<VV> "funny" wiring question

[Mark J. Murphy]

After having sifted through the wiring on too many cars that were supposedly
running before they got to me (but which I never saw run) nothing surprises
me any more.  I've also seen too many clueless people hack and splice
harnesses with whatever wire they had available (one replaced every line
from apparently a single spool of baby blue) to trust colors on what sticks
out of the ends of the tape.  I'd ring out each line, or better yet untape
the whole harness to see what's what and fix the "twist and tape" patches
with solder and shrink tube.  In the long run this will save you lots of
grief.
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      ,-----___\----,    Mark Murphy
      \--(o)----(o)--'  Derry, NH, USA
    http://m.j.murphy.home.comcast.net/
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <GYoungwolf@aol.com>
To: <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
Sent: Monday, July 05, 2004 4:29 PM
Subject: <VV> "funny" wiring question


> I have a '65 140 that will fire off nicely and immediately stop. I
suspected
> the coil and started checking the wiring diagram and comparing the actual
> wiring. I found something that looks "funny". The wiring diagram shows a
#20 brown
> wire to coil+. What was actually hooked to the coil+ was a blue wire that
> should have been destined for the oil and temperature sensors. I stripped
some
> insulation off the loom from the main connector and finally found the
errant
> brown wire spliced to one that goes to the license plate light. Could the
engine
> have run this way? (Was supposedly running before coming in for an engine
> replacment).