<VV> wiring harness question

Wed Oct 23 20:18:56 EDT 2019

Talking of wiring, somebody has messed with the wiring on my newly 
acquired van. I have three wires going to the 'hot' side of the coil! 
Aside from the yellow/black wire (which is live as it should be with the 
ign switched on), there is a blue wire that disappears towards the front 
of the van taped to th harness, and a fabric-covered wire that goes into 
the main harnes. I haven't figured that out yet!
And it is sucking air into the fuel line somewhere - I had to sYphon 
fuel from a gallon can into the carbs to drive it home, & top it up 
every twenty miles!

On 2019-10-24 01:14, Hugo Miller via VirtualVairs wrote:
> If you look at repair or servicing costs for a modern car, combined
> with depreciation, $500 is not a lot in the grand scheme of things.
> Clutches shouldn't wear out, so long as you refrain from putting any
> power through them till they're fully engaged. I've been driving
> almost fifty years and I have NEVER had to replace a clutch on any of
> my vehicles in my life.
> On a different tack, as well as having four 1964 convertibles at my
> place in Florida, I have just bought an FC 8 door panel van here in
> the UK. Can't be many of those in the country! It's an abandoned
> restoration - the previous owner put it into a shop to be restored 
> but
> they went bust. He was lucky to get the van back at all. A few small
> parts went missing (seat for one) but other than that it's just a 
> case
> of putting it all back together. Beautifully re-sprayed and all 
> chrome
> done, & lots of new parts (including $800-worth of rubber seals). He
> sunk £12,000 into it (just under $15,000). I got it for £6,750
> ($8,000). Very pleased.
>
> On 2019-10-24 00:35, Randy (Cap'n) Hook via VirtualVairs wrote:
>> Thank you for your reply.  I sort of figured as much.  Not to 
>> worry-I
>> DO have things opened up considerably.  Not only am I going to swap 
>> in
>> the pg, but I have to get the gas heater out of the other '63.  (I
>> have 2 '63 ragtops)  Unfortunately it got wrecked in Feb.  I 
>> installed
>> the gas heater because I also have headers on the '64 110 in a '60
>> case/cooling system engine in it.  I did this because I wanted a
>> thermostat on the engine.  It also helped that the engine started 
>> out
>> life in a '60 we nicknamed "Rusty".  With a 4spd, Rusty was the most
>> fun corvair I ever owned.  I drove him until the seat broke through
>> the floor.  The engine ran so great it was a natural for the ragtop.
>> Believe it or not, with those headers and 51 jets, I can wind it out
>> to 55 in low before I shift into drive.  What a blast to drive!!!  
>> The
>> replacement '63 ragtop came with a 4spd.  A 4spd is a blast to drive
>> and all, but the money needed to do a complete clutch job is kinda
>> prohibitive. (Over $500, at last c
>>  heck) Plus, we have the clutch cable, disc, and throwout bearing to
>> think about.  Today, I can do a clutch job.  But will I be able to 
>> do
>> one, physically, if needed in 5 years? Or 10? (I'm now 60)  You get
>> the idea.  Since my goal is to drive the wheels off of said car and
>> enjoy the crap out of it for as long as humanly possible, a pg is a
>> much more logical and practical choice.   Thanks again.
>>
>> Randy (Cap'n) Hook
>>> On October 22, 2019 at 6:11 PM Jim Becker <mr.jebecker at gmail.com> 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> The neutral safety switch is also the backup light switch.  So the 
>>> PG dash
>>> harness has two extra plugs wired into wires that would otherwise 
>>> be
>>> straight through. It would be easiest to get/use a PG dash harness 
>>> that
>>> probably will come along with your PG instrument panel.  The manual 
>>> shift
>>> main harness has a plug to go into the manual backup switch.  You 
>>> could swap
>>> in a PG main harness.  But unless you have a lot of tings opened 
>>> up, it
>>> would be easier to just remove the BU switch plug and splice the 
>>> two exposed
>>> ends together.
>>>
>>> Jim Becker
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Randy (Cap'n) Hook via VirtualVairs
>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 4:41 PM
>>> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
>>> Subject:  wiring harness question
>>>
>>> I'm switching my '63 ragtop from a 4spd. to a pg.  I know I have to 
>>> switch
>>> the dash and dash wiring cause of the neutral safety switch, but do 
>>> I have
>>> to switch the main harness as well?  Or would it be simpler to just 
>>> re-wire
>>> what's there already.   Inquiring minds want to know.  Thanx.
>>>
>>>
>>> Randy (Cap'n) Hook
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