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Hi DoubleChevron,

I got the wiring harness from Autosparks - who don't just do Land Rover wiring harnesses - they do a stack of other brands, including... Citroen.

Here is their website:
Autosparks, World leading supplier of classic car wiring looms

Cheers,
Grey Ghost

PS - Mick maybe my next project should be a caravan... lol

Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

Stand in line. I've got four projects for Tom to complete.


Hey, Tom, do you do caravans?

LOL, happy to help people do their projects as well. The more you do on these things whether their yours or not means you get to know these cars backwards, and become a wealth of knowledge, whilst helping to get more of these old girls on the road!

Originally Posted by grey_ghost

Hi DoubleChevron,

I got the wiring harness from Autosparks - who don't just do Land Rover wiring harnesses - they do a stack of other brands, including... Citroen.

Here is their website:
Autosparks, World leading supplier of classic car wiring looms

Cheers,
Grey Ghost

PS - Mick maybe my next project should be a caravan... lol

After the rave reviews i have heard from others on these guys, i will be sourcing my loom when the time comes.

Originally Posted by grey_ghost

Hi DoubleChevron,

I got the wiring harness from Autosparks - who don't just do Land Rover wiring harnesses - they do a stack of other brands, including... Citroen.

Here is their website:
Autosparks, World leading supplier of classic car wiring looms

Cheers,
Grey Ghost

PS - Mick maybe my next project should be a caravan... lol

Look at that ....

Light Fifteen<br>1950-1951, Autosparks, World leading supplier of classic car wiring looms

my father has an "almost restored" one of these, and he has run ****ty self made wiring harnesses around the place. I'm going to point this out to him.

seeya,
shane L.

Just thought I'd post a few notes on the Autosparks loom. The construction is very good and tough as nails - they will last for ages. The outer woven cover is over a modern insulated wire. In general, everything went to where it was supposed to, but there are a few things to look out for.

For a start the kit does not come with the bullet joiners - either singles or doubles - which you will need plenty of as the different parts of the loom need joining with these as they put the male bullet ends on all the wires, so make sure you order some with the loom or you'll be waiting while you make another order.

Secondly - there are no instructions with the loom, which is not a huge deal as the colour codes are all standard, but the biggest issue I had was working out where the loom sat and ran in various locations as the old loom had been cut out during the disassembly of the vehicle - so make sure you take plenty of pics of your old loom before removing it, it will save you some hours work.

The wiring loom GG bought was designed for an alternator (you can get a alternator loom, or an original Dynamo loom) so the vehicle will become negative earth, but while they left all the regulator wiring out, they also left the wiring for the ammeter out as it originally was, not that it is a huge deal to make an additional wire up behind the dash to get this to work, but the main supply that runs into the dash is a bit short to reach the ammeter.

Lastly, some of the interconnections are left to the customer as to where and how they make them - like the dip switch and indicator interconnections to the indicator stalk. Maybe order some male bullet ends for this, or do what I did and unsolder a few from the old loom and use these.

Only other thing I found wrong was the negative coil supply from the dizzy came up in the wrong spot a and about a foot away from the coil positive wire, which was a bit strange and required extending to get it to work.

Hopefully that will make life easier if anyone else buys one - which if you're looking at originality would be a good thing as they really do look the part.

Edit - just looked at the pic of the wiring and I've make a mistake. . Easy to fix though, and it solves a mystery I had on Sunday.... Don't worry GG - it isn't major or anything that would have caused a short - it is a 2 minute fix.

Originally Posted by bacicat

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Only other thing I found wrong was the negative coil supply from the dizzy came up in the wrong spot a and about a foot away from the coil positive wire, which was a bit strange and required extending to get it to work.
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Where is your coil? I think the original position was mounted high on the bulkhead, but many have been moved to mount on the engine near the distributor.

John

Originally Posted by JDNSW

Where is your coil? I think the original position was mounted high on the bulkhead, but many have been moved to mount on the engine near the distributor.

John

Yep, it's on the bulkhead which is where the wires come out, but no matter where you stick it, either the negative or ignition feed would not reach the coil - they end about 6" apart from each other. And come out of the loom over 1' apart - not in the same place. An easy enough fix, but definitely a miss on the manufacturers behalf IMO.

Hi All,

Not a lot of pictures to show for today - although a lot of little jobs got done, on the step towards finishing Roger... Gav came over and here's a list of what we managed:

* Battery leads made up and installed
* All wiring complete and tested
* Adjusted throttle linkages
* Adapted the steering wheel - so it works with a push button horn
* Fitted push button steering wheel
* Fitted self cancelling indicators
* Replaced some bulbs in the parkers & blinkers
* Replaced a bulb in the indicator mechanism.
* Tested the oil pressure switch - works a charm!
* Tested the horn - MAN it's loud
* Installed the vacuum advance pipe - stolen it from my other Series II
* Fixed some minor wiring hiccups..
* Fixed the Wipac lights - needed to fit washers to the brass connector on each.
* Adjusted the passenger side door - needs a plate made up (my fix didn't work so junked that idea)
* Filled the engine with oil
* Put some petrol in the tank
* Started it..
* Roger LIVES!!!

Here is the final part of the push button horn sleeve - painted:


Here is the steering wheel and indicator stalk installed:


I have probably forgotten most of the jobs that we did - as it is getting closer and closer to being complete....

Thanks again Gav.

Cheers,
The Grey Ghost