Tracing wires & horn questions Options

[narino]

With the warm weather I've spent the last few days fixing wire connections and removing extraneous wires by the PO. A couple wires have me stumped, hoping for some help from the hive mind.

#1 - I have a heavy gauge red wire that is coming off the alternator, that the previous owner spliced into and ran through the longs to the hot terminal by the fuse box.

• Is this red wire from the alternator stock? I couldn't find it on the wire diagram.

#2 - The PO ran heavy gauge red wires through the longs to the hot terminal by the fuse box.

• I do not think this is stock, from what I've read there were no wires in the longs. I've only found reference to the charcoal canister lines in the longs. Could someone confirm whether this is correct or not?
• If these lines are not stock, then what originally used to go through the hole behind the dash, where these lines currently run? Pic attached for reference.

#3 - I bought some pilot fog lights and went to install them and saw my horns are in the way.

• Are these horns stock?
• Before I start tearing more things apart, are there other mounting points to relocate these horns away from the grilles?

Once I get these hot wires figured out I'll feel safer trying to start her and get her back on the road.

Thanks in advance!


(IMG:http://narino.com/images/wire%20to%20alt%2001%20sm.jpg)
(IMG:http://narino.com/images/wire%20to%20longs%2001%20sm.jpg)
(IMG:http://narino.com/images/horns%20sm.jpg)

[bbrock]

Since it sounds like you'll be trying to use the original wires for your starter again, a couple things to consider to hopefully avoid whatever problem the PO was trying to fix with the bypass. Consider replacing the electrical starter switch so you know you are starting with a good one (buy the expensive Porsche one), and think about adding a starter relay so you aren't sending a billion amps through your main harness every time you start the car. @Mark_Henry has a good write-up on how to do it.http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...p;mode=threaded. My gut tells me one of those two things might have been behind the reason for the fat red wires up the long.