more
> circuits too, but I try to keep them nice and in the " British
> Fashion" too, with the proper bullit ends.
> Brad
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>
> To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 10:40 AM
> Subject: DIY wiring harness
>
>
> If you look at the wiring diagrams of the various years of
> sprites/midgets,
> you can see why it is no big deal to make a bugeye wiring harness. It
> isn't
> really very much wire. Its almost laughable when you flip from the
> last
> years Midget diagram to the bugeye. Oxcart vs. space shuttle. I
> wouldn't
> hesitate to make my own bugeye harness if the PO hadn't done such a
> great
> job. I would, however, think long and hard about trying to recreate a
> late
> model Midget harness.
>
> Regards,
> Glen Byrns
> '59 bugeye
> '59 Morris Traveller (Winifred)
>
>
>
>
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