With the rewiring kickstarted and a few components wired in under the dash, I moved to the rear of the car, with the intent of getting the lights wired up and the wire runs established in order to not have to keep the side panels and door jamb panels off too long. There would be several wires that have to run through the channel on the driver's side door. Because of the way the turn signal cam is situated, a long time ago when I tried to resurrect the flimsy multi-contact switch, I ended up adding a second light socket. There was only one socket in place with a two-filament bulb in each housing. The taillight would operate on its own but the other filament of each bulb is shared between the brake lights and turn signals, being switched between the circuits via the turn signal cam switch. I bypassed this by just adding another light socket to there would be three sets of filament to use instead of two. I'll definitely be keeping this layout, but in the meantime, I'd have to get wires established for all three circuits. I would have to hook up color coded wires for each socket so I can match up those specific colors to their respective switches in the car. I also wanted to add a circuit for the back up lights and of course the fuel sender when I do put a fuel tank in. Right now I was going to put an electric fuel pump in but I may check to see if the pump cam is still in place on the camshaft to see if I can drop a mechanical fuel pump back in place. Anyway, once all the wires were established, I zip tied everything together and used wire retention brackets to hold the wire bundle neatly in place along the rear of the trunk. The side panels and trim were also put back in place.
With the wires for the rear all in place, I started getting those respective wires established where they can be hooked up to the fuse box. The taillight wires staged where the headlight switch would go. The brake light wire was routed and hooked up to the brake light switch, with the other side connected to the fuse box. The future back up light wire was staged where it will be further connected to and routed over to the shifter later. The turn signal light wires were routed up towards the gauge cluster and over the steering column because the next order of business would be to get the wires on the back of the gauge cluster hooked up and mapped out so they can be hooked up to their respective points in the wiring I had already established. The wires were hooked up among the gauge wires where they needed to go, like the temp and fuel gauges were hooked up to the on board voltage regulator then the input connected to a length of wire to be hooked to a switched 12v fuse. All the dash lights were hooked together with a shared output and added to with an extra length of wire to hook up with the taillight wire from the rear and further to the headlight switch when I do put one in. The wire for the high beam indicator was added to and staged to be hooked up later when I install a floor dimmer switch and the rest of the headlight circuit. The turn signal wires, which actually both route to a single indicator light to show that the turn signals are on, were hooked up with extra wire. With all these wires hooked and bundled together, I routed the wire bundle through the hole in the dash panel and staged the gauge cluster against the dash panel. I left enough wire to allow me to pull the gauge cluster out and not yank out any wires. When the gauge cluster is put back in place, the excess wires would be folded neatly to allow the gauge cluster to be seated in place. With the gauge cluster wired up, there's not much else I can do under the dash until I grab some more components. I need a headlight switch, ignition/starter switch, even a SPDT switch to use for a makeshift turn signal on the steering column, the same way I rigged up the Elco and the Rustang, to do away with the flimsy turn signal cam. To complete the dash/gauge cluster hookup I'll have to establish the wires from the front of the car next. I have to get wire runs for the Duraspark system, starter solenoid, temp and oil senders, voltage regulator/alternator, and headlights/turn signals. I really don't want to mount the gauge cluster until I have the rest of the circuits wired up, as its actually easier to reach into the area when I have access through the dash opening.
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