65 Series I Underhood Wire Harness
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65 Series I Underhood Wire Harness
I have an under hood wiring harness from a 65 Series 1 slant 6. In the same bundle that the coil leads are in, there is a red lead that is not marked. Is this the lead to the distributor?
Thanks for clarifying.
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Thanks for clarifying.
- EM
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Re: 65 Series I Underhood Wire Harness
The distributor is only connected to the neg terminal of the coil. That wire is direct between the two and is not in the harness. A red wire goes to the pos terminal of the coil and that is the only harness wire that has anything to do with the coil.
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Re: 65 Series I Underhood Wire Harness
Understood but I already have leads that are marked for Coil Neg and Pos (Sorry but I don't have the lead color with me currently). With that in mind, what is the red lead that comes out of the same bundle?
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Re: 65 Series I Underhood Wire Harness
Oil pressure sender, water temp sender, alternator + and field.
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Re: 65 Series I Underhood Wire Harness
I already have water temp and alternator battery and field leads isolated so that leaves oil pressure but isn't that a pressure tube (and not a wire lead) to the sending unit at the back of the block?
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Re: 65 Series I Underhood Wire Harness
If its a sending unit, its an electronic gauge and needs a wire.
A tube is for a mechanical gauge and just connects directly to the block - no sending unit.
A tube is for a mechanical gauge and just connects directly to the block - no sending unit.
Re: 65 Series I Underhood Wire Harness
is it possible the truck you pulled the harness from had a tachometer ? that wire is usually from the coil..
or maybe it was upgraded from points to pertronix ?? that setup would add an extra red wire to the distributor
or maybe it was upgraded from points to pertronix ?? that setup would add an extra red wire to the distributor
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Re: 65 Series I Underhood Wire Harness
Did you compare it to the factory manual diagram?
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Re: 65 Series I Underhood Wire Harness
I'm going there next Wally as apparently I haven't been clear in this post.wally426ci wrote:Did you compare it to the factory manual diagram?
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Re: 65 Series I Underhood Wire Harness
I reviewed my shop manual and a couple of other wiring schematics ON-LINE and strangely, the only "Yellow" colored leads I see in these are for various lighting circuits. The yellow lead I'm trying to decipher is definitely an OEM lead and comes out of the original firewall bundle into the engine bay (I bought my truck from the original owner and it is 100% original and untouched). I tried to do some looking on the cab side but could not see where that lead goes.
It would be great if the owner/s of a 64-65 D100 with slant 6 could quickly check under their hood to verify the yellow wire exiting the firewall into the engine bay and where it goes. I should mention that I do not see an oil temp lead (supposed to be white). I do wonder if this "yellow" lead could be for the oil temp but the color doesn't look like a white that has yellowed with time. It looks like a very uniform yellow that was always yellow.
Thanks for your help guys.
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It would be great if the owner/s of a 64-65 D100 with slant 6 could quickly check under their hood to verify the yellow wire exiting the firewall into the engine bay and where it goes. I should mention that I do not see an oil temp lead (supposed to be white). I do wonder if this "yellow" lead could be for the oil temp but the color doesn't look like a white that has yellowed with time. It looks like a very uniform yellow that was always yellow.
Thanks for your help guys.
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Re: 65 Series I Underhood Wire Harness
Pull your instrument cluster(easy to do) and see if it is the wire attached to the oil gauge. If you have an oil pressure sender unit, u MUST have a wire for it!
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Re: 65 Series I Underhood Wire Harness
I also vote for oil pressure sender that started out as white and has yellowed.
I have the same as yours, except late 65. I have removed my harness for a rewiring project. Here is photo of the white/yellow wire exiting the harness:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/gxgpiqdgaj2gk ... 4.jpg?dl=0.
I think all of the greasy dirt on the connector confirms it went to the oil pressure sender.
If you keep going down this part of the harness, you get to the wires going to the coil, alternator and water temp sending unit.
I have the same as yours, except late 65. I have removed my harness for a rewiring project. Here is photo of the white/yellow wire exiting the harness:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/gxgpiqdgaj2gk ... 4.jpg?dl=0.
I think all of the greasy dirt on the connector confirms it went to the oil pressure sender.
If you keep going down this part of the harness, you get to the wires going to the coil, alternator and water temp sending unit.
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late 65 (titled as 66) D100 SWB 225-1, 3 speed, 3.91
driving it since 12/03/71
late 65 (titled as 66) D100 SWB 225-1, 3 speed, 3.91
driving it since 12/03/71
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Re: 65 Series I Underhood Wire Harness
there is a yellow wire w/ black tracer for A.C. trucks for the compressor clutch that routes with coil, temp sender, alternator etc.