David Owen Posted May 12, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2021 Most people end up with parts left over, I, on the other hand, like to outdo everyone. I have wires left over. I am stuck. LHD car, right hand side of the harness to the lights, I have separated out the headlight wires and the indicator/running light wires. 1) Horn 2) ? 3) ? 4) ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ralph Whitaker Posted May 13, 2021 Report Share Posted May 13, 2021 Someone will no doubt be along to confirm this, but when I re did my loom I found that some wires were duplicated so that one loom worked for both left and right hand drive, and your wires could be the "spares" for the right hand drive steering column wiring. Are they in that general area ? Ralph. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lebro Posted May 13, 2021 Report Share Posted May 13, 2021 What colours are the wires ? Bob Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RobH Posted May 13, 2021 Report Share Posted May 13, 2021 Ralph has got it. Those are spare connections intended for a RHD car. The green/brown goes nowhere and needs to be insulated by pushing it in a bullet sleeve on its own. If 3 and 4 are both green/red they should be connected together I think as that links the indicators front to rear. My RHD car has similar on the left side but there it is two green/white wires instead of green/red of course. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David Owen Posted May 13, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2021 7 hours ago, Ralph Whitaker said: Someone will no doubt be along to confirm this, but when I re did my loom I found that some wires were duplicated so that one loom worked for both left and right hand drive, and your wires could be the "spares" for the right hand drive steering column wiring. Are they in that general area ? Ralph. 6 hours ago, Lebro said: What colours are the wires ? Bob 4 hours ago, RobH said: Ralph has got it. Those are spare connections intended for a RHD car. The green/brown goes nowhere and needs to be insulated by pushing it in a bullet sleeve on its own. If 3 and 4 are both green/red they should be connected together I think as that links the indicators front to rear. My RHD car has similar on the left side but there it is two green/white wires instead of green/red of course. Thank you all. I'll have to look again this evening to make sure I haven't connected a green/red where a green brown should go. 2) Green/brown 3) Green/red 4) Green/brown Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RobH Posted May 13, 2021 Report Share Posted May 13, 2021 Trying to get my head around what the the differences would be if you swap sides....I think I am misleading you with what I said above David, sorry. There does seem to be only one green/red and two green/browns on the RHS. The green/red needs to be insulated (that would be the connection from the control head on a RHD car ). The two green/browns may have to be connected together to loop the flasher unit output over to the LHS. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David Owen Posted May 13, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2021 34 minutes ago, RobH said: Trying to get my head around what the the differences would be if you swap sides....I think I am misleading you with what I said above David, sorry. There does seem to be only one green/red and two green/browns on the RHS. The green/red needs to be insulated (that would be the connection from the control head on a RHD car ). The two green/browns may have to be connected together to loop the flasher unit output over to the LHS. Thank you. I spent about 3 hours trying to figure out what they connected to prior to asking. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David Owen Posted May 14, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2021 Waiting for a package from Le Brocq Motor Sports is like being 5 years old on December 23rd! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hamish Posted May 14, 2021 Report Share Posted May 14, 2021 ooooooooo they look lovely Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David Owen Posted May 14, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2021 (edited) 31 minutes ago, Hamish said: ooooooooo they look lovely Edited May 14, 2021 by David Owen Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lebro Posted May 14, 2021 Report Share Posted May 14, 2021 Package picked up today by DHL, so on it's way ! Bob. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David Owen Posted May 15, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2021 3 hours ago, Lebro said: Package picked up today by DHL, so on it's way ! Bob. Mensch. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David Owen Posted May 15, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2021 On 5/13/2021 at 1:32 AM, Ralph Whitaker said: Someone will no doubt be along to confirm this, but when I re did my loom I found that some wires were duplicated so that one loom worked for both left and right hand drive, and your wires could be the "spares" for the right hand drive steering column wiring. Are they in that general area ? Ralph. Ralph did yo do what Rob suggested with the wires? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ralph Whitaker Posted May 15, 2021 Report Share Posted May 15, 2021 5 hours ago, David Owen said: Ralph did yo do what Rob suggested with the wires? I had my loom stripped apart to renew the outer covering and removed the spare wires completely. Must admit I was a little confused when I found them until I realised what the factory had done and why. Ralph Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David Owen Posted May 15, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2021 4 hours ago, Ralph Whitaker said: I had my loom stripped apart to renew the outer covering and removed the spare wires completely. Must admit I was a little confused when I found them until I realised what the factory had done and why. Ralph So it isn't necessary to loop the two green.brown wires? Just insulate the ends? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RobH Posted May 15, 2021 Report Share Posted May 15, 2021 To be sure on that do a continuity check David from the green/brown wire at the flasher unit to the green/brown feed to the control head on the LHS. If there is no connection try joining those two wires together on the RHS and re-check. There would seem to be no reason to have two wires there except to act as a link from RHS to LHS, as the only place that wire goes is to the control head. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David Owen Posted May 15, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2021 7 minutes ago, RobH said: To be sure on that do a continuity check David from the green/brown wire at the flasher unit to the green/brown feed to the control head on the LHS. If there is no connection try joining those two wires together on the RHS and re-check. There would seem to be no reason to have two wires there except to act as a link from RHS to LHS, as the only place that wire goes is to the control head. Will do. Thanks Rob. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ralph Whitaker Posted May 16, 2021 Report Share Posted May 16, 2021 David, have attached a PDF of the wiring diagram. It is for a RHD car, but it shows 3 green and brown wires connected together on the right hand side of the car. One is from the Flasher unit, another runs up the column to the indicator switch, and the third goes all the way through the loom to the left hand side where in just ends in a connector without being connected to anything. This third wire would be the supply from the flasher unit to the LHD indicator switch. As your car is LHD you obviously need this supply so I would suggest that the two green and browns you have "spare" should be connected together to give you continuity from the flasher unit to the control head on the steering wheel. The green and red is L/H indicators, and on a right hand drive car would take the feed from the wires at the bottom of the column across to the left hand side. On your car the feed down from the column switch is already on the left hand side, so this wire is redundant and can either be taped up, or pushed into a bullet connector to insulate it. Hope this helps, and remember, red to red, black to black, and blew to bits Ralph IMG_20210516_0002.pdf Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David Owen Posted May 16, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2021 3 hours ago, Ralph Whitaker said: David, have attached a PDF of the wiring diagram. It is for a RHD car, but it shows 3 green and brown wires connected together on the right hand side of the car. One is from the Flasher unit, another runs up the column to the indicator switch, and the third goes all the way through the loom to the left hand side where in just ends in a connector without being connected to anything. This third wire would be the supply from the flasher unit to the LHD indicator switch. As your car is LHD you obviously need this supply so I would suggest that the two green and browns you have "spare" should be connected together to give you continuity from the flasher unit to the control head on the steering wheel. The green and red is L/H indicators, and on a right hand drive car would take the feed from the wires at the bottom of the column across to the left hand side. On your car the feed down from the column switch is already on the left hand side, so this wire is redundant and can either be taped up, or pushed into a bullet connector to insulate it. Hope this helps, and remember, red to red, black to black, and blew to bits Ralph IMG_20210516_0002.pdf 705.18 kB · 2 downloads Thank you Ralph. Much appreciated! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David Owen Posted May 17, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2021 On 5/14/2021 at 10:53 AM, Hamish said: ooooooooo they look lovely It's always good to find joy in the great work of others. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David Owen Posted May 17, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2021 On 5/14/2021 at 5:14 PM, Lebro said: Package picked up today by DHL, so on it's way ! Bob. Arrived this aft. Thank you very much. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lebro Posted May 17, 2021 Report Share Posted May 17, 2021 (edited) My Pleasure. Although both senders will work with the gauge, I calibrated it using the top one in the above picture. Re the rev counters, the one with the one piece clamp seemed steadier, Bob. Edited May 17, 2021 by Lebro Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David Owen Posted May 18, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2021 Well.....decided to test the wiring last night. Installed the battery and with great trepidation connected it. No smoke or flames. Sigh of relief. Next step, turn the ignition......the horns went off. My wife thought this was hilarious. So did I at first but after 2 minutes of her laughing uncontrollably and looking like she may asphyxiate herself I started to wonder if I would make the effort to resuscitate her if she did. Luckily I didn't have to make the decision. On the upside the lights work, 1 dash light works, the engine turns over when the starter is pressed and the right rear indicator works. Other than that, more work is needed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David Owen Posted May 20, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2021 Managed to get the apron back on by myself last night. A few more bolts to go but it is fitted. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David Owen Posted May 22, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2021 Question. Is it possible for a flasher to work on one side and not the other? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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