I know it's too little,
too late,
but I'm rewiring a similar vintage car (not Datsun)
with 'reused' parts- the best block I found in the yard
was a Nissan Stanza from the mid- 80's.
Very straightforward, 20 circuits grouped in usable blocks (ignition, battery,
acc'ys, etc) and you can actually take it apart and use parts from another
block to customize it. A few relays can be snapped onto the side for
accessories like fog lights. And it's compact and surface- mountable.
Yes, it's a bit of work- but 2 of 'em were $12, and if you have to dig through
the whole mess, might as well take the $2-300 sting from Painful Wiring out of
it! And there's not too much reverse engineering, really.
Then add a bunch of assemble- it- yourself connectors from Waytek, and about 3
weeks seems right!
Toby
just started rewiring the Volvo 122 trubo...
> I'm in my sixth week of harness stuff and third week of actual rewiring the
> 66.
>
> First thing I did was combine all new wiring harness', relays, lights,
> switches, etc with original equipment and made a new schematic. Just my luck,
> I was changing the new schematic as I went along with the wire runs.
>
> Painless Wiring harness 10130 (14-Circuit Remote Mount) is what I bought.
>
> I have to say the fuse block in that harness setup is a major pain if you want
> to do anything with it other than what they designed it for. They have other
> harnesses with this style fuse block and I would avoid them as well.
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