My Jaguar Adventure Begins

[Deleted member 8987]

What condition is the insulation in?
I run cars much older than yours with original wiring (except for generator to regulator).
The bullet connectors are similar to those used on older US cars, and while they were okay originally, replacement harnesses have been problematical.

Easy fix on all is to slide the rubber sleeve back, solder the bullets into the metal sleeves, and slide the rubber back WHEN COOL!

If you can flex the exposed sections and the insulation is cracked or falls off, yes, a wiring harness.

And now would be a good time.

Did the kit car come with a new one?

US Aftermarket harnesses used to have good installation instructions. If a new harness is set to factory colors, and you have a wiring daigram, laying the harness in place and connecting the right colors to the right loads/switches/supplies is not that hard to do.

 

[Steve]

If the darn city would let us build our garage, I'd have someplace to work on it and be a little more motivated!

You're in Chicago! It's obvious that you are not bribing the right people!

 

[jessebogan]

Almost all of tyhe problems with LBC wiring is the above mentioned bullet connectors and the connecting sleeves. Clean up the ones that you can with fine sandpaper, and coat with a little bit of dielectric grease, and replace all the connectors that you can. They are cheap, and readily available from all of the usuals. If I remember correctly, Rhode Island wiring harness sells the proper pliers to crimp the bullet connectors on with. Not so cheap, but worth it in my book. Otherwise, get solder on bullets, and do it that way. This is probably not a quickie job if done correctly, but doing it now beats an emergency session by the side of the road later. Just my 2 cents.