Re- Rewired 47 Today

[55 Fargo]

Hi all, spent about 8 hours today after working a 12.5 hour night shift, going through all the wires under dash and under hood.

I thought the wriing was better than I discovered, , the following discoveries, wrong wire gauges, poor terminal contacts, frayed wires, curcuits wired wrong, one example, the dash lights were wired to go with the light switch, rather than going on by the panel switch.

All the dash lights were pulled right out, I made a new harness for that out of 14 gauge wire, used the same sockets, they were okay, soldered and connected it all together, wired it into the correct panel switch.

I re-wired or repaired ends for every circuit under dash, moved wires around, made it a lot more neat and tidy under there.

Re-wired all the front light and signal curcuits with fresh 12 and 14 gauge wire, the headlights are very bright, pleasantly surprised as it is a 6 volt system.

All the wiring going to the trunk for the rear lights, were in good shape, newer type 16 gauge wire, decided to leave the tail lights, the rear signal, license plate light and stop light in 16 gauge wire, it should be more than adequate for the small bulbs.

I rewired underhood as well, the whole horn relay, solenoid, ignition curcuit, new wires to the genny and dizzy.

I still have to re-wire the horns to the horn realy, but I ran out of green 10 gauge wire, and did not want to use red, as I had used quite a bit of red under hood already.

So there you have it, these cars are not hard to rewire at all, just follow the scehmatic and no problem, mind you most of the circuits I knew from studying them quite a bit lately.

I still need to fix my stuck wiper motor, maybe on the next days off...........Fred

[oldmopar]

Sounds like a good days work I spent about a week rewiring my car but I work slow and take long breaks.

Ed

[mackster]

Post some pictures brother so I can figure how to finish mine!!!!

[Joe Flanagan]

That sounds like great work to do in cold weather--IF you have a heated garage. I can't wait to get to that part of my project but it's a long way off.

[55 Fargo]

Mackster I am off to work today, wha area do you want pics of, the wire harnesses are all bundled,taped, snap tied up, hard to tell what is what by pics. Maybe I can help you out with yours, what are the questions you have......................Fred

[oldmopar]

Post some pictures brother so I can figure how to finish mine!!!!

This link is actually for the Pilot- House trucks but it has some good information

Ed

http://dodgepilothouseclub.org/know/wiring_harness/wiring.htm