After a bit of procrastinating, and doubting whether I could and armed with the wiring schematic, I decided to pull the wiring out of the ffr.

its a miss mash of bits, some rat chewed, looks like the instrument binacle had been removed by cutting the wires and another put in with straight wiring connectors, at least the colours are the same




anyway have laid it out on the floor and started unravelling the black insulation, ( photo later) it is all becoming more understandable, i have worked out where each one goes, based on the length, and where i think it should connect, then do a colour check to confirm, overall not such a hard job after all, it seems pretty simple, ( time will tell) only a couple of the rat chewed warning light wires need replacing. When i have it all sorted out i'll do a power check on each one. ( i think that what you do) before i put it back in.
The end result makes it a lot easier to do the rust holes.



On another note the lift hooks I got are on, ( thanks mick) made up a jig out of a bit of wood bolted it onto the fixing tabs and bolted the hooks on, then tacked each one into place, then finished off the welds.




john

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96 Discovery 300TDI auto
project 78 HZ 308 wagon aka \'The batmobile\' its going!!
1978 ser FFR the new project
REMLR 253
Got 2 SWB ser 3 now and lots of bits!!
back from the desert for the moment

I very rarely endorse commercial items but this one I found to be exceptional for my needs!
While wandering around 'Primex' the other week or so I stumbled upon some "Rescue tape". Magic stuff it is for wiring looms. Normal insulation tape bleeds after a while and the tape shrinks exposing gluey bits which in turn attract dust and end up looking pretty shocking. This stuff is in actual fact a self amalgamating tape with no adhesive whatsoever, but it adheres to itself rather than the object it is protecting and 'self amalgamates' into a pliable shield around looms etc. If you stretch some around your finger and amalgamate the ends, after a minute or so, it joins and then you simply roll it off and 'voila' you have an "O" ring, and it will eventually amalgamate into this new form.
Check it out on- Rescue Tape Australia - Home I hope it is of some use to you.
Regards
Glen

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On that Rescuetape... the aussie distributor is local and a D2 owner... and offers a 15% discount to club members

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Who - where - how much???

I need some... Don't know what for yet, but I know I need some...

Rescue tape (and I think there are others with different names) is good, albeit expensive, but be careful to get rid of as much dust as possible before bringing the rescue tape near the job - the dust stops it from amalgamating. Also needs to be dry, but at least you can dry the water off it - dust seems to be permanent.

John

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I have used Self Amalgamating Tape from Jaycar Electronics

not sure if it's the same as "rescue tape" but works well

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thanks Glen, you obviously almost had your finger removed by that demo at primex. ( BTW its Wild Wear and from Bunyips camping in their workwear range.)

Yes I thought about it at the time, while I was trying to get the stuff of my finger. The demo I saw was in the shed ( maybe he is the aulro bloke josh is talking about) But didn;t like the idea of having to cut it off. Probably ok for small jobs but i wouldn;t use it on a long loom, maybe better on short lengths. I will stick with the non adhesive loom tape thats on it ( thats if I can get it).

Yesterday i laid it all out on the floor of the flat, ( its handing having another residence, close to the shed, and the mrs doesn;t comment on what I am doing)




anyway i fiddled , bent poked made diagrams, refered to the schematic, checked my box of wires, cut and shunted a few connections soldered others( forgot i didn;t have heatshrink) did a side by side changeover with another dash i had, worked a few wires out, and all I have to do now is replaced a couple of rat chewed wires on the ign and oil press lights and its done ready to be rewrapped.
I checked the continuity( is that the right word) for a couple of the switches and they worked,
had to go back and forth into the shed to get and check the other bits of the loom I had left in there and nearly stepped on this bugger, he was out early. Normally travells through during the night, the dog kennel is used for landy bits now!!




its getting wild kingdon time again, our one eared koala was back the other afternoon sitting in the front yard.










forgot to ask and didn't get a photo of it but there is a blue round thing coming off the back of the regulated supply( 10V) box on the back of the speedo it goes to earth does anyone know what it is and what it does?

john

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North Coast NSW
96 Discovery 300TDI auto
project 78 HZ 308 wagon aka \'The batmobile\' its going!!
1978 ser FFR the new project
REMLR 253
Got 2 SWB ser 3 now and lots of bits!!
back from the desert for the moment

probably just a capacitor to smooth out any spikes in the power supply

Ok, and it does go to earth off the input power side, at least thats what it looks like, the wire is busted before i reconnect it i needed to know what it does.


john



ps just had a look at the first loom photo the one with my boot in it, you can see the regulator is the blue thing just above it, the dark green wire in on the left is power in off the fuse panel and there is a connection next to it which i think the 'capacitor' goes into, the out goes to the two gauges.

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North Coast NSW
96 Discovery 300TDI auto
project 78 HZ 308 wagon aka \'The batmobile\' its going!!
1978 ser FFR the new project
REMLR 253
Got 2 SWB ser 3 now and lots of bits!!
back from the desert for the moment

another question for any ser 3 rewirers, what did you rewrap the loom in. I am trying to keep it looking like it came from the factroy, but , today went to an auto electrician and electrical supply and a spare parts place looking for non adhesive insulating material, the closest i could find was the electrical version of rescue tape and roll on heat shrink.
The auto leccy knew the stuff i want but didn;t know where to get it.
The only thing i can think of doing is getting that spiral stuff then covering it in the sticky black tape,

anyone have an ideas???



john

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North Coast NSW
96 Discovery 300TDI auto
project 78 HZ 308 wagon aka \'The batmobile\' its going!!
1978 ser FFR the new project
REMLR 253
Got 2 SWB ser 3 now and lots of bits!!
back from the desert for the moment