Melbourne URGENT HELP wanted with installing wiring loom!

[Hebe]

Hi,

I got a new wiring loom from the UK for my Series 1, 88", 1958. The body and all parts are repainted, reconditioned, regreased, engine is out and ready to be put back in.

But, trying to figure out the wiring loom by myself is not really working out that well.

For someone who knows what he is doing this is maybe an afternoon. For me.... it can take weeks. I am partially colour blind and with the loom in parts, the wiring colour codes, and the diagram it doesn't make it easier.

Is there a good samaritan out there who has experience with wiring looms or electrics in general? Anyone willing to give me a hand to bring it back to its original glory?

Anyone who can help me this coming weekend (23, 24 Oct 2010) to get the wires connected?

Or can you recomend anyone I could (affordably) hire for (half) a day?

Car is currently in friends their paint shop in Oakleigh. If you can not do weekends but a weekday let me know asap and I will take a day off work.

Any help/suggestion/referral is welcome!

Thanks,

Kris
UPDATE: Thanks everyone, found someone to help me out.

[Hebe]

Hi,

I got a new wiring loom from the UK for my Series 1, 88", 1958. The body and all parts are repainted, reconditioned, regreased, engine is out and ready to be put back in.

But, trying to figure out the wiring loom by myself is not really working out that well.

For someone who knows what he is doing this is maybe an afternoon. For me.... it can take weeks. I am partially colour blind and with the loom in parts, the wiring colour codes, and the diagram it doesn't make it easier.

Is there a good samaritan out there who has experience with wiring looms or electrics in general? Anyone willing to give me a hand to bring it back to its original glory?

Anyone who can help me this coming weekend (23, 24 Oct 2010) to get the wires connected?

Or can you recomend anyone I could (affordably) hire for (half) a day?

Car is currently in friends their paint shop in Oakleigh. If you can not do weekends but a weekday let me know asap and I will take a day off work.

Any help/suggestion/referral is welcome!

Thanks,

Kris
UPDATE: got someone to help me. Great response guys, thanks.... and everyone still welcome to have a look...

[Blknight.aus]

while I cant make it down what we can try is this...

Put a small wrap tag label on all the ends of the wires and label them in a way that you can understand

take a series of pics of the loom from a large over view of it all layed out flat on the ground zooming in on each main sub section and its terminators

scan the layout pages that typically come with the loom and then someone on here can make up a patch over sheet for you to work from.

Ive done it before, its not the fastest way but it does work. (it also leaves a history online for those that follow after you.

pics while your putting it in and hey presto you now have an online tutorial on how to install a wiring loom.

[Hebe]

while I cant make it down what we can try is this...

That is a good idea indeed. However, I did start already and put in the main part of the loom. Some of the wiring I did label, but a lot I just couldn't figure out. Makes me also doubt myself with the ones I already did. Some I just numbered start and end as I had no clue what they belonged to.

Indeed I should have made pictures of the Loom from the start. It would be good to have an online tutorial. However, now I don't want to remove what I put in already.

I want to finish this as soon as possible, because I am using space at my friends place for this. Otherwise I would wait until next weekend and make the pictures of what I have so far. I would even go back and remove what I did to follow your suggestions. But I am under pressure from two sides, one they need the space back, two I want to get it finished asap. After this I need to bring it to the engine reconditioning guys to put the engine back in.

I will make pictures next weekend, but I hope someone can come and help then, or before????

I will try to make a tutorial from that as to help others.

[slug_burner]

I am not colour blind but have not put a loom back into a series one yet. If you need some one to read the colours I could probably spare a couple of hours.

If the documentation is any good I would back myself to get it sorted.

[Hebe]

Hi Slug Burner,

Great thanks for the offer. I will PM you and discuss day, time and contact details.

Meanwhile, if anyone else has electrical or wiring loom experience please do not hesitate to join us.

And anyone else who is just interested and wants to have a look in preparation for his/her own project is of course always welcome...

Kris

[fraser130]

I recon if you can spare a wife/partner to come to my place and keep mine company(2 kids, one neary 3, the other 12 weeks), I'd be happy to help sort it for you!

not kidding,

Fraser

[Walster]

Hebe,

PM Sent, I can help out next Sunday

Regards

Wal

[Hebe]

Hi Wal,

Thanks for the assistance. I will PM you to discuss things further.

[Hebe]

Hi Fraser,

I know what you mean. I had planned to have my Land Rover finished ages ago. But last March we got a baby girl and its kinda hectic...

Lucky me, my wife nand daughter are now abroad visiting family. But when they come back the whole family comes.... So now is the time to finish my other love...

I have found help thorugh this forum and must thank everyone here for being a good sport and all.... ha ha ha...:)

Soon you will see the Dutch guy with his Land Rover at the usual events and BBQs... Bring the kids.... I will...

[digger]

probably not the time to ask but....

if you get a chance I could do with a copy of the wiring legend etc
that came with your loom (mine came sans 'guide'!)
(unless someone has a good clear readable one they coud send me?? please??)

thanks & good luck!

Digger

(PS chew on some of that Dutch licorice while you work that should keep you thinking!!!)

[p38arover]

Threads merged. Don't post the same question in multiple areas.

[Hebe]

probably not the time to ask but....

if you get a chance I could do with a copy of the wiring legend etc
that came with your loom (mine came sans 'guide'!)
(unless someone has a good clear readable one they coud send me?? please??)

thanks & good luck!

Digger

(PS chew on some of that Dutch licorice while you work that should keep you thinking!!!)

No Problem!

PM me your email address and I will make a scan of the diagrams etc. Is it OK if I do this Saturday or Sunday, my papers are with the car at the moment.

I will host them somewhere and link them to here for other readers as well.

There is of course the workshop manual scan (pdf) that can be found. However, I do agree that the colour coding is not always clearly legible in it. I do have an original book and will make some good scans from there.

[260AC]

Hi Hebe,

I am back 'home' in Melbourne for three weeks staying in Caulfield.

More than happy to come and point you in the right direction with the loom and done quite a number of them over the years.

Cheers

[Hebe]

Hi all,

Everyone.... thank you so much for the posts, PMs and help. Last Sunday was a nice sunny day which we spent in the shed putting in the last of the loom.

I have to thank Slug_Burner, 260AC, and last but not least Walster for helping me out.

Especially Walster was kind enough to spent almost the whole day with me and he showed in-depth knowledge and a perfectionist approach I much appreciated and admire.

In fact, I feel a bit ashamed, guilty and a bit of a looser now, standing mostly on the sidelines and assisting where I could. :( But I learned a lot :)

This coming Saturday I will make the final preparations for the engine to be put back in. I will then also take some time to make pictures of the newly fitted loom. This will hopefully assist others in the future.

Again, thanks guys....

Kris on behalf of Hebe.

[Scallops]

Hi all,

In fact, I feel a bit ashamed, guilty and a bit of a looser now, standing mostly on the sidelines and assisting where I could. :( But I learned a lot :)



I know what you mean, Kris. :) I'm a mechanical novice too, but as you say, with the help of other kind souls, we less knowledgeable ones learn stuff too - and hopefully, we might be able to pass that on to some new green fanatic (as we were) down the track - what comes around goes around. :)

Glad to hear you had a win - well done team.

[Blknight.aus]

with the help of other kind souls, we less knowledgeable ones learn stuff too - and hopefully, we might be able to pass that on to some new green fanatic (as we were) down the track - what comes around goes around. :)

Glad to hear you had a win - well done team.


and thats the nuts and bolts of the landrover ethos and the main reason I do what I do.

Knowledge is like a foot print, if you know the way and you go there leaving your foot prints behind you others will follow encouraged by the fact that someone has been this way before so it must be achievable. Later people who follow may never see or know the person who left the first track but the knowledge is still there.

[slug_burner]

Mechanic, author and philosopher. Is there anything your not Dave?