Now I'm in for it.

[Aladin Sane]

I am off work the week between Christmas and the new year. I am going to try focusing on getting the new wiring harness pulled in that week. I have landed the fuse block and pulled the wires forward through the firewall, but I need to get all the underdash and rear of the car wires pulled and landed.

 

[Aladin Sane]

Slow progress over the holidays. I did get the horns mounted and wired up. Tomorrow, I hope to finish up the headlights and start pulling wires toward the back.

 

[belmateo]

Good progress Brian

 

[Aladin Sane]

So my wifes project took up most of my time off this week. I did finish up the under hood wiring for the head lights, turn signals and horn, but didn't get much else done. Sometimes it is more important to help with the wifes plans than lock yourself in the garage and knock out some wiring.

 

[Aladin Sane]

This woven split wire loom material works great.

 

[alpine_64]

Looks good clip it up high in the guard udner the rain channel and will be nice and subtle

 

[Aladin Sane]

That is the plan

 

[Aladin Sane]

Good progress today. I finished wiring up the tail lights. One oddity is that I found I have two different tail light housings. In the pic, you can see the pull out type socket that will live on the drivers side rear, and in the foreground, the passengers side will have the type that requires that you remove the entire assembly to access the bulbs. Anyone know which type a series V should have?

 

[hartmandm]

Series Vs came with the Lucas L763 tail light assembly bases, which have the external screw plastic lenses. Remove the exterior screws and plastic lenses to change the bulbs.



The series 4 came with the Lucas L654 tail light assembly bases, which have the interior screw plastic lenses. They came with the loose socket that is in your picture.

Mike

 

[Aladin Sane]

Mine do not have any external screws, and one side has pull out sockets, and the other does not. I wonder if I have older series lenses on the passenger side since that one does not have pull out sockets. You would think that one would have the external screws. Odd.

 

[hartmandm]

The bases have the Lucas part number stamped on them.

It isn't hard to convert an L763 base to be internal screw. One of your bases might have been converted.

Mike

 

[PROCRAFT]

Mine do not have any external screws, and one side has pull out sockets, and the other does not. I wonder if I have older series lenses on the passenger side since that one does not have pull out sockets. You would think that one would have the external screws. Odd.

like mike says some have external screws if you can't remove the Lense, you can't change the bulb. (Especially if the socket is fixed)

 

[alpine_64]

View attachment 27792 Slow progress over the holidays. I did get the horns mounted and wired up. Tomorrow, I hope to finish up the headlights and start pulling wires toward the back.View attachment 27791

Will you be adding horn hole blocking plates.. Worth considering.. Helps the coolign a lot

 

[Aladin Sane]

I dont really want to pull the housing out again until I have to. I guess I could stick my phone in there and get a pic of the back of each. I noticed the lucas name, but did not make note of the part number.

As for blocking the horn holes, I dont plan to, but I will see how my new radiator and giant electric fan work, and if needed, I will block the openings.

 

[Aladin Sane]

like mike says some have external screws if you can't remove the Lense, you can't change the bulb. (Especially if the socket is fixed)

In the one with the fixed sockets, I had to remove the housing and unscrew the screws holding the lenses in place. I wonder if a previous owner drilled holes for mounting screws in the back of the housing with fixed sockets?

 

[hartmandm]

If the base is an L763, then yes.

Also, it is possible to transfer the whole socket assembly from one base to another.

Mike

 

[Aladin Sane]

So I tried the phone in the fender trick, and found of course you can't see the back of the housing. I should have remembered that from when I had the housing off the other day.

 

[alpine_64]

I dont really want to pull the housing out again until I have to. I guess I could stick my phone in there and get a pic of the back of each. I noticed the lucas name, but did not make note of the part number.

As for blocking the horn holes, I dont plan to, but I will see how my new radiator and giant electric fan work, and if needed, I will block the openings.

Wouldn't it be better if the fan wasnt needed.. Or didnt have to run as much?

 

[PROCRAFT]

Wouldn't it be better if the fan wasnt needed.. Or didnt have to run as much?

Here's a tip. the housing is held in/on with wing nuts. get some round knobs from Mcmaster Carr PN# 6046k11 $1.11 each. make life easier.

 

[Aladin Sane]

Thanks Joel. Good idea on the knobs.