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Old 02-13-2009   #5 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by koss007joe View Post
I've been rewiring these past few days, and wow, there are way too many wires; what ever happened to keeping it simple ??? So My Idea was to wire it like a Rally Car. Most wire gauge is 12 now, some places required smaller .. all the lights(High/Low,Park and Fog) now have their own switch and fuse . Also added lights under the hood and in the trunk just cause I was in the mood. Now I'm working on the starting, heater blower,wipers and dash crap .. Any ways my fingers are starting to regain feeling and its time to drink a beer or 3. Well, I'll take some pics after the thing is done, don't like getting my $700 SLR dirty ,, Oh ya any advice could be helpful
Everybody seems to be affraid of wiring and find unique ways of performing the task. I wired a complete GT in 6 hours using an easy wire kit. There are 8 wires comming from the back, 10 comming from the front including wippers and 14 from the engine. The rest of the wiring comes from the steering column (11 wires) and the gauge panel (18 wires).

I will be installing a new fuse panel on my '72 Ascona next week. I was planning on posting a step by step but might just do a simple post.
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