And it looks about the same today… after 8 hours of work…. 😫
Putting the tools down - back on Monday
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Light braces…over the top?!!!
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Some marvelous work done by some previous “mechanic”..
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Is that stock?
@rocky posted:Is that stock?
It doesn’t look like Luigi did it…
When I started this thread , I didn’t know how really really true the title Would hold up!
I usually try to make sure I’m not backing myself into a corner… So in case of the electric part I made plenty of pictures (some got lost when my phone died) but the majority is there… put stuff back together the way it was… Big mistake!!
I am in reach of firing up the car (and put in the interior and drive off into the sunset) IF I can get the electric to work… There were a few Things that didn’t work when I bought the car, but as I an trying to Get everything to work I’ll find more and more things wrong!(if you leave the ignition on for a while, or you turn the instrument lighting up , Or the headlight motor doesn’t wanna shut off…)
The hazard switch wiring in the back was not even remotely what it’s supposed to be and Therefore responsible for a lot of issues - obviously..
also, the back up lighting from the gauges, the headlight switch, cut wires, Crappy fixes…
The stuff I did new, regarding wiring, is not even hooked up! At least I can not blame myself for blowing fuses!
extremely mega enormously frustrating!
I can build things, wiring a whole airplane from scratch… but this is getting down to my bloody bones… to find all those electrical screw ups…. Stuff build to work for one minute and then you better have it turned off again!
I am backed up in the corner, and I try to find a game plan….
@rocky .. I rather do a pedal box overhaul!!!
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Someone must’ve monkeyed around with your wiring, because I have always found these cars to be pretty simple, and the wiring, pretty straightforward…
But maybe, I’m just lucky!
I like the "I can build things, wiring a whole airplane from scratch… but this is getting down to my bloody bones… to find all those electrical screw ups…. Stuff build to work for one minute and then you better have it turned off again!"
Welcome to our world! We do these electrical messes on a daily basis. In the early years all we ever did was water pumps, fuel pumps, brake pads, belts, hoses, simple stuff. Now-a-days...electrical messes one after another, EVERY car has some electrical mess here or there. But...electrical work is clean, it's easy, and it's thinking work. We'd rather do electrical than change pistons and cranks!
We have a car here now that the last owner cut all the wiring out with a hack saw for restoration. then lost it. Bought a 'painless wiring system' online. Nothing matches anything just bundle of #22 wires. For example, the instructions say the backup lights work off the cruise control box! What a joke. AND no cruise control box is in the kit! lol. That's nothing to us. We do them for breakfast lunch and dinner.
If you're backed into a corner we love electrical & Pantera is a simple car to wire. Unless you're not of the mind to do it, it can be overwhelming. But when you do Pantera 24-7-365 it's a piece of cake because we know these cars. Send the car down if you're at the end of your rope. Wiring is no big deal. Pantera Miami.
It’s just exhausting to trace ALL the little stupid things… just a sampling:
the spring holding the backup light bulb touching the center lead of the socket!
wire for the brake light cut in the harness footwell/“firewall corner and then nicely taped the harness
headlight relay minor corrosion on one contact (passed 5V)
Original AND New headlight switch faulty
hazard switch incorrect connected
head light switch incorrect connected
Center console instrument lighting incorrect connected
A/c switch partial no contact
door interior lights switches not connected, no wires
turn signal stock switches corroded
and so on and on….
Now all the things you just read are the solutions to a problem or the problem itself but I get
fuse # 4 blows sometimes and right side rear lights not working and no brake lights at all and hazard when turned on stuck in on and light switch pink wire is getting warm and no horn and lights only open
all that in one go….!!! And I ask myself: where is the problem… and that is where I went wrong 😑 the question I should have asked myself should have been - how many problems are there‼️
That’s a lot of neglect and / or neanderthal electricians at work for a long time on one car! I’m having lunch with my multimeter and a 10 foot wire..
all the wiring I did for my additional stuff is not hooked up … just run the wires but not connected to power:
Powersteering, electric fuel pump, second headlights, Fuel pressure gauge, ignition switch, starter switch, interior fan, heater hose valve,voltmeter , clock… all that will get there own fuse / relay panel!
when I’m done with this car I know pretty much every nut, bolt , bushing , cable, wire, bulb, connector, hose, tube, hydraulic cylinder, bearing, ball joint, spacer and so on by their first name!! I touched them all!🖕
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I’ve got a big 200 amp knife switch in my storage unit.
It would look good on your center console, and you can turn all that stuff on with one switch action!
I will loan it to you – I haven’t used it in 18 years, but you never know when I might need it!
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@rocky posted:I’ve got a big 200 amp knife switch in my storage unit.
It would look good on your center console, and you can turn all that stuff on with one switch action!
I will loan it to you – I haven’t used it in 18 years, but you never know when I might need it!
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Funny you said that… I started mounting a battery disconnect switch in the cabin today… 1/4 turn disconnect… center console footwell passenger…
I’m sick of the little green knob at the battery that when you unscrew may or may not disconnect! (Aside it takes time to get out and do it)
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Rocky,
Do you have a part number for the switch in your picture?
Thanks,
John
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Hey John…
Don't have the specifics on that one, but here’s a selection. Blue Sea Systems has a good reputation…
https://www.westmarine.com/battery-switches/
Hope this helps!
Chuck
They are a lot on Amazon.
Battery 12v disconnect….
Really, these switches are under very little stress, because when you switch them on and off, all the high current requirement of our cars are switched off.
Mine has been a great benefit to my battery longevity!
Thanks guys, I will definitely be adding one to my setup.
I had two "little green knob" things fail and went to this: 
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