[TR] Dan Masters Wiring Harness

[Bob Danielson]

Guy,

Because of its length this may not show up on the Mail List........

I've got one of the first TR6 harnesses that Dan offered 6 years ago and 
I've documented the whole installation on my site 
http://tr6.danielsonfamily.org/Wire_Harness_1.htm including what tools I 
recommend buying. The one tool I didn't get and wish I had are the bullet 
pliers that snaps bullets into connectors. There's a lot of bullets in 
awkward places and this tool would have made things a lot easier.

Make sure you download the AAW wire schematic for the stock TR6 harness to 
use as a comparison to the new wire harness schematic. I was always going 
between the two diagrams. The schematic is free and can be downloaded here 
http://www.advanceautowire.com/tr2506.pdf

In 6 years, the only time I've blown a fuse is when I didn't disconnect the 
battery before doing any work up under the dash. I can run the heater fan, 
lights, radiator fan and radio and the voltmeter hardly moves at all.

You may hear some bad stuff about orders not getting fulfilled a few years 
ago, but that all happened when Dan's son Mike had the business. Mike 
suddenly died a couple of years ago and Steve Carrington took over the 
business, fulfilled all the back orders and has the business back on solid 
ground.

Pros:
- Exceptional quality
- designed by Dan Masters and no one knows more about LBC electronics then 
Dan
- enough wire and instructions for every conceivable option you could ever 
install
- up-rated wire for every wire run
- enough lengths of wire to let you decide how you want to run the wire
- power block has plenty of fuses and relays
- excellent instructions
- excellent support

Cons:
- It's not a difficult job but it's a BIG job as just about every piece of 
wire in the car gets replaced so you have to go about it in an organized 
way.
- the power block is "big" and requires sufficient space for mounting. I 
mounted it in the engine compartment where access is easy. Other have tucked 
them upside down in the passenger foot well which makes it much harder to 
work on.
- the assumption is that you will be installing an upgraded Delco alternator 
and only connections and instructions are provided for that.
- Because all the wires are up-rated (i.e. thicker) from stock, they take up 
more room in the car and take up more room so planning wire runs is 
important.
- It's a lot of wire to wrap with harness tape ;-)
- The only things I ran out of was black ground wire (because of the way I 
choose to group grounds for easier trouble shooting) and some connectors 
(easily available from British Wiring). Again, this was because of the way I 
choose to run and group wires.

Bob

Bob Danielson
1975 TR6 CF38503U
Running w/ Throttle Body Injection,
Toyota 5 speed & Nissan LSD
http://tr6.danielsonfamily.org

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From: "Guy D. Huggins" <guy at genfiniti.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 3:39 PM
To: <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Subject: [TR] Dan Masters Wiring Harness

> Listers,
>
> I am seriously thinking of purchasing and installing the Advanced Auto 
> Wire
> kit as part of my TR4A restoration.
> What do those who have made this same decision think about the kit?
> What are the gotchas, etc?
>
> I'm wanting to learn more about the good, bad and ugly of this kit.