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Happy to help with any electrical questions where I can. Back in the day they did not design the electrical system to be safe, and adding the Lucas electrical problems and poor chassis grounds to the equation just makes it worse.Thanks for the story about your car. I have been making note of your posts about rewiring an alpine. I will make good use of your recommendations when I get my car back from paint in October.
Must have items: A good quality crimping tool, heat shrink tubing to cover connectors, a small heat gun for shrinking the tubing, a good quality set of cutters and strippers. If doing the big battery cables, hydraulic crimpers. Do not solder connections. One other trick - While getting everything working disconnect the batter y and put a small (5A) fuse in series at the battery. If you mess something up you pop the little fuse. After it is all working you can get rid of the little fuse.I too am an engineer, but chemical, not electrical. I am pretty good with electrical, but this will be the first time I have installed a complete harness.