72 duster resto

ALRRRRRIGHT.... im mentally stuck.

Im having a problem getting over the fact that the disparity between my new wiring harness that i ordered and my wiring diagram are not sync'd fully.

Specifically Terminal L (Dark Green, Red Tracer) and Terminal T (Dark Green, Red Tracer)
So Terminal L on my new harness is a yellow wire the exact length to the starter relay as the red fusable link wire.
The Diagram shows Terminal L going to the horns??? I swear when I removed the old wiring there was a yellow lead on the starter relay...

But then in the terminal block (S through W) next to it, which is primarily for headlamps, there's a Terminal T which is also (Dark Green, Red Tracer) that shows that it's supposed to kick out and go to the diagonal prong on the starter relay?? But on my factory harness, that wire stays hidden all the way from the firewall to the front of the car and then I lose track of it wrapped up in the mess up there.

Am I being crazy? Is this the way things are supposed to route?
  • The terminal block (S through W) with mostly headlight wiring (which is NEAR the horn routing) is actually holding one critical green*red wire to the starter relay???
  • AND the mainly critical charging/starting terminal block (J through N) holding mostly all the ignition circuits, charging etc, AND also this one random horn wire????

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Just going to follow the diagram as it shows, wasting too much time trying to figure it out.

Got some new terminals for the bulkhead to swap out key wires that im routing so I dont have to hack the existing harness up. (Removing the ECU & ballast resistor for HEI is quite a lot of wiring) So i'll bypass those routes with 2 new leads direct from the bulkhead.

Also ordered the 8.8 yoke for the driveshaft and the 727 slip yoke. Once I get those installed i can measure for the driveshaft order.

To start the break-in, I'll wrap up the wiring this week, install the carb linkages and the column shift levers, and finally the fittings that were missing from my transmission cooling lines.

Im super motivated, the weather has been too nice not to be listening to this thing purr down the road.