The Sniper's Nest


Loving every minute of it



oh the humanities



You see here an example of the hackery found in the Cambridge. Someone in the past had spliced a new wire a piece of original wire. You can see the original wire has it's insulation falling off and an insulated crimp style butt connector was use. At the very least someone could slide some heat shrink over that old wire. Shame, shame and shame.



I'm seeing a pattern here



Here we see two crimp type bullet connectors and a Scotchlok splice grafted onto the original, and failing, tail light wiring.



Let the good times roll



I had planned to update the Cambridge to 12 volt negative ground so that I could put AC in at a later date. But the hackery seen prompted me to just do it now. Speedway to the rescue with a 22 circuit wiring harness kit.



Well, that's peculiar



The big chunks



I started ordering parts for the conversion and rewire. Here you can see the LED headlights I went with as well as the voltage regulator, ballast resistor and 12 volt starter solenoid.



working on it



I didn't take pictures of all the parts I ordered. Here we see the ballast resistor, voltage regulator and starter solenoid installed and wired up. New battery cables were purchased from NAPA and went bolted in I made sure to remember the change in polarity. Red now goes to the starter solenoid and not the block.



Headlights



These are the GE Nighthawk lights I installed. All wired up as are the running lights below.



Something not quite right here



This is the original 6 volt coil installed by someone prior. Something here is not correct. All I did here was remove the wiring to the positive terminal, prearation for replacing the coil. The negative terminal is wired to the points. If you look close you can see the new wiring below the positive terminal, all crimped, soldered and heat shrunk.



more details



Tail lights



Here we see the tail light housings after I removed the lenses and bezels. Over spray, which tells me she's been repainted. You can see the remains of the original wiring in the housing. Both issues need to be addressed.



Better idea



Unlike a certain Dearborn manufacturer, my better ideas tend to actually be better. Here we see the rear housing cleaned up, the inside painted white to assist in reflecting the light where it needs to go. A new grommet has been installed.



Missing Wallace



Speaking of grommets, someone hacked a big old hole in the firewall when they installed that other harness. I had to find a big grommet to cover that up and allow for the new harness to pass through. Found one at a 4x4 shop. In this shot you can see the harness is wrapped in actual wire harness tape and no, electrical tape is not it.


wire harness tape

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