[Healeys] Wiring Progress and Other Things

[Bob Haskell]

Mike,

I have found British Wiring (http://britishwiring.com) to be a good 
source for wire (and harnesses).

Cheers,

Bob Haskell
Austin Healey 3000 BN7/BT7 registrar

On 2/24/21 1:33 AM, Michael MacLean via Healeys wrote:
> Just wanted to let you guys know my amateur attempt at wiring my BN2 
> is coming along as you can see in the picture of the firewall.  
> Tonight UPS delivered a nutsert tool I bought online to install 10/32 
> threaded nutserts.  As you can see in the picture the overdrive relay 
> is now mounted.  Who ever did the body work must have covered the 
> holes to mount the relay and I had no way to know where the original 
> holes were due to the enclosed box section behind it in the passenger 
> compartment.  My only option was to drill a hole and put a 10/32 
> nutsert in there. You can see the tool I used in one of the pictures.  
> It worked great.  I have a feeling this won't be the last time this 
> tool will come in handy.  The deeper I get into this wiring the more I 
> understand and the more I see the smaller harnesses that are missing.  
> There is a shop that does classic car wiring harnesses locally here.  
> I know the guy that runs it. Maybe I can get the right color cloth 
> covered wires from him to make my own harnesses.  The dip switch 
> harness and the wiper motor harness to name a couple.  The wiring 
> harness was a gift from the late Tom Rocke.  Can't complain about a 
> free wiring harness.  Just a very productive night in the garage 
> tonight.  It's fun when things work out, which does not always 
> happen.  The engine and trans will be going in soon.  Don't know how 
> that is going to go.  Not a one man job.
> Mike MacLean
>
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