James, some time ago Jim S suggested to me I check out Ron Francis' Wire Works
(See Jim, I do listen). Although I haven't re-wired my car I did call and
request a catalog. They have anything and everything you need. You might give
them a call at 1 800 292-1940.
I don't know about World Wide Wire, but the systems I've seen, label each wire,
from end to end. (not just the end, but all along the way). I would make sure
that no matter who you buy from they have this feature.
I'm not sure I explained that right. For instance, the right turn signal wire
would say "right turn signal" over and over again all the way along the wire.
After troublshooting the MG tangle many times this seems like a great idea. Of
course if there aren't any splices it may be a feature you never use???!!!
Larry Hoy
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-mgb-v8@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mgb-v8@autox.team.net]On
>Behalf Of Jim Stuart
>Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 7:03 PM
>To: James Nazarian Jr
>Cc: mgb-v8@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: Wiring harnesses
>
>
>James-
>
>I am completing my second total rewire of a V8. First car is my GT with now
>around 140,000 miles. Second car is my current project, a roadster. My goal
>was lots of fuses, no "daisy chain" circuits, larger wire sizes, elimination
>of corrosion problems at connectors. In other words, eliminate as much Lucas
>as possible.
>
>In both cases, I started with a street rod wiring harness, 21 fuse, 23
>circuits, colored, printed wire. That is each wire is terminated at the fuse
>block by the factory & is printed every 6 or 8" with the circuit name such as
>left rear turn signal, electric choke, fan, etc. The fuse blocks use GM style
>plug in fuses. The theory is that you mount the fuse block in the ideal
>location, then route the wires in an organized fashion to the particular
>components.
>
>Expect to pay from $200-350.00, mine were under $250.00. This is much faster
>and much simpler than designing your own harness. The product from American
>AutoWire included helpful instructions & wiring diagrams that were a help
>integrating those Lucas turn signals & other switches that I retained.
>
>Not to discourage your present course, but the street rod guys have been doing
>this for years & have lots of products to save time, possibly money in the
>long run.
>
>Jim Stuart
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