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<div>The original BN 1 main wiring harness was all black covering. I.E. no tracer color.</div>
<div>The original BN 2 main wiring harness was black with blue tracer. </div>
<div>Maybe this in not a 100 harness at all.</div>
<div>Gary Hodson</div>
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From: Michael MacLean <rrengineer.mike@att.net><br>
To: rwilhelmy@sbcglobal.net <rwilhelmy@sbcglobal.net>; Ahealey Help <healeys@autox.team.net><br>
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<div id="yiv3094180883">According to an article (with a picture) on John Simms website by Rich Chysler the BN2 had the flasher unit on the inside face of the firewall. Now I'm confused.
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<div>On Thu, Nov 1, 2018 at 11:34 AM, rwilhelmy@sbcglobal.net</div>
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<div style="padding:10px 0 0 20px;margin:10px 0 0 0;border-left:1px solid #6D00F6;"> couple of easy differences: BN1 had two relays to control the<br clear="none">overdrive circuit. BN2 had one. BN1 had flasher located under the<br clear="none">dash where it is almost impossible to access. BN2 had it on the<br clear="none">engine side of the firewall.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Nothing wrong with PVC insulation. Actually the braided stuff had PVC<br clear="none">or rubber insulation underneath the braids. Only problem with PVC is<br clear="none">that the color coding has to be different, which adds to confusion.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Rhode Island Wiring is the gold standard for wiring for Healeys.<br clear="none"><a href="http://www.riwire.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" shape="rect">http://www.riwire.com/</a><br clear="none">very expensive, but if you go to their website and look for foreign<br clear="none">cars/Austin-Healey, under BN2 you will find a list of 15 different<br clear="none">pieces that they offer, two of them are pairs like the headlights.<br clear="none">Some of them are ground straps. But several are pretty complex. This<br clear="none">should help you figure out what pieces you were given, although some<br clear="none">wiring providers combined a couple of the harnesses so be prepared for<br clear="none">that too.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">The harnesses connect together with bullet connectors, as you probably<br clear="none">know. RI Wiring provides theirs already soldered and crimped in place<br clear="none">but yours may need to be installed.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Even with RI Wiring's detailed diagrams, I had to lay out the<br clear="none">harnesses and attach tags to each wire end to sort out what went<br clear="none">where. Occasionally you will need 'siamesed' bullet connector sockets<br clear="none">that allow you to connect three or four wires together. They are<br clear="none">available if you don't have them. Also there is a tool that makes it<br clear="none">a lot easier to push the bullets into the sockets (but not to get them<br clear="none">out). NOS bullets and sockets are best if you can find them. Be<br clear="none">prepared for fitting problems with the aftermarket ones, though some<br clear="none">are better than others.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Make sure you have all of the grommets that you need, especially the<br clear="none">big one on the firewall that needs special care to feed the harness<br clear="none">through. Put the grommet on the harness before you start that part.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Take your time.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">-Roland<br clear="none">
<div class="yiv3094180883yqt7317314192 yiv3094180883yQTDBase" id="yiv3094180883yqtfd49493"><br clear="none">On Thu, 1 Nov 2018 05:22:25 +0000 (UTC), you wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none">> 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<br clear="none">><br clear="none">><br clear="none">>| | Virus-free. www.avg.com |</div>
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