ELECTRICAL HELP PLEASE

BU90FF Casual Dubber

24 posts · joined Feb 2006 · 10 Dec 2007, 1:34 pm

#624110

Hey peoples,

I am in need of and electrician who can rewire an oval for me, i did the stupid thing of tearing out all the wiring and now need to redo it all. If anyone can help or knows of anyone that can help plz let me know.

Cheers Zee

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blutopless2 DAMSLO

2,457 posts · joined Jan 2004 · 10 Dec 2007, 2:00 pm

#624112

i take it you wrecked the wiring when you removed it??

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11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 10 Dec 2007, 5:03 pm

#624134

BU90FF wrote:Hey peoples,
I am in need of and electrician who can rewire an oval for me, i did the stupid thing of tearing out all the wiring and now need to redo it all. If anyone can help or knows of anyone that can help plz let me know.
Cheers Zee

You are Lucky, as the wiring in an oval is minimal...
and easy for anyone with knowledge of VW wiring..

Are You a member of Club Vee Dub?

I'm sure someone there could help You...

Lee

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BU90FF Casual Dubber

24 posts · joined Feb 2006 · 25 Dec 2007, 6:45 pm

#625778

hey fellas,

I ended up having a go at rewiring the car myself, not as difficult as i thought but still a BIG PAIN in the bum.

I was wondering if anyone knows how i can test that all is ok without an engine as i don't have one in at the moment.

Is there a way of running it straight off the battery or will it work the way it is if i plug the battery in.

any help or tips would be much appreciated.

Cheers Zee

Merry Christmas and a happy new year

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silver Dangerous when poked

2,169 posts · joined Dec 2002 · 25 Dec 2007, 9:33 pm

#625798

Where in Sydney are you?

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BU90FF Casual Dubber

24 posts · joined Feb 2006 · 25 Dec 2007, 10:35 pm

#625806

i am located in Arncliffe 5mins from the airport

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1303Steve Scirocco Rare

8,650 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 26 Dec 2007, 10:31 pm

#625897

Hi

Are you on Wollongong road? Seen a 2 tone bug getting built plus a Oval in that area.

Just hook up a battery to the system and then plug a test light into the circuits you need to test. Don't use a multi meter, you need the resistance that a test light produces for proper testing.

Steve

BU90FF Casual Dubber

24 posts · joined Feb 2006 · 28 Dec 2007, 7:16 pm

#626111

1303Steve wrote:Hi

Are you on Wollongong road? Seen a 2 tone bug getting built plus a Oval in that area.

Steve

Hey steve,

Cheers for the tip so far everything seems ok.

As for the bugs, yes the oval is mine and the two tone belonged to a friend across the road, he moved to tassy and took the thing with him.

See yas

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57oval Officially Full-On Dubber

305 posts · joined Oct 2006 · 28 Dec 2007, 7:22 pm

#626112

Do you still need a hand?

BU90FF Casual Dubber

24 posts · joined Feb 2006 · 29 Dec 2007, 4:37 pm

#626220

57oval wrote:Do you still need a hand?

Thanks for the offer!

I had a go at it and just finished testing everything. Seems like it is all working so far. Still trying to make the semaphores and indicators work off the same switch, i think i figured it out, im trying to have the semaphores stay up while the blinkers are on.

I will have a crack at it tomorrow. too tired.

Once again thanks for the offer, much appreciated.

Cheers zee

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mackaymanx Custom Title Time!

1,611 posts · joined Jan 2006 · 29 Dec 2007, 5:06 pm

#626223

I wired a morris minor so the semaphores stayed up while the blinkers were on, I think I used two relays to make it work. I can't remember the details as it was about 25 years ago.

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BU90FF Casual Dubber

24 posts · joined Feb 2006 · 29 Dec 2007, 10:28 pm

#626263

yeah, i am going to use 2 relays. i think its the only way

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57oval Officially Full-On Dubber

305 posts · joined Oct 2006 · 30 Dec 2007, 12:30 pm

#626323

You can run the semaphores off the indicator stalk and use the same two wires Black/green & black/white and use two indicator relays to run your other lights. I can also modify semaphores so they can flash with the rest of your lights.

BU90FF Casual Dubber

24 posts · joined Feb 2006 · 30 Dec 2007, 1:40 pm

#626328

that sounds like something worth looking into! would you need to run separate power to the light and a separate line to the semaphore itself?

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57oval Officially Full-On Dubber

305 posts · joined Oct 2006 · 30 Dec 2007, 2:12 pm

#626332

BU90FF wrote:that sounds like something worth looking into! would you need to run separate power to the light and a separate line to the semaphore itself?

You use existing wiring to semphore, when you look at the wiring inside the semaphore you will find ther are to wires soldered together at the top screw terminal. Carefully remove wire from terminal, take off the grey sleave and you will notice two wires soldered together. One is for the coil the other to the light. I put the wire for the light on the lower terminal and the coil wire back to the top terminal. Make sure you insulate the tab which makes cotact with the pin that makes cotact with it when fully open. Know at your speedo remove the indicator light which will have two blue wires conected , run them to your separate indicator relays for your semaphores to flash. If this is to difficult for you, i can modify them for you .