[DeTomaso] Wiring harness for 72 pantera
Charles Engles
cengles at cox.net
Wed Jan 16 20:02:08 EST 2013
Dear Lynn: I like your attitude. You should do well with your Pantera.
Chuck Engles
-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at poca.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at poca.com] On Behalf
Of Lynn Wall
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 2:26 PM
To: MikeLDrew at aol.com; detomaso at poca.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Wiring harness for 72 pantera
Almost everytime I restore a car I end up chasing demons that are caused by
40 year old wiring.
Admittedly the previous cars have been relatively simple compared to the
pantera however I almost always default to a new harness so I don't need to
chase down mystery items that end up being things like cracked insulation or
a weak connector that leaves me broken down in seedy parts of town while
trying to give bikini clad women in nice jackets a ride home.
I have found that swapping them out during the restoration is usually less
work than trying to fix them later. However, I am always willing to learn
and am VERY open to suggestions. (which is why I end up in seedy parts of
town with bikini clad women in nice jackets looking for rides home.)
Lynn
From: MikeLDrew at aol.com [mailto:MikeLDrew at aol.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 1:06 PM
To: lwall67 at gmail.com; detomaso at poca.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Wiring harness for 72 pantera
In a message dated 1/16/13 11 49 19, lwall67 at gmail.com writes:
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.
>>>Just curious--what is inspiring the replacement of your existing harness?
I replaced my stock '72 harness with a stock '74 harness because it seemed
to be a reasonable thing to do at the time, as a few wires had burned on my
original harness due to previous owner buffoonary. But in retrospect it was
a lot of work for not much gain, and I would have been smarter to just
repair those sections that needed work and leave the rest alone.
There are a couple of philosophical flaws with certain elements of the car's
stock wiring scheme (headlight and fan circuits specifically), but bolt-on
or DIY solutions are available to simply deal with those without disturbing
the rest.
Unless your car was parked underwater, I find it difficult to see
justification for the work and expense of replacing the entire harness, so
I'm interested to hear your perspective?
Cheers!
Mike
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