I am restoring a BJ7 and I am in the process of fitting a new wiring loom and electrical components before fitting the engine.
I am definitely no bright spark when it comes to auto electrics and have stumbled very quickly onto my first problem.
The main part of the loom starts behind the dashboard and connects up all the instruments and switches, before going through the bulkhead to the engine compartment.
I was doing fine until I wanted to connect the starter switch and starter button. According to the wiring diagram these are served by three white wires, one brown and one white and red.
I have located this bunch of wires, making sure they go to the right places using a multimeter.
My problem is that I cannot understand why these are located on the other side (engine side) of the firewall/bulkhead and are, of course, much too short to come back through the bulkhead to connect to the starter switches. The loom comes with a large grommet in place so can only go through the bulkhead to the first big branch, therefore cannot be fitted wrongly. I also checked with the old loom (taken out by someone else) and it appears to be the same.
I could just extend the wires back through the bulkhead but something tells me I am doing something wrong ....can anyone advise?
Mike
I am definitely no bright spark when it comes to auto electrics and have stumbled very quickly onto my first problem.
The main part of the loom starts behind the dashboard and connects up all the instruments and switches, before going through the bulkhead to the engine compartment.
I was doing fine until I wanted to connect the starter switch and starter button. According to the wiring diagram these are served by three white wires, one brown and one white and red.
I have located this bunch of wires, making sure they go to the right places using a multimeter.
My problem is that I cannot understand why these are located on the other side (engine side) of the firewall/bulkhead and are, of course, much too short to come back through the bulkhead to connect to the starter switches. The loom comes with a large grommet in place so can only go through the bulkhead to the first big branch, therefore cannot be fitted wrongly. I also checked with the old loom (taken out by someone else) and it appears to be the same.
I could just extend the wires back through the bulkhead but something tells me I am doing something wrong ....can anyone advise?
Mike