Let the wiring begin

[73series88]

this is what it looked like when i got my rover.
lots of hours sorting with a color schemAtic.
aaron

[mongoswede]

this is what it looked like when i got my rover.
lots of hours sorting with a color schemAtic.
aaron

whats the roll cage like tube in the first photo?

[Mercedesrover]

Good for you. Rip everything out the resembles Lucas and start from scratch. Rover electrics aren't any better than any other British car and the more you can eliminate the better. I rewired my 109 from scratch and aside from the turn signal switch it's all been replaced with a home-made harness and common switches and relays. I wouldn't worry too much about what colors you use and though the Brits may have a national standard, it doesn't work anyway. (They also do stupid things like run full current up to dimmer switches. Don't use them as a model and you'll be fine.)

Dream it up yourself, make good connections and use good components and you won't have to work on it again anyway.

My dash: (Teriann doesn't like it much)



My power dist. center:

[greenmeanie]

My very first wiring job on my own car I did in all white & carefully labeled each end. I discovered that after a few years the tags mostly were off & figuring out which wire in a harness bundle went where took a lot of work & alligator clip leads for extra length to ring out. I vowed never again.

I'm not say he HAS to follow a standard. I was just suggesting that doing so makes things a lot easier and quicker down the line. I'm all for easy and simplicity.

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It sounds like your labelling was poorly applied.

I'll think you'll find that Safeairone is pointing out a standard that is far more internationally recognized than the LUCAS colour codes. MIL-W-5088 describes a lot of stuff about wiring harnesses but has specific paragraphs dealing with harness marking for that most common of all harness colour - white. Oh, they also have to last decades in typicallymore harsh environments than a civilian Land Rover.

Build it the baast way that suits you. It is the computer age so spend some time documenting it and enjoy a reliable vehicle.

[TeriAnn]

My dash: (Teriann doesn't like it much)

You are right. I do seem to have originality hangups that seem to be based around the "look" of the vehicle.

For someone with a 1960 LR that has a 1968 Mustang 302 with 1991 EFI, custom radiator, NP435 gearbox, Series transfercase with Ashcroft high ratio kit, custom prop shafts with long spline high angle yolks, a Salisbury with ARB in back, the rear axle moved 1-1/2 inches to the rear. Front axles assembly with SeriesTrek 24 spline axles, trutrac, 4.75:1 R&P, front disc brakes, Scout II power steering, Disco I steel wheels, 3 fuel tanks , built in 15 gallon water tank, built in 5 gallon propane tank, SIII left side inner wing panel, One-Ten outer wing panels, Defender wiper motor assembly, door hinges, door latches, door & tailgate seals and seats. Plus a custom wiring harness with a blade fuse block, about a dozen relays, I do seem to be hung up on wire colours and anything that affects the Land Rover "look".

My wire colour hangup came from my first rewiring attempt (bought a car with a melted harness). I got this really great roll of white wire for free and did the hole thing in white. Back then good labeling that would stand up under the bonnet was not readily available.

It is just my own failing I guess. I'm hung up on the "look" with the bonnet down and always scour the LR parts books for solutions before adding non-LR parts.

So you are right. I don't like your instrument panel very much. But it is my problem, not yours. The important thing is that each of us are happy with our own trucks.

[cedryck]

to each is own, sometimes better,

The wonderful thing I have appreciated over the past 20 years of being a roverphile, is that each truck in unique, and sometimes better than what came with it from factory. Cheers and hats of to those who modify to make better, the electrics, brakes, windows and what not. I love that creativity.

[rwollschlager]

Thats why i ordered my loom from these guys: http://www.hotrodwires.com/

The wires are labeled all the way along the wire.

Easy way to go tell Sir Lucas to go stuff himself......

which package did you end up going with?

[msggunny]

which package did you end up going with?

I ended up getting the 12 circuit one: http://www.hotrodwires.com/12Circuit.html

Only thing it doesnt have that I wanted was a circuit for the electric fan, but I will make do.