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[sibhs]

Hi guys, Can some post a pic of this harness plug for an LJ GTR or XU-1. It's the one the interior light and rear harness join to. There should be a difference from this 'S' version. Ta. Marty

Edited by sibhs, 04 July 2014 - 06:13 PM.

[sibhs]

This is a great little task for this week-end.  Only for the guys who have the harness out of car or hanging down.

 

Thanks

Marty

[Ice]

I will try and get you a pic today Marty one of my mates is out of the car

[sibhs]

Thanks Gene, can always rely on you. (Thumbs-up)

[MustardGTR]

Marty, Photo of the harness/ wiring from my Adelaide 5/73 GTR.

 

[Ice]

Beat me to it

[sibhs]

Thanks Aleks, not what I was expecting.

Do you have a boot light?  Trying to see how that joins in at that point.

 

Marty

[S pack]

Marty, the boot light plugs into the tail light wiring harness tucked up inside the right hand rear qtr panel.

[sibhs]

Hi Dave, the wiring diagram indicates a seperate orange wire from this harness to globe. 's' rear harnes has no constant power feed.

[S pack]

Sorry Marty.

 

When the boot lamp is fitted as an accessory it is connected into the rear park lamp circuit. When factory fitted it connects to the interior light and brake light power circuit.

 

Just thought in your application connection into the park lamp circuit, as in an accessory installation, would be easier.

 

Cheers

Dave.

[sibhs]

When have I taken the easy way Dave?  :-)

[MustardGTR]

Marty, how correct do you want to be with the harness? Your harness is circa 72 which appear different to that of a 73 Torana S.

 

Here is a photo of a late 73 S harness. Note the orange wire(s) are present in the "J"  terminal of the main body harness connector. All you would need to do in this case is run a orange wire from the "J" terminal of the rear body harness connector (currently missing) back to a boot light, etc

 

 

 

Possibly two, maybe three options here....................................

 

Option A - Acquire a 73 GTR harness

 

Option B - Marty's Repo - Someone may have unraveled all the the wiring in the main harness and can advise on how/ where the orange wire(s) are connected i.e intent of original topic.

 

Option C - Simple Fix - it is possible to "adjust" the wiring so that it looks correct from the outside and has all the functionality of a GTR. Downside is you may not be able to live with the thought that it's a work-around. LOL    

[sibhs]

Great pics Alecs, I think option B.  I've got more research to do before this happens.

 

Thanks

Marty

[sibhs]

Worked it out, with your help and others. This part of diagram showed the boot orange wire joining a brown wire that is connected to light switch. with the word accessory in the brown wire. <br />This is a diagram for two different cars. One with orange all the way to front harness is factory wired. Brown wire from globe to rear harnes indicates it was fitted on as accessory.

[MustardGTR]

That diagram is not correct for a 73 car, particularly how the orange wire enters/ exits the Body Wiring Harness Connector. I know your diagram comes up in this forum  but what is the source and what model is it for i.e LC?.

 

The 73's are more like a LH (diagram below). You only need wire into the "J" terminal of the connector i.e. 2 x orange "in" to a common spade (you can see this in photo above) and 1 x orange "out" and run back to boot light.

 

And goes without saying you don't need to wire in the "accessory" option.

 

[sibhs]

Hi Aleks, the harness is a 72 s but making it a 73 GTR. Therefore the orange wire from globe to harness letter J is the go. Cheers. Marty