chinze57
Push Button tranny and a Slant 6 that'll never die
Ok I'm going to try and use this time sheltering in place to get as much of the work on my Dart done as possible.
My wiring is... bad.
A few disclaimers: There are non-stock speakers in the rear (none up front of course), non-stock radio, and there is an air conditioner under the dash. At present, the air conditioner is hooked up to some sort of pump with a hose going to said pump from the radiator, and then a hose to the air conditioner, but there's what appears to be a ground cable from the A/C not connected to anything, but I believe the positive cable is.
Aside from that, just about everything is stock. I have a rebuilt alternator, not sure what the amperage output is from that, and just recently had to get a new alternator cable put in as the other one had burnt up.
The underdash harness is in bad shape. The previous owner opted to bypass the fuseblock and not install any kind of fuse when installing the new stereo system. Lots of cable is just wrapped in electrical tape and ziptied there, and nothing is going through the fuse block. Currently, only my ammeter gauge works. My fuel gauge is touch and go, seems fairly accurate, but not totally. Nothing from the temp gauge (it's not even hooked up on the back), and the lamps aren't connected.
What should I do? A replica harness from Classic Industries is around $650 which is insane. I had hoped to do a switch from the stock fuse block to a modern blade-style, and found a Mopar restomod wiring harness where that had been done, for a little over $500.
Or should I scrap the idea of buying a built harness and construct one? I have enough electrical knowledge to wire everything I think. Should I just wire everything by hand, attach it all to a modern fuseblock, use the factory recommended fuse amps, and then go with whatever would be recommended for the current stereo (as opposed to the 7.5A factory for the original stereo)? Or should I use heavier wire?
Any advice, links, references, etc would be greatly appreciated!!
My wiring is... bad.
A few disclaimers: There are non-stock speakers in the rear (none up front of course), non-stock radio, and there is an air conditioner under the dash. At present, the air conditioner is hooked up to some sort of pump with a hose going to said pump from the radiator, and then a hose to the air conditioner, but there's what appears to be a ground cable from the A/C not connected to anything, but I believe the positive cable is.
Aside from that, just about everything is stock. I have a rebuilt alternator, not sure what the amperage output is from that, and just recently had to get a new alternator cable put in as the other one had burnt up.
The underdash harness is in bad shape. The previous owner opted to bypass the fuseblock and not install any kind of fuse when installing the new stereo system. Lots of cable is just wrapped in electrical tape and ziptied there, and nothing is going through the fuse block. Currently, only my ammeter gauge works. My fuel gauge is touch and go, seems fairly accurate, but not totally. Nothing from the temp gauge (it's not even hooked up on the back), and the lamps aren't connected.
What should I do? A replica harness from Classic Industries is around $650 which is insane. I had hoped to do a switch from the stock fuse block to a modern blade-style, and found a Mopar restomod wiring harness where that had been done, for a little over $500.
Or should I scrap the idea of buying a built harness and construct one? I have enough electrical knowledge to wire everything I think. Should I just wire everything by hand, attach it all to a modern fuseblock, use the factory recommended fuse amps, and then go with whatever would be recommended for the current stereo (as opposed to the 7.5A factory for the original stereo)? Or should I use heavier wire?
Any advice, links, references, etc would be greatly appreciated!!