Hello My Name is Tony and I have DWD, caught a bad case in the electrical way Options

[TonyAKAVW]

So the car that I'm doing my Subaru conversion on just had a major setback tonight. My body wiring harness is no longer installed (for the most part). I pulled the wiring from the front trunk and also from the dash area. Its going to get stripped of wiring that I don't need, and I'm going to add wiring that I do need that isn't there.

For instance:

Deleting:

> fresh air blower wiring (I'm going to weld over the fresh air inlet and not use it.

> side marker wiring (not using)

> dome light (not putting in a backpad, going to do something else for light)

> heater controls (Ripped out stock heater controls, going to do a custom variable speed control for the dual blowers that I'm going to install someday)

> Door switches (I consider this excess, useless wiring)

> Seatbelt relay and Logic relay (again, useless to me)

Probably more too...


Adding:

> OBD II wiring for Subrau engine up to dash board

> harness wiring for Subaru ECU (going to be mounted between seats at the firewall, on the floor.)

> wiring for windshield washer pump

> 12 volt distribution for engine bay, front and rear trunks and under the dash (for stuff like tools, etc.)

> DC and AC wiring for power inverter (to power a laptop, etc.)


So like I said I caught a bad case of Dirk Wright's Disease. I've taken it upon myslef to redo the wiring instead of use what was probably a 99% functional body wiring harness. Luckily most of the wiring will stay the same, but the way I do the fuses and relays in the cabin will change considerably.

I know I'm not the only one here who does this sort of thing. We need a 12 step program.



-Tony

[TonyAKAVW]

I'm NOT ALONE!!! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smilie_pokal.gif)

Anyway, I figure that I will do something similar to my engine bay box that I built for the relays and fuses. I'm going to definitely use the blade type fuses, and modern relays. For switches, I will probably use rocker type switches, 2 and three position depending on the application. There are some nice smooth rocker switches out there now, that look better than the old style. I'll either pick these up at a FLAPS or from an electronics component distributor. No more 914 style pull switches for me.

I'm also thinking of using the ignition switch as just a steering column lock and having a seperate ignition button and accessory power switch, also a kill switch. Those igniton switches have a tendency to go bad after time.

I'm also going to change the wiring for the turn signals and brake lights to switch ground rather than positive voltage because I'm going to replace the flasher with an electronically controlled FET switch.

I will be drawing a lot of schematics soon. I have the factory manual so i will be taking those schamtics and using them to draw up my own. I'll try to post what I can.


-Tony