Coil Wiring

[mezy]

Thanks mezy! I'm not sure about the choke. I replaced the carb a few weeks ago with a Williams Custom carb.

The final opinion is that this is truly a mystery wire! Seriously, the mechanics never found where it was supposed to have been attached. Consensus is that it was not attached anywhere on the other end - just lying up in there and eventually vibrated its way free, shorting on the manifold and blowing a fuse. Don't ask me why the terminal end was still connected to the coil!

The wiring in general, but especially under the dash and fusebox, is a total mess. Apparently when the engine swap was done years ago, they didn't replace the old fusebox, they added a second one! Wires are going everywhere - jumping from one to the other, etc... It was highly recommended that we go ahead with new wiring. I agreed to it. The new wiring harness was placed on order today and should be ready in 5-6 weeks. I knew this was coming, but wasn't thinking I would do it this quickly. What I wanted to do is replace the dashboard, center panel, glovebox, and trim, etc... at the same time we did the new wiring.

The only dashboard replacement options I've seen (ahspares & moss) are the woodgrain. Does anyone know if there are any other options out there? Maybe somebody does custom work in this area?

Thanks again for all the responses,
Tim

good luck with the wiring Tim, hope the loom goes in trouble free,
When i do my dash on the Panther, I will be making my own as it will be impossible to get an original, and i want it laid out my way.
I intend to make it from two layers of marine ply with the clocks sunk in, and will then be using an old bath tub to hydro dip it with burr walnut film, and then deep lacquer.