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Electric clueless, Electric help |
Wew |
Jun 30 2018, 04:16 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 227 Joined: 17-January 15 From: Novato, ca Member No.: 18,335 Region Association: None |
Hi all,
1973 2.0 Car has been sitting for some time. I cannot remember or know what the electric lines got to. These are coming out of the round hole in the center channel. Any help and advice is much appreciated. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) Thanks, Gary Attached thumbnail(s) |
Wew |
Jun 30 2018, 04:22 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 227 Joined: 17-January 15 From: Novato, ca Member No.: 18,335 Region Association: None |
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Wew |
Jun 30 2018, 04:34 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 227 Joined: 17-January 15 From: Novato, ca Member No.: 18,335 Region Association: None |
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worn |
Jun 30 2018, 07:56 PM
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can't remember Group: Members Posts: 3,156 Joined: 3-June 11 From: Madison, WI Member No.: 13,152 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
These wires are coming out from under the dash.again no clue to what they got to. Thanks again Gary Ps I installed the led lights and am getting the quick blinker, which relay is the right one for this scenario. I have searched but have found nothing definitive I think that the white plug in your hand goes to the seat belt light. If you don’t have one, I have seen them on eBay pretty cheap. |
GeorgeRud |
Jul 1 2018, 01:33 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,725 Joined: 27-July 05 From: Chicagoland Member No.: 4,482 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
I think the double wires in the center console may be for the seatbelt interlock (they were in the ‘74 models, not sure about ‘73). The only other things I can think of in that area would be the light for the heater lever or perhaps power to the interior light (though I think that one is higher up on the firewall). Do you have the wiring diagram for your car? Otherwise you may find the circuit flow diagrams for the ‘74 on cars to be helpful.
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Dave_Darling |
Jul 1 2018, 09:01 PM
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914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 14,991 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California |
I don't have access to my diagrams right now, so I can't search for the exact wire colors. (Some are also a little difficult to see in the photos.)
First picture: The white plastic connector looks like the kind used to plug in the seat-cushion occupancy sensor. There's a black with a red stripe wire; that probably is switched power. If the stripes are purple, it would be the tach signal wire. It looks like that wire is crimped in with a plain black wire, which is a bit odd; plain black is often an unswitched power wire, such as powers the clock. The stripes on the wire look non-factory, but we've seen wires striped like that in what appear to be factory wiring as well. There is a pair of brown wires crimped into a single connector; those are ground. Plain brown is always ground. Next to it are brown/white striped wires; those would be some sort of switched ground. Might be from the door switches, going to the back-pad light. The wires in the pic in the second post are dirty enough that it's hard to tell what they are. There's obviously a brown wire, but not sure if there are stripes; obviously a couple of white wires but again unsure about any stripes. Probably a brown stripe on one of those wires, but again tough to tell. Dig into the wiring diagrams for the 73. Try to match up the colors of wire you have to those on the diagram. --DD |
Wew |
Jul 2 2018, 04:38 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 227 Joined: 17-January 15 From: Novato, ca Member No.: 18,335 Region Association: None |
Thank you all for the input. This really helps.
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Spoke |
Jul 2 2018, 06:26 PM
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Jerry Group: Members Posts: 6,989 Joined: 29-October 04 From: Allentown, PA Member No.: 3,031 Region Association: None |
Ps I installed the led lights and am getting the quick blinker, which relay is the right one for this scenario. I have searched but have found nothing definitive I'm surprised you're getting hyperflashing as the stock 914 flasher relay won't hyperflash but will have other issues driving the turnsignal indicators in the tach when changing to LEDs. LED-compatible flasher EP26 available at many FLAPS is pin compatible although it doesn't fix the turnsignal indicator issue. I resell EP26 modified to drive the turnsignal indicators. The flasher is one of the relays above the fuse panel. Not sure which one it is. I have usually turned the flasher on and follow the clicking to find the relay. Maybe someone else can chime in with regards to which relay is the flasher. |
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