<VV> Wiring harness replacement

[Stephen Upham]

Between taking care of the three year old and the three month old and  
the part time night job, I've had precious little time to reply.

The damage is to the connection on page 12-23 of the '65 service  
manual right after the firewall near the left carb.  I'm leaning  
towards replacing it with new wires and connections since it will  
involve (I'd imagine) some considerable effort.  I was given the name  
of a vendor in California (M and H), but they are having a difficult  
time trying to locate the correct harness with their catalog.

http://www.wiringharness.com/

and

http://www.wiringharness.com/PDFS/COR_2008_Corvair.pdf
(page 7)

37964 1965 ENGINE HARNESS, standard model, with backup lamps, early  
production, contains striped color wires $78.00
06150 1965 ENGINE HARNESS, standard model, with backup lamps, late  
production, contains solid color wires $78.00

and when you use the "search for products by make and model"  in the  
upper right hand corner of the main page you get:

37964   ENGINE HARNESS, STANDARD MODEL, WITH BACKUP LAMPS  $69.95

I found #37969 for the main harness.  They asked if I have stripped  
or solid wires yesterday when I talked to them by phone.  I actually  
have both.  There is a black wire that has a yellow stripe and a  
black and green, a black and purple, and a black and white.  The rest  
of the wires appear to be solid.  I know that the car rolled off the  
line in the last week of January of '65.  I would guess that I would  
order the stripped version.
Does the connection on 12-23 go through the firewall and then connect  
at "view c" on page 12-22?  If so, then I need to check that harness  
as I have been concentrating on the engine compartment with what  
little time I've had to examine it.  If I'm understanding the  
picture,  then there would be a lead of about two feet of wire going  
through the firewall before the harness connection in "view c".  If  
that is the case, would the engine wiring harness include that?  I  
would need the 12-23 view (complete engine harness), and the "view c"  
wire to and including the connection at the least.  How would you run  
the plastic connection through the hole in the fire wall?

"It's another fine mess you've gotten us into Ollie!"

Stephen