wiring

[Graham Hore]

Murray, There used to be a bloke in Perth who made TC etc wiring looms, perhaps a call to Mike Sherrell or Harry Pyle could point you in his direction, if he is still doing looms. Regards Graham Hore, Melbourne, Australia

[Nancy Seabrook]

Murray & Group, We purchase dashboard wiring harnesses from Rhode Island Wiring for the dashboard jobs that we do & they are excellent. They can be found on the web at: www.riwire.com Craig Seabrook Whitworth Shop Novelty, Ohio TC/0911

On Apr 10, 2007, at 11:52 PM, Murray Arundell wrote: > Team, > > Now that our National Meeting is over for another year I am getting > the TC > ready for a bit of overseas touring in New Zealand next year in order > to > attend their Nat-meet. One of the jobs on my list is the dashboard. Am > currently having a new one made to match the timber grain of my > Mota-Lita > Steering Wheel. As part of the exercise I am going to clean up the > wiring > behind it which got a little "frizzled" during a heavy rain-storm one > day. > Can the collective wisdom of the list tell me if its possible to buy > a new > wiring loom for the dash area only or does one have to replace the > whole > thing? > > Murray Arundell > > Brisbane Australia > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[squeaky_isabella]

Hello Group, Has anyone made a record and description of how the TC wiring harness is installed, location of the clamps etc.,etc? We are struggling a bit getting my new harness in place. Bjorn

[anngene@bellsouth.net]

Bjorn askes: "Has anyone made a record and description of how the TC wiring harness is installed, location of the clamps etc.,etc? We are struggling a bit getting my new harness in place." Bjorn, Look at "TCs Forever", page 254...that should give you a start. Gene Gillam Saucier, MS

[squeaky_isabella]

Hello responders et al, Chip and I worked on installing the British Wiring Harness in TC 7773 today and managed to finish the job. Some observations and questions: The harness is thicker than what was in there originally, believed to be stock, making it hard to pull it through the holes provided in brackets etc. Could be done though, but is a two man job, pulling and pushing at the same time. The separat harness for the tail lights and flashers offers more than apple length and if used as is calls for storage somewhere under the frame. Where? British Wiring did not include a wiring diagram and guidance for the installation of the harness. Sure would have been appreciated. Why not? Bjorn, TC 7773 Silverton, Oregon

[joecurto@aol.com]

Bjorn no one provides that sort of information, it would take an incredible amount of knowledge of every car that they make a harness for for them to do what you are asking as well as probably a book the size of War and Peace to keep it in. Most professional restorers take lots of pictures before removal and then they still ask questions Joe -----Original Message----- From: squeaky_isabella bklingenberg@verizon.net> To: mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:54 pm Subject: [mg-tabc] Re: Wiring Hello responders et al, Chip and I worked on installing the British Wiring Harness in TC 7773 today and managed to finish the job. Some observations and questions: The harness is thicker than what was in there originally, believed to be stock, making it hard to pull it through the holes provided in brackets etc. Could be done though, but is a two man job, pulling and pushing at the same time. The separat harness for the tail lights and flashers offers more than apple length and if used as is calls for storage somewhere under the frame. Where? British Wiring did not include a wiring diagram and guidance for the installation of the harness. Sure would have been appreciated. Why not? Bjorn, TC 7773 Silverton, Oregon ________________________________________________________________________ More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://webmail.aol.com

[Arnold Parlee]

Hi Bjorn, I am faced with the same problem in the future. TC's forever is written in Australian and the short description is difficult at the best to understand. Don't mind those other guys, they just guessed the routing when they did theirs. From looking at other cars (some original) the extra wiring at the front and back was just run back and forth on the front and rear spreaders and tie wrapped in place. Mind you they did use an original type of tie wrap that I believe is still available. I think it was made from thin metal. That is all I know.....everything. Arnold TC0580 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Bjorn Klingenberg]

Well, I confess I'm an engineer who just like to have things properly documented so here I am with a car that does not come with a workshop manual and no records of how the wiring is installed. OK, so that is part of the charme and challenge of these vintage things I guess. In truth, the only real problem fitting the new harness was the fact that it was thicker than the original. Pulling the lead through the headlight bracket was really tough. My fingers are still sore. Bjorn TC7773

----- Original Message ----- From: Arnold Parlee To: mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2007 8:52 AM Subject: [mg-tabc] Re:Wiring Hi Bjorn, I am faced with the same problem in the future. TC's forever is written in Australian and the short description is difficult at the best to understand. Don't mind those other guys, they just guessed the routing when they did theirs. From looking at other cars (some original) the extra wiring at the front and back was just run back and forth on the front and rear spreaders and tie wrapped in place. Mind you they did use an original type of tie wrap that I believe is still available. I think it was made from thin metal. That is all I know.....everything. Arnold TC0580 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Sally Carroll]

I have the original Instruction Manual for the TC, 1954 edition, 5 "KEY" pages which on quick scan contain the same info although W. Number diagrams change pattern, the KEY Codes are the same. In the TD factory workshop manual the key is the same BUT with the addition of 2 extra keys #65 Dark Green & #66 light Green. Blower's does not show the extra 2 items for the TD. AND the diagram and key are not separately shown for TF. but have notations to dippers and turn signals. . . In my later edition of Blower's (the green soft cover 1970 version) I find changes listed . . from TA thru TC W70482 (SN 3414 forwards) the same then a change occurs which now matches the Above instruction manual. This information is consistent with the 1957 (RED book Hard cover edition) Herein lies a discrepancy. . but it seems the SN 3414 and forward is W70482. and is shown for W75841 marked as TC 1948/9 Export USA. All the keys in the instruction manual for TC share the color codes, but Blower's has earlier version diagrams marked TA or TB and TC 3414 onwards and is NOT the same. . . I can scan any which are of help on request. . . I cannot 'read' the diagrams. .but can read some of the circuit numbers. .At the time of publication the cost of actually color coding the manual was not even considered making it hard to follow for the non-electricians. Does anyone remember the costly transparency overlay color sheets some manuals had? They were in sales brochures, of some other cars . .. My education on the subject of 4 stroke engines came by way of such a booklet made for Hillmans in the 50s. Sally ---------- ---------- No dangerous virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.233 / Virus Database: 270.10.8/1898 - Release Date: 01/16/09 15:09:00 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Bob Alley]

Years ago I wired my TC with turn signals using a diagram that had a single relay box like the TD. My harness has all the wires needed. Does anyone have a copy of this diagram I seem to have lost mine. All the diagrams I see on the web use 2 relay boxes. Thanks Bob [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]