Ford Blitz Restoration/Rebuild

[Private_collector]

With the gearbox work done, I attached a couple of parts that arrived in the mail this week.
Junction block NOS.jpg
This NOS junction block is a perfect fit, despite being from another type of MV.
Rear brake hose 1.jpg Rear brake hose 2.jpg Front brake hose 1.jpg Front brake hose 2.jpg
The post-office pickup slip description which I thought may have been the long awaited wiring loom, actually turned out to be these two brake hoses, in a very well packed (and somewhat enlarged) box. This pair of hoses are the ones that go to front & rear axles. They were custom made in USA, and cost $50.00 including shipping, for the pair. They even came with the locking clips and copper washers. Now that I have seen the quality, i'll call the supplier and order a new pair for the front axle to wheel cylinders.

I had initially offered the local brake repair shop the job of making these (and two others), and I left a sample hose with them so they could get the right ends. That was 7 weeks ago now............Their loss!

I should actually have gotten more done this weekend, but we bought a new ride-on mower on Saturday, and I decided to tidy up the place first. This one goes a number of times faster than the previous, lethargic one. That includes in reverse too!! Naturally, when Gympie finally secures the Hardie Ferodo 1000 (or whatever Bathurst is called now), I shall enter immediately. In the years BC (Before Children), my wife & I took a detour to Bathurst while on a driving holiday, for the purpose of trying our new sports-car on the track. Well OBVIOUSLY I didn't make too much of a point of the track trying bit. As it turned out, I was saved from a very expensive speeding ticket by another motorist who flashed his lights to say there was a police radar set up on the downhill straight! For you foreigners, the 'Bathurst 1000' is a 1000km race on a closed public road that then becomes the racing circuit. Keep your NASCAR, our vehicles can turn right, as well as left!

[Private_collector]

It's here!

Wiring loom 1.jpg Wiring loom 2.jpg Wiring loom 3.jpg Wiring loom 4.jpg

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Tony

Tell us more about your wiring harness supplier, there are so few of them around that actually can or will duplicate CMP harnesses.

Please, as you get into laying out the harness and installing it take lots and lots of pictures.

Look forward to seeing this major step in your restoration process.

Cheers Phil

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Phil Waterman

Tell us more about your wiring harness supplier, there are so few of them around that actually can or will duplicate CMP harnesses.

Hi Phil,

See Sources for wiring looms for a listing of suppliers, including vintage wiring harness in Australia
Note: when clicking on the links to the related threads, please substitute .net for .org in the URL.

HTH,
Hanno

[Private_collector]

Will do, but first I have to find more information on the exact positioning for each wiring section.

Some time ago, there were some photos posted by Keith, with regards to wiring running along the chassis, and that is the only part I can be sure about for now.

Should have some photos that help. Just a matter of sitting down & looking through them for clues. Then of course there are the various manuals I have bought over past 2 years.

I had a good look at a number of the individual sections of the loom last night. They are best described as WOW! Fantastic quality and excellently built. You no doubt already know I have no time for poor quality service or materials. The guys at Vintage Wiring Harness are very easy to talk to and certainly know their stuff. The build quality is superb. Everything is just so neat and tidy. At less than $600 for the harness (before GST/VAT) they are also very competetive.

http://www.vinwire.com.au/

[Bob McNeill]

Tony All the wiring harness that Vintage have supplied to us for several vehicles have come with instruction sheets, and the best deal we got was to send "old harness " and they rebuilt it to new condition at about 1/2 cost, admittingly they were post 1960 vehicles but still cotton wrapped. highly reccomend.

[Private_collector]

Originally Posted by Bob McNeill

Tony All the wiring harness that Vintage have supplied to us for several vehicles have come with instruction sheets, and the best deal we got was to send "old harness " and they rebuilt it to new condition at about 1/2 cost, admittingly they were post 1960 vehicles but still cotton wrapped. highly reccomend.

Maybe I should clarify. A set of instructions was sent with the wiring. A photo of that is in my post of 1900hrs, yesterday, 4th pic. That information relates to the assembly of the individual components of the set into the complete wiring harness. Each wire package is labelled as to it's purpose. This can be seen in the 3rd photo of same post. Each individual wire is numbered. The number labels can be removed without problem or residue. Though i'll test that in practice, at a much later date!.

There was no possibility of me supplying an original harness. There was very little of the original one to salvage, and it was heavily caked in oil and mud. The new harness is reproduced from an original harness that the company obtained years ago. I have no fear that there will be errors, but should an issue arise, there is support from them to rectify. This is one of those times when I was glad to spend such a sum of money, in order to get the finish I want.

The information I need to find is the physical routing of the wires themselves, not how they go together. Vintage Wiring Harness has taken all the angst out of that.