C2 Wiring Harness time

[67HEAVEN]

On we go to the next chapter in this odyssey....wiring harnesses.

The replacement plug for the rear harness and radio antenna hole is not slit. Is my memory bad, or was the original plug slit to allow for slipping it over the harness after the wires are run?

 

[JohnZ]

If you mean the one at the rear bulkhead, it wasn't part of the harness - it was a separate part, so it was slit to install it over the harness; it came that way to St. Louis, but reproductions may need to be slit.

 

[67HEAVEN]

If you mean the one at the rear bulkhead, it wasn't part of the harness - it was a separate part, so it was slit to install it over the harness; it came that way to St. Louis, but reproductions may need to be slit.

Yes, John, that's the one. Seems odd that the repro manufacturer wouldn't simply slit it rather than expect me too. Mind you, when it comes to repros I've learned not to be surprised anymore. :eyerole

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Another harness question.

The harnesses (Lectric Limited) do not include things like the dome light receptacle. The orange/white wires terminate in soldered ends. How does one remove the old wires from the receptacle and insert the new ones?

 

[JohnZ]

Don't remember - haven't had a coupe-type dome light apart for years :eyerole

 

[67HEAVEN]

Don't remember - haven't had a coupe-type dome light apart for years :eyerole

Thanks, John. I've been trying to stump you for years.

 

[DZVette]

67

I think on my 65 coupe I just pulled the wires out of the receptacle and plugged in the new orange and white from the LL harness. BTW The rear harness and antenna wire grommet that we just installed was not split either. Good razor blade worked fine. I put a little Silglyde (NAPA) on the grommet to make it slide into the hole in the bulkhead easier. Heck you're probably past that point already.

DZ

 

[67HEAVEN]

67

I think on my 65 coupe I just pulled the wires out of the receptacle and plugged in the new orange and white from the LL harness. BTW The rear harness and antenna wire grommet that we just installed was not split either. Good razor blade worked fine. I put a little Silglyde (NAPA) on the grommet to make it slide into the hole in the bulkhead easier. Heck you're probably past that point already.

DZ

DZ,

Thanks.

Here is a drawing of the grommet at the rear bulkhead.

Did you slit yours from the 12 o'clock position down to between the holes and then left and right to the holes?

If not, where did you slit it?

P.S. Why, or why, can't the repro guys just do this stuff. I'm tired of "fixing" new parts. :eyerole

 

[67HEAVEN]

DZ,

By the way, on my original GM rear harness, the dome light wires cannot be pulled out of the receptacle. The ends are large enough to hold in the springs that squeeze up against the bulb.

Lectric Limited included receptacles (that appear identical to the dome light) on the dash harness for courtesy lights, but not on the dome light wires.

Like I said, this repro stuff drives me crazy. :crazy I bought complete car harnesses from Lectric, all at the same time, and they handle the same problem in two different ways??? Now I am forced to cut off the old dome light rec. and splice/solder it into the new wires. :eyerole

And on and on it goes.

 

[DZVette]

67

I made two cuts on the grommet , one for each hole. Shortest distance between the circumferences of the hole and the grommet itself (perpendicular to a tangent line intersecting the perimeter of the grommet opposite the hole). Man, now there's a way to make a simple job sound really complicated. Wish I could draw on this page. At any rate the cable and the harness slip into the holes nicely.

RE: the harnesses. I guess my car had already been through a dome light "surgery" somewhere in it's obscure past. We did the rear harness and everything hooked up nicely though I haven't reinstalled the rear blower assembly yet. You should see the "fixes" to the harness we took out! Our replacement power antenna bolted in and worked just fine. Gas gauge still bounces a lot (must be the sender that we replaced last summer;Delco); it can swing as much a 3/16 inch. Need to try grounding it to see if it improves.

Keep on keepin' on! It's fun to watch your progress. Going to be a heck of car!

DZ

 

[67HEAVEN]

Shortest distance between the circumferences of the hole and the grommet itself (perpendicular to a tangent line intersecting the perimeter of the grommet opposite the hole). Man, now there's a way to make a simple job sound really complicated.

Thanks, DZ. That explains it.

I'm glad I didn't have to read that last evening while I was putting the new chrome trim on the seat backs. Without widening the gap, there was no bloody way those "new" repro trim pieces would fit on to the "new" repro backs.

Can't anyone make anything right? :cry One-and-a-half hours to get it on without messing it up. Now for the other seat. :eyerole