Rewiring a vehicle
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#Next, Studying your Vehicle, Determine The Course of Harness routing and areas of location for the Fuse buss, Battery, Dash, Engine Bay Harness, and all locations for electrical plugs and devices..Make a rough drawing and take measurements from point to point. | #Next, Studying your Vehicle, Determine The Course of Harness routing and areas of location for the Fuse buss, Battery, Dash, Engine Bay Harness, and all locations for electrical plugs and devices..Make a rough drawing and take measurements from point to point. | ||
#Transpose those over to your plywood, Draw a line to show Routing, and at each Termination point Drive a nail about 1/4 an inch in your wood, and Mark it's function(Tail, Left..Ect..)..Place your plug/Socket and pins there (for later..)Continue until you have all termination points laid out and represented by a Nail on the plywood. | #Transpose those over to your plywood, Draw a line to show Routing, and at each Termination point Drive a nail about 1/4 an inch in your wood, and Mark it's function(Tail, Left..Ect..)..Place your plug/Socket and pins there (for later..)Continue until you have all termination points laid out and represented by a Nail on the plywood. | ||
| − | #That being done..Figure out your Wire gauge for each circuit, as predicated on The Draw and Length of the run..Make a list (EXAMPLE: Tail Lamps...21 Feet...10 amps...14 gauge Black) | + | #That being done..Figure out your Wire gauge for each circuit, as predicated on The Draw and Length of the run..Make a list (EXAMPLE: Tail Lamps...21 Feet...10 amps...14 gauge Black) Your best bet is to make the wire longer than you would expect to use. Add a few feet or more than you will actually need. This will help when finding mistakes or having to cut your terminal off and starting over, plus if you measured incorrectly, or have to route around something, you will not need to splice the wires together. |
#Now starting with your smallest gauge , at the Buss, Tie the wire there, run it down your marked route line (add Extra length for anywhere it must rise or fall within the body) To the nail marked "Tail lamp" then mark the wire with a wire marker (available at any hardware store) mark the function and number on your notes.. and continue the "Wrap" along to the next Item (like the right lamp ect..)Do not cut until the wire reaches termination.. Continue until all color wire of that gauge are laid out..Then Repeat with the next largest gauge wire, until all wire is laid out nail to Nail..Be sure to keep your runs straight..and tight, and do not cut the nail ends until ALL wires are in place..ADD 5 % "Spares" and mark then as such the length of the harness...(for future expansion or In case you shoot a screw through one and get a bad wire..) | #Now starting with your smallest gauge , at the Buss, Tie the wire there, run it down your marked route line (add Extra length for anywhere it must rise or fall within the body) To the nail marked "Tail lamp" then mark the wire with a wire marker (available at any hardware store) mark the function and number on your notes.. and continue the "Wrap" along to the next Item (like the right lamp ect..)Do not cut until the wire reaches termination.. Continue until all color wire of that gauge are laid out..Then Repeat with the next largest gauge wire, until all wire is laid out nail to Nail..Be sure to keep your runs straight..and tight, and do not cut the nail ends until ALL wires are in place..ADD 5 % "Spares" and mark then as such the length of the harness...(for future expansion or In case you shoot a screw through one and get a bad wire..) | ||
#Tie the bundle up neatly with proper tie wraps nose to tail.. | #Tie the bundle up neatly with proper tie wraps nose to tail.. | ||
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