The Great Pumpkin - '71 Duster

Got the harness out yesterday. Managed to get it all untangled and separated. There was a lot of stuff that was unused which I took out like the radio and heater harness. Some of it will be a P.I.T.A. to put back together but it will be a good thing in the end. This was something I'd wanted to do for a while now. Hopefully I won't have to mess with it when it's all done.

The one main thing about the OE harness is that everything is all bundled together and wrapped as one giant log with branches coming off of it for various things. Since there is so little in the way of accessories in my car I figured it was best to have individual circuits instead of one unwieldy assembly with a bunch of extraneous stuff hanging off it. It will certainly be easier to service if needed and I can route things as I want them.

I might even ditch the OE fuse block and use the aftermarket one I have. The advantage of that is that it uses blade fuses and has more connections than the original. Not sure on this one point though since it will probably wind up being too much to figure out.

Just about everything else is finished though, my punch list is considerably shorter than what it was during the summer. I have to make one part of the fuel line from the t-bar cross member to the pump and one trans. cooler line from the case to the frame rail. When it goes back on the ground I have to adjust the ride height and get the alignment close then it should be ready to fire up. Just in time to put it away for winter!

More to come.