<VV> Wiring Harness Questions

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In a message dated 3/19/2007 12:58:39 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
GYoungwolf at aol.com writes:

> I am replacing a mangled, spliced, rigged, and burned rear wiring harness 
> in 
> a 1965 convertible with a new replacement harness. I ran into a couple of 
> problems: one electrical and one physical. The electrical has to do with the 
> fact 
> that the PO installed an electronic ignition. It has wires going from the 
> distributor to the control unit and from the unit to both sides of the coil. 
> The 
> mangled harness I removed had only one wire to the coil, and of course the 
> replacement has two. I do not have the instructions for the electronic 
> system and 
> don't know whether to hook up one or both or neither harness wires? And if 
> only one, which? Didn't want to do the trial and error thing on the chance 
> that 
> it might ruin the box.
> The second problem has to do with the installation of the tail lights. The 
> backup sockets just popped right in place, but I cannot get the tail lights 
> to 
> lock in place. There is a small tab on the sockets and a notch in the metal 
> light housing, but they do not seem to want to mate. What am I missing?
> Thanks for any insight,
> Grant Young
> 
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Grant!! of all people.... get the MFG. of the Ign. systems wiring diagram!

The 2 wires in a factory harness are the  Start  Resistor  BYPASS  wire and 
the  Resistance [ main feed] wire...you do have a GM  Diagram?  They are 
online!

As far as the NEW sockets..push harder...you're used to 40 yr. old units!!

Matt Nall...west coast
http://members.aol.com/patiomatt
lots of info!


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