[Healeys] Which Harness?

[Bob Spidell]

If so, be sure to insulate and/or secure the ends if they're hot.  My 
BJ8 harness came with a brown lead for a cigar lighter, which I believe 
was an option (my car doesn't have one).  Shortly after installation, it 
somehow touched ground, even though it had one of the metal/rubber 
'barrel type' connectors on the end, and it let the smoke out of a 
section of that wire in the harness. Surprisingly, the harness has 
otherwise been fine for, oh, thirty years or so.

Bob


On 11/1/2018 2:49 PM, Kees Oudesluijs wrote:
>
> In replacement harnesses for restoration often extra wires are already 
> fitted for eg spot lights,fog lights, radio, overdrive, heater fan, 
> extra radiator fan etc. and their switches. Could this be the case 
> with this replacement harness?
>
> Kees Oudesluijs
>
>
>
> Op 1-11-2018 om 19:18 schreef Michael MacLean:
>> Here is a picture of the "offending" section of the harness.  Does 
>> look like a BN1 or BN2 harness to you?  Seems to be more wires than 
>> my BN2 wiring diagram calls for, or I could be misinterpreting the 
>> diagram.
>> Mike MacLean
>>
>>
>> On Thursday, November 1, 2018 10:43 AM, Michael Salter 
>> <michael.salter at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hi Mike,
>> Pretty sure that the big difference will be in the wiring for the 
>> overdrive relays that are just above the driver's knees.
>> In that area for a BN1 there will be a group of 4 wires that go to 
>> those relays.
>> 1 x Black
>> 1 x Green
>> 1 x Green with Black and Yellow
>> 1 x Green with Black and White.
>>
>> That group won't be there for the BN2 harness.
>>
>> M
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 1, 2018 at 8:52 AM Michael MacLean 
>> <rrengineer.mike at att.net <mailto:rrengineer.mike at att.net>> wrote:
>>
>>     I have a wiring harness that was given to me by a restorer friend
>>     just before he passed away.  He told me it was a BN2 harness.  It
>>     is cloth with PVC wires.  The pictures I have of most
>>     restorations that clearly show the main harness against the
>>     firewall are cloth and braid covered wires.  I can see the color
>>     codes of the braided wires that align with some of the PVC wires
>>     of my harness, but I seem to have a few extra wires coming out of
>>     the harness where there should not be any.  How can I tell the
>>     difference between a BN1 and a BN2 main harness that is cloth and
>>     PVC.  There is also four smaller harnesses of which I am sure one
>>     or more will connect to the main harness somewhere.  A little bit
>>     more to deal with here than my Bugeye that I installed in 2000.
>>     Mike MacLean
>>
>>
>>     	
>>
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