OK, so I thought I would be posting about finishing my engine rebuild. But….while breaking in the cam the car just died, long story short I had/have a short in my ignition wiring…ugh. Anyway, I jumped power from the choke to the coil and finished breaking in my cam – spent the next 5 hours tracing wires and trouble shooting before finding the ignition mess.
This is a 68 and I am uncertain as to how it “should be” wired. The ignition switch has been rewired at some point in its past. It has seven wires running from it about 8 inches and into two plugs (the ignition harness). The wires of course are all red and hard to tell which is which – someone put a lot of thought into that one ! So my question, did the 68 harness plug directly into the ignition switch or was there a set of patch wires between the two?
I think I am going to cut this harness off and solder the wires together in order to make a good connection – then down the road consider replacing the wiring harness. But there are several more pressing items on my to-do list.
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