dash wiring?

[rowingone]

I'm trying to avoid pulling the dash out . . there are three wires that are unconnected and hopefully someone can help . . . there is a pale pink or flesh colored wire coming from the back of the instrument cluster connected to nothing, a brown wire connected to nothing, and a ground wire coming from the emergency handle bracket bolt ( which I"m guessing is not factory) connected to nothing. The only symptom is I have no ingition lights or warning lights or dash lights. thanks!

 

[Texan]

Interesting. Remember several years ago I picked up a '57 F/I ? car from a fellow over in New Mexico. Took it home and started anaylzing it's problems and just what I wanted to do with the car. Laid down on my back, with a flash light, to see what the wiring harness looked like. ALL blue wires, ALL !!! I mean everywhere, blue wires. Guess he found a sale on wiring at WalMart. Picked up a new harness from Corvette Central.

My suggestion to you is the same route I took before I bought the new harness. Bought a wiring harness diagram. There's one in the back of the AIM but found another larger, laminated version a Bloomington.

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[Texan]

You might want to check this out. This is just one of several listings on eBay.

eBay/ '64 Wiring Diagram

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[WayneC]

63 diagram shows:

Brown wires connecting to the ACC terninal of the ignition switch, to the heater switch, to the fuel gauge, and to a radio capacitor.

Flesh could be "neutral"... one runs from the stop light switch to the connector at the directional signal switch at the lower steering column; another attaches to the headlight switch (but should be in a large multi-connector as part of a harness); another goes tp the w/s wiper switch; and two more to the door jamb switches for the courtesy lights.

 

[rowingone]

Thanks alot!! I did order a shop manual and wiring diagram . . . I just wonder what the guy that had this car was thinking!! I guess he wasnt!!

 

[magicv8]

No dash lights: fuse out, light switch dimmer connection fried/on, no ground on the cluster base, bulbs burned, grey feed wire broken.

No ignition lamp: See dash lamps above

No warning lights: no ground on instrument cluster, bulbs out, wires broken.

PS You should have seen mine 17 years ago - had two electrical fires driving it home (2 miles) the day I bought it. All the fuses were wrapped with chewing gum (foil) wrappers. They don't think; they just do.

 

[Texan]

.... the fuses were wrapped with chewing gum (foil) wrappers. They don't think; they just do.

Sounds like fun.

And at least the fuses weren't replaced with 22 caliber rifle shells....

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[JohnZ]

The tan wire (if it's tan) connects to the switch on the parking brake assembly for the parking brake warning light in the cluster. The brown wire goes to a radio capacitor on the back of the cluster near the ignition switch - if the capacitor is missing, tape up the connector on the brown wire - it's HOT. If you have no dash lights, the cluster ground wire (black, connects to a male spade terminal on the back of the cluster can near the park brake warning light) is probably not connected or missing - this will also make your lighter and wipers inoperative.