The "sticky" thread appears to be closed? OK, so I guess I am continuing here.
The last weekend before the Dixie Tour was supposed to be an easy one. Install the battery and run the last of the wiring, mount seat and steering wheel, do final checkout and check the alignment. A leisurely weekend's work.
Well, that was the plan. Then things starting going wrong. Once the new battery was installed and wires connected, weird things started happening. Like the fuel pump running with the master switch off. The ECU powering up with the master switch off. Huh? How could this be?
Thus saturday afternoon I began the trouble shooting. None of the electrics made any sense. I worked for a couple of hours with the ohm meter and finally gave up and started ripping the wiring harness apart. Since most of the harness had been out for the interior repaint, I assumed I must have pinched it somewhere thus shorting between circuits.
With the harness completely disassembled and finding no faults, I looked elsewhere and eventually found a bad relay. The fuel pump relay was internally shorted. WTF??? Never seen a relay fail like that before.
So Sunday morning I bought a new relay and started putting the harness back together. Finally, with everything back as it should be, I found the "little" battery won't hold a charge? WTF??? So now I have to scramble and get a new battery ordered and shipped in by Wednesday so I can leave early Thursday for Cecil.
The (not quite) finished passenger side. Note additional ballast brick and the offending battery fitted but various ground wires unattached.
The redone cockpit.
Revised dash, if you want to call it that. The tach sure looks lonely.
-Steve
The last weekend before the Dixie Tour was supposed to be an easy one. Install the battery and run the last of the wiring, mount seat and steering wheel, do final checkout and check the alignment. A leisurely weekend's work.
Well, that was the plan. Then things starting going wrong. Once the new battery was installed and wires connected, weird things started happening. Like the fuel pump running with the master switch off. The ECU powering up with the master switch off. Huh? How could this be?
Thus saturday afternoon I began the trouble shooting. None of the electrics made any sense. I worked for a couple of hours with the ohm meter and finally gave up and started ripping the wiring harness apart. Since most of the harness had been out for the interior repaint, I assumed I must have pinched it somewhere thus shorting between circuits.
With the harness completely disassembled and finding no faults, I looked elsewhere and eventually found a bad relay. The fuel pump relay was internally shorted. WTF??? Never seen a relay fail like that before.
So Sunday morning I bought a new relay and started putting the harness back together. Finally, with everything back as it should be, I found the "little" battery won't hold a charge? WTF??? So now I have to scramble and get a new battery ordered and shipped in by Wednesday so I can leave early Thursday for Cecil.
The (not quite) finished passenger side. Note additional ballast brick and the offending battery fitted but various ground wires unattached.
The redone cockpit.
Revised dash, if you want to call it that. The tach sure looks lonely.
-Steve