[DeTomaso] Seat belt interlock box?

corey price coreyjprice at gmail.com
Sun Aug 7 00:04:59 EDT 2011


Thanks for the response.  The pictures of the wiring are on my blog:

http://pantera1998.blogspot.com/2011/08/wiring-harness-genie.html

You can see the starter interlock box in the last picture.

I'm not worried about the copper nor the push-on connectors. I'm more concerned about deterioration of the insulation on the wiring. 

Corey



On Aug 6, 2011, at 7:11 PM, SOBill at aol.com wrote:

> Corey,
>  
> At http://www.panteraplace.com/Electrical/STARTER%20INTERLOCKS%20AND%20OVERRIDE.pdf you will find a diagram of the starter interlock circuitry.
>  
> To totally bypass the interlock, in the front truck at the bracket with the Red Button, jumper the two Red wires together.
>  
> Rewiring the whole car is a major, major job. Changing the battery cables is a much more doable task. 99% of wiring problems, in my experience, are due to corrosion at the connectors. You will find that the copper in the wires is just like new. Since the Pantera is wired with crimp style, .25 inch push-on connectors I would clean/replace the connectors in any system which is causing trouble.
>  
>  
> Have fun today,
> 
> sobill at aol.com
>  
> In a message dated 8/6/2011 3:51:33 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, coreyjprice at gmail.com writes:
> My wiring harness has the starter interlock button and a big yellow box with the number D4AB 14A554 since it's from a later model '74. I would assume that this is the seat belt interlock controller box, right?  Does everyone junk these boxes?  The circuit board is corroded at the terminals, but otherwise looks brand new.  I'll have to post a link to the pictures of the wiring harness...  I pulled the wiring harness out of the box and it now looks like I've let the genie out of the bottle.  Cut wiring here and there, cracked insulation, etc.  
> 
> Anyone advise against a total re-wire using a modern hot-rod or muscle car wiring harness?  The cracked insulation on major wiring like the battery cables kinda gives me the "willies."
> 
> Corey
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