>I bought a new wiring harness from British Wiring (Illinois) and have had
nothing but >trouble. The one they sold me has major differences from the
one I pulled out of my >car. They say that my Series II (Which was built in
France and is a French >Specification car) has a different wiring harness
from a US spec. car? Is this true? >Has anyone else had problems getting a
wiring harness for a Series II? Thanks. >Tom
I thought it would be difficult reproducing just about any automotive harness accurately.
I anticipated having just the grief that you are, so I bought a junk harness from another alpine for spare wire and connectors. The color codes are very similar between years, so the correct colors will likely be present if you can get a SI to 4, but not a S2.
I spliced new wires to repair the usual DPO electrical modifications, and found that there were no overheated of melted wires internally.
The whole harness was opened by removing the PVC jacket back as far as the DPO modified it.
Splicing was done with solder, and a shrink wrap, using the correct color, length and connector end.
After all was done, I used new PVC jacket "NOT ELECTRICAL TAPE" to wind the thing up again.
Looks like new, and functions flawlessly.
Put fuses linline with anything suspect, by making a pigtail fuse with a male spade on one end, and a female on the other. This way, you can have a safe, but otherwise "correct" harness.
Jarrid