[Healeys] Yet Another Wiring Question

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Michael-you talked to the right person, Mark Hoover. He is very
knowledgeable and exacting. His description of the wire you needed is
right on. He has created a huge file of correct harness information
for every Healey and many other cars as well.
Even though RI Wiring is a bit pricy for these items..."you get what
you pay for". Also the saying-"you can't buy that kind of information"
does not apply with RIW...I found them to be the best and when Mark
retires, he will leave a legacy of good data, that hopefully someone
else in the firm will pick up, and run with the ball. Hank

	-----------------------------------------From: "Michael MacLean via
Healeys" 
To: "Healeys"
Cc: 
Sent: Friday February 26 2021 6:09:40PM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Yet Another Wiring Question

  No one knows the answer to my question I guess, but that's OK. I
called Rhode Island Wiring today and talked to a 41 year employee that
only works 3 days a week now at 70 years old. He looked it up for me
and said even their expensive BN2 main harness did not include a
connection from the overdrive relay to the transmission switch.
According to his records of past original wiring harnesses from BN2
cars they use as example, it is a single braided wire with a woven
covering of white with purple tracers encased in a vinyl sheath. On
one end is a forked terminal to connect to the relay. I was told this
wire is 48 inches long. Then a length of brown with purple wire is
between the switch and the solenoid with a sleeve connector in the
middle. Supposedly to service the solenoid. So, problem solved. Just
have to order the wire and components now. Mike MacLean 

    On Friday, February 26, 2021, 10:18:56 AM PST, Michael MacLean via
Healeys  wrote: 

     In the middle of my BN2 re-wire and I have come across a bit of a
kink. If you check the Moss catalog they list an overdrive harness for
the BN1 and the BN4 through BJ8. No listing for the BN2. The wiring
harness I am installing is a Moss cloth/PVC harness. There connection
I am concerned about today is the connection from the overdrive relay
connection C2 to the transmission switch. The original wiring diagram
for the BN2 in the service manual shows a single white wire with green
stripe from C2 on the relay to the transmission switch. The harness I
have has the connection from C2 to the throttle switch (same color
wire) within the main harness. Really this connection is only inches
apart, but there is no white wire with a green stripe other than that
coming out of the harness at this point. This leads me to believe this
is just a single wire that runs from the overdrive relay to the
transmission switch. Has anyone that has wired a BN2 run into this? I
would like to know what gauge wire to use because I do not know the
amperage this wire has to carry. How long of a wire would this be
approximately? I would like to order it from British Wiring with a
woven sheath (black with white dots) to make it look somewhat period.
No having the transmission installed yet makes figuring the length a
little difficult. I'd rather be too long with this wire than the
alternative. Mike MacLean
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