First Generation Firebird-L Mailing List ......................................................................... Brett,
Thanks! I noticed the PhotoBucket references say 69. If these pictures are of a 68, may I forward them to American Auto Wire? The schematics show the wires' color and connections, but they don't show their physical place on the car. After having spent a fortune on this Bird I'm doing my best to have the car correct - and running without resorting to Mickey Mouse rigging. Some of you Firebird veterans might have found it frustrating not to have available a complete 68 manual with accurate pictures. I have studied the 68 Pontiac book manual and DVD and have failed to find the wires' actual locations. There must be something out there with pictures of a correct 68 Firebird 400 convertible with quad Rochester, at, ps, pb, pw, and ptop. Again, many thanks for the help. Bo > From: Brett Liukkonen <[email protected]> > Reply-To: First Generation Firebird-L <[email protected]> > Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 19:06:42 -0800 > To: First Generation Firebird-L <[email protected]> > Subject: [FGF] 68 Firebird 400 wiring > > First Generation Firebird-L Mailing List > ......................................................................... > > Bo, the Water Temp sender wire will run along the drivers side valve > cover/intake > coming up from the firewall. You are correct, here are a few shots from a > couple > Original cars and a couple restored: > http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i78/brettNheather/Reference%20Images/6ad7.jp> g > http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i78/brettNheather/Reference%20Images/d801.jp> g > http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i78/brettNheather/Reference%20Images/cff0.jp> g > http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i78/brettNheather/Reference%20Images/205b.jp> g > > And I'm sure you've compared the manual wiring diagrams over and over, and > while > it sounds correct, your obviously not getting the correct voltage needed to > the > coil? Do they provide a schematic with their harness? > http://www.ponti.ac/birdmanual/68wir/68wir2.html > http://www.ponti.ac/birdmanual/68wir/68wir1.html > > Have you checked the grounds for the Horn Relay and the grounding straps for > the > engine & Chassis? Almost sounds like a ground issues somewhere? > > Good luck with electrical gremlins! Maybe they have a tech that can look it > over > at some point? > > Brett - 67 Drop Top 455! > > Subject: 68 Firebird 400 wiring > From: "Bo Svenson" <[email protected]> > > Hello All! > > Please help! American Auto Wire insists that the wire looms/harnesses I > bought from them are correct. I don¹t believe they are. For instance, on a > 400 Firebird w/o ac, should the wires for the water temp gauge and the > cut-off be routed along the upper part of the wheel well under the fender > and be in the same harness as the generator wires ‹ or should they come from > the fire wall and be placed in the Delcotron retainer along the inside of > the driver side valve cover? > > Also, when using the yellow and the pink/black wires provided by American > Auto Wire in their engine loom/harness, and shown as correct in the > literature, I get less than 5 volts on the positive side of the coil when I > turn the key to start (it goes without saying the car will not start). The > car starts and runs quite well when I run a wire directly from the ignition > switch to the coil, at which time I have 12.7 volts at the coil, but I hear > the horn relay click in briefly when I turn the off key ‹ and the engine > diesels/runs backwards (the latter detected by Don Johnson when he did my > carb last week). > > Any ideas, anyone? > > Thanks! > > Bo > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection. > http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141664/direct/01/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Submissions to Firebird-L: <[email protected]> > Unsubscribe from Firebird-L: <[email protected]> > Help: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/firebird/Firebird-L.html> > > Classifieds: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/ubb/> > Owner Pictures: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/show/> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Submissions to Firebird-L: <[email protected]> Unsubscribe from Firebird-L: <[email protected]> Help: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/firebird/Firebird-L.html> Classifieds: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/ubb/> Owner Pictures: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/show/>
