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Carbs & Wires, Cutting Down What I DONT Need |
Dwight |
Jul 13 2022, 07:59 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 10 Joined: 22-March 19 From: Washington DC Member No.: 22,983 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) I am getting rid of the FI and going to a set of Webbers for my 1972 1.7. The harness was a mess before I bought the car but even more of a pain now that I have taken the engine out for repairs and service. My question is What in the rear wire harness can I get rid of and what do I need to keep being I don't have a computer or FI anymore? I am sure this has been discussed in past so please forgive me.
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Dwight |
Jul 13 2022, 08:00 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 10 Joined: 22-March 19 From: Washington DC Member No.: 22,983 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) I am getting rid of the FI and going to a set of Webbers for my 1972 1.7. The harness was a mess before I bought the car but even more of a pain now that I have taken the engine out for repairs and service. My question is What in the rear wire harness can I get rid of and what do I need to keep being I don't have a computer or FI anymore? I am sure this has been discussed in past so please forgive me. Attached image(s) |
Dwight |
Jul 13 2022, 08:00 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 10 Joined: 22-March 19 From: Washington DC Member No.: 22,983 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) I am getting rid of the FI and going to a set of Webbers for my 1972 1.7. The harness was a mess before I bought the car but even more of a pain now that I have taken the engine out for repairs and service. My question is What in the rear wire harness can I get rid of and what do I need to keep being I don't have a computer or FI anymore? I am sure this has been discussed in past so please forgive me. Attached image(s) |
Dwight |
Jul 13 2022, 08:03 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 10 Joined: 22-March 19 From: Washington DC Member No.: 22,983 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) I am getting rid of the FI and going to a set of Webbers for my 1972 1.7. The harness was a mess before I bought the car but even more of a pain now that I have taken the engine out for repairs and service. My question is What in the rear wire harness can I get rid of and what do I need to keep being I don't have a computer or FI anymore? I am sure this has been discussed in past so please forgive me. Attached thumbnail(s) |
Dave_Darling |
Jul 13 2022, 10:52 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 |
Nothing. The rear harness has stuff like power to the coil and tach signal from the coil, reverse lights, heater blower, the starter signal, and so on. No FI functions.
The FI wiring harness is the one with the four-pin connector at the left-rear of the relay board. It has basically all of the FI-related stuff. I recommend keeping the FI if you can. --DD |
nditiz1 |
Jul 14 2022, 06:58 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,191 Joined: 26-May 15 From: Mount Airy, Maryland Member No.: 18,763 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
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I went through this with my 6 conversion. I prematurely axed the harness and board. While I didn't really need the board for anything it would have been easier to build a male side connector to hook directly into the 14 pin harness from the engine side. My suggestion - Reconnect the 14 pin connector to the hacked line. There should be a separate engine harness for the coil wire/backup lights/etc. that connects into the 12 pin slot. Someone on here had a really nice colored diagram showing all the wires going into the relay board and out. |
Dwight |
Jul 14 2022, 07:55 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 10 Joined: 22-March 19 From: Washington DC Member No.: 22,983 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Nothing. The rear harness has stuff like power to the coil and tach signal from the coil, reverse lights, heater blower, the starter signal, and so on. No FI functions. The FI wiring harness is the one with the four-pin connector at the left-rear of the relay board. It has basically all of the FI-related stuff. I recommend keeping the FI if you can. --DD Thanks Dave! |
Dwight |
Jul 14 2022, 07:58 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 10 Joined: 22-March 19 From: Washington DC Member No.: 22,983 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) I went through this with my 6 conversion. I prematurely axed the harness and board. While I didn't really need the board for anything it would have been easier to build a male side connector to hook directly into the 14 pin harness from the engine side. My suggestion - Reconnect the 14 pin connector to the hacked line. There should be a separate engine harness for the coil wire/backup lights/etc. that connects into the 12 pin slot. Someone on here had a really nice colored diagram showing all the wires going into the relay board and out. Thanks, if you have any pics of what you did that would be awesome as well. |
rhodyguy |
Jul 14 2022, 02:13 PM
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Chimp Sanctuary NW. Check it out. Group: Members Posts: 22,092 Joined: 2-March 03 From: Orion's Bell. The BELL! Member No.: 378 Region Association: Galt's Gulch |
For powering the fuel pump for carbs, read the posting in the classic thread forum.
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