[DeTomaso] Wiring harness for 72 pantera

[Will Kooiman]

The Pantera Electronics fuse box by Jon Haas is fantastic.

When I did mine, I cut open every bunch of wires, cleaned them up, and
replaced any problems I found.

I discovered that the wiring quality was pretty good, all things
considered.  A couple of connectors were bad.  One wire had corroded
within the insulation.  It was the big red wire to the starter relay.  One
wire had shorted at one time, so the insulation was melted.  Some
insulation had cracked and the wires were almost touching grounds.

My point is that the wiring design is pretty decent with the Pantera,
especially when you replace the fuse box.  You don't have to redesign it
from scratch.

You can also do the headlight relays or better Jon Haas's headlight
controller.

While I was messing with wires, I removed the seatbelt buzzer wiring.

And, of course, I tested everything.  It gave me peace of mind, plus I
learned a bit in the process.



On 1/16/13 3:28 PM, "Corey Price" <coreyjprice at gmail.com> wrote:

>Lynn,
>
>You may want to consider the ISIS wiring system.   I sold my '74 harness
>and will be using that system to wire my car.  I didn't want to sort thru
>gremlins of a harness that doesn't fit my '71 and was sitting in a box
>for years.
>
>Corey
>
>
>On Jan 16, 2013, at 12:49 PM, "Lynn Wall" <lwall67 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> All,
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I am looking for a wiring harness for my car.  I have checked Painless
>>and
>> American autowire.  Neither have a pre-made kit.  The American Autowire
>>kit
>> is probably the most user friendly of the options I have found.  You can
>> download the PDF at
>> http://www.americanautowire.com/kit-instructions/?show=10
>> 
>><http://www.americanautowire.com/kit-instructions/?show=10&s=500695&find=
>>any
>>> &s=500695&find=any
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Basically this kit comes with the fuse block several switches that I
>> probably won't need and 15 pounds of color coded and labeled wire.  I
>>would
>> mount the block and then run everything from the device to the block.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Painless offers a generic 18 circuit option that they think would work
>>as
>> well.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I also know that several of the members of this list forget more in a
>>day
>> than I will ever know about Pantera electronics and would love to hear
>>their
>> thoughts.  If any of you know a better solution I would love to hear
>>that as
>> well.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Lynn 
>> 
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