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Mr. Oz, be aware that there are at least 4 different factory wiring diagrams published over the years, and likely NONE will be 100% true, even on an unmolested car (which a GT-5 conversion certainly is not!) Most of us use the diagram closest in publication date to the car's build-date, and annotate the diagram to fit the car as anomalies show up. Patience and a good VOM are your best friends....
Note also there are extra wires connected to nothing in some areas, and long lengths of wire that run around the car, ending up close to where they started. Once you're more familiar, there's about 20 FEET of wire that can be safely removed, especially from the front end wire-loom, and still keep the 'stock' wiring.
Finally, depending on whether you're in the rainy part or the dry desert part of your beautiful country, the multipin connectors may give problems 'cause being mostly from Lucas, they were never plated to resist corrosion. Normally when electrical things stop working, we don't immediately throw the nonworking part away. Corrosion inside connectors and on the fuses can be fixed, as in any British car, with spray-contact cleaner or a small wire brush.
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