Wiring (so far)

The Autosparks loom has been a pleasure to work with. Some wires appear to be longer than needed here, but only by a little, and may well be due to the particularities of this vehicle, but I'm happy as  I'd rather have wires too long then too short!

This Land Rover had flashing turn signals, the panel switch for which is not accounted for in the loom, and the necessary wires (braided) have now been ordered. A thorough examination of the loom shows that I'll be needing another 17 single (two-way) and 3 dual (4-way) connectors, plus four of the loop connectors are too small for the bolts on the attach points here (eg. dynamo and oil pressure connections) and will need to be replaced. The fork connectors for the headlight dimmer switch are not the right type for the unit installed, and so three spade connectors will need to replace them.

First challenge was to get the panel wires through the bulkhead. However, by taking the grommets off the loom, inserting them into the holes in the bulkhead, and then pushing the individual wires through, it went quickly, only taking about 10 minutes. Everything else starts from there.

The silver unit lying down in the gauge compartment is the flasher regulator. Oil pressure and water temp gauge is now hooked up. Flasher panel is just installed while waiting for new wires. Will have to be careful to take into account the need to pass the heater tubes through there.

A look from the other side. Just about everything here is done, just a couple of grounds and a replacement wire from distributor to coil are needed, and have to tidy some things up. Haven't connected the wires yet that extend to the back of the vehicle. The Kodiak heater will have it's own setup.

Just some connectors salvaged from the original loom. Appear to be in good shape with hardly any corrosion, but will be cleaning them throughly anyway.

Main panel underway. Key switch and panel lights are to the right. Very happy I took lots and lots of photos before taking everything apart.