Been redoing my NEW 68 gasser electric harness and have a few trivial / curiosity questions:
1) My harness from the dash panel uses a plug in connector right where it enters the engine compartment and then the wires go wherever they need to go. My harness was laying on the intake manifold and wrapped in some new electrical tape so I took it apart and sure enough several of them had the insulation melted off and were hanging on but a strand or two. So I will repair that but my question is where should the harness be laying? I see several clips on the underside of the hood and am thinking the harness should be hanging from that not laying on the manifold but I cant find any pictures that show the inside of the engine compartment and how the wiring harness is run. I then thought that is where the Poof Meter cable should go but again no real pics to show me how it should be.
2) There is one wire that comes form the dash and goes to the ignition coil, but before it gets to the coil it gets split into 3 wires that are encased in a plastic like tube. The tube is broken in several places and I can clearly see 3 conductors that have like a cloth insulation. At the end of the tube exits only 1 conductor, with that cloth like insulation, and then to the coil. It all works OK but I am VERY curious as to what that is all about ! It clearly looks factory original but really strange.
Any help greatly appreciated
Alan
1) My harness from the dash panel uses a plug in connector right where it enters the engine compartment and then the wires go wherever they need to go. My harness was laying on the intake manifold and wrapped in some new electrical tape so I took it apart and sure enough several of them had the insulation melted off and were hanging on but a strand or two. So I will repair that but my question is where should the harness be laying? I see several clips on the underside of the hood and am thinking the harness should be hanging from that not laying on the manifold but I cant find any pictures that show the inside of the engine compartment and how the wiring harness is run. I then thought that is where the Poof Meter cable should go but again no real pics to show me how it should be.
2) There is one wire that comes form the dash and goes to the ignition coil, but before it gets to the coil it gets split into 3 wires that are encased in a plastic like tube. The tube is broken in several places and I can clearly see 3 conductors that have like a cloth insulation. At the end of the tube exits only 1 conductor, with that cloth like insulation, and then to the coil. It all works OK but I am VERY curious as to what that is all about ! It clearly looks factory original but really strange.
Any help greatly appreciated
Alan