Wiring kit help!

This little 8.00 book is a must have item for anyone "TRYING" to wire a hotrod.

Here's where to get it.
http://www.speedwaymotors.com/Book-How-To-Wire-Your-Street-Rod,2824.html



Here's what it looks like inside.


This 12 pages will help you get this wiring stuff done. Will it provide an in-depth understanding of electricity - absolutely not. You won't be qualified to be an electrical engineer after reading it, but you don't need that. But it will help you get you and your car electrified correctly.


Think of it as a manual on "how to drive a manual transmission" not a how to design a clutch and rebuild a manual transmission.


If you find yourself struggling with a kit, there's no excuse to not spend 8 bucks and save your sanity.

 

I converted a '48 Stude to 12V and really needed a clear schematic of the under-dash wiring, etc because it had been cobbled up by the owner - found a place that had very nice color wiring diagrams for sale very reasonably. I think it was named Cl***ic Car Wiring or something like that and it really helped. I don't have the diagram here at the house but I can run down to the shop and get the correct name, if that would help. I checked just now online and they do have '53 Cad diagrams - the 11x17 laminated one is $17.95 and while the colors in the diagram reflect the original wiring (not necessarily the kit's), it is so clearly drawn that it should help.

 

I've got that booklet...............just were does the power come from or connect to this?

 

The power comes from the headlight switch

 

I know how you feel Bob,
Way back when in the 5th grade I had a similar bewilderment.
It was during *** education cl***. There was all this talk and explanation of cell division caused by the sperm entering the egg. So after absorbing all of this I asked a simple question. I raised my hand and I said this - " I understand all of this cell divisions and growth and embryos and zygote stuff, but how does the mans sperm get inside the woman's body in the first place ?" That teacher never did answer me and I still don't have any kids decades later.

 

I went to Catholic school until the eighth grade, they only told us about the switch that turned the lights on in the room, that is the basic problem I've had all along. Bob

 

LMAO!! Great start to a new year.

 

I am the idiot in the room, but I'm just guessing the switch gets power from somewere, care to explain were that connecton is made?

 

Well, all power originates at the battery, but where the individual circuits get their power depends on how the harness is designed and the components used. But generally speaking, most circuits power will come from the fuse panel to the controlling switch, from there to the individual components.

 

If that is true why not have it stated or drawn on that cartoon drawing?

 

I can't see the detail on that drawing so I can't say... But this is one of the major issues with these 'kits'; they all ***ume a certain minimum electrical knowledge (some more than others) on the part of the installer. If you lack even that minimum, it can seem to be gobblygook....

 

Like has been said before, E-Z wiring kits are not easy, even for a professional. I will only use Ron Francis wiring kits, that is the best kit on the market as far as I am concerned

 

Blue wire (factory) from the headlight switch sends power to the high beam switch, its either in normal mode or high beam mode.

 

Find a wiring diagram for a 70 Nova. All the colors are the same as EZwire,and they show what wire goes where. Generally speaking red wires are power +, black wires are ground.

 

For some reason it seems they all more or less use the GM color code for their kits. Maybe because of the popularity of the SBC? Once you get through one wiring job the next time will be a little easier.

 

GM used the same color code forever. Ford, and Mopar had different codes on different models the same year.

 

Not only this :

But there's a lot of wires in non GM that have a stripe where as GM is solid colors for the most part. So, which do you think is easier and cheaper to get, solid colors or 2 colors one being a stripe & in the correct combination.

As far as the second wire job being easier - yes it will seem so. But the first wiring job was just as easy as the 2nd or 50th, what happened was is that YOU got better educated not the wiring getting any simpler.

 

Look at the wires they should be labeled as to where they go.

 

I just plane don't understand. How can a E-Z Wire be at fault for something you clearly don't understand?
The Wizzard

 

I am far from a wiring expert, but I put an EZ wire kit in my 51 Plymouth with a sb mopar.
17 circuit, all black, but lettered every few inches. Not much trouble except with turn signals.
I used an after market clamp on turn signal, and now the flasher clicks all the time. No
lights flashing, just a little noise. I should call EZ tech line, but for now I just turn up the radio.

 

This is what I'm saying! Either read up a bit on auto wiring like I did or call the EZ Wire tech help line like I did.
I wired my entire car no problem, but I also understood that power had to go TO each switch from the panel and FROM each switch to its intended place.
Not sure why everyone is saying they are hard to install? Wires are all labeled every few inches and if you call during business hours with a question they answer it quickly.


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I do complex wire harness layouts for work and everything has a "from-to" wire list. So along those lines, I'll do an excel wire list for anything I'm working on for my cars. I give every wire a "tag" number and ID it with a Brady wire marker. Maybe a little on the AR side, but it helps me a bunch.

 

Exactly;
If you didn't know how to weld but you just bought the best little welder on the market, took it home , looked at the hook up turn on instructions would you then be able to weld? Hell No. But a lot of people seem to think so.
The Wizzard

 

Poor ****ogy IMO, you can SEE what you are welding, wiring isn't visable except for the smoke and flames. Bob

 

Just because you can strike an Arc and burn rod don't make you a welder even if you can SEE what your doing. Somebody has to help you understand what's going on. That's what I'm saying, You have to understand what's going on before you can do any job no matter what kind your working with.
The Wizzard

 

This is why pencils are responsible for misspelled words

 

Baldwin Park to Chatsworth 47 miles or 50 minutes

 

Whoops

 

I have wired a couple of cars with the EZ harness. My only complaint was that my over 45 yr old vision can't see the tiny writing on the wires worth a damn without a magnifying gl***!
Most any wiring harness/will ***ume the installer has at least a basic understanding of automotive wiring. The exception may be an exact reproduction that has all the correct connectors in the right places and all that is required is to plug things in.