[wickdracer]

My car is a 69 camaro I bought about 4 years ago, just started restoring this year. Put in a rebuilt motor, upgraded my distributor to HEI and alternator to SI connector. Tried to fire it up this weekend and no luck, car is completly dead, no power is going to dash engine won't even turn. I'm stuck what do I do? I have so many question on the wiring so I decided to take pictures and label them. Check them out at http://home.comcast.net/~jmp33/wiring.htmI hope you can answer all my question. Thanks in advance.


Manny

 

[Kyvox]

Where to start..............
First of all, it appears that you have a 67/68 front harness (alt. wiring on drivers side).
The 3 terminal connector shown at the battery tray is for the right headlight, not the alt.
Junction block on firewall is for 2 10ga wires - one from battery, and one from front harness.
The one "wire" shown at the rocker cover is actually the oil line for a pressure guage.
I think the best advice I can give is to invest in a new '69 front harness, and engine harness. What you have appears to have been pretty well butchered over the years.
If you're just looking to get the engine started, you can rig it up with what you have, but I wouldn't use it permanently.

 

[click]

You also really need to pick up the AIM Assembly Instruction Manual, our site sponsor sells it, or ebay or other catalogs have it. That has the complete wiring diagram in it and shows the routes the wires take.
My quick glance says, on the fusebox the empty terminals Bat and Ign etc. are extras, nothing needs to go to them. The lps is 'lamps' but the AIM will save you a ton of time, dont embark on that wiring mess without it and as John said, probably time for a complete new harness.
Welcome to Team Camaro too

 

[eville]

Check out these guys at M&H and buy new harnesses. Tell them what mod's you've done to the car (HEI, internal regulated alternator etc.) give them the specifics, console gauges or not, long or short water pump etc.
They'll build your harnesses for you with new fuse boxes. Everything will be right.
http://wiringharness.com/

 

[zdld17]

Can you try starting with a remote starter ? See if starter turns. This may help you isolate your issues. Try hot wiring the ignition and see if you can get fire to dist, if it runs, then back track to see what is missing. Manual clutch pedal switch. Got to have pedal down to start,,, Got hot battry to lights,,, , wire at voltage regulator? etc.

 

[undee72Z]

You should really consider a new harness......Just some info to get it started
Pic 1... Blue and brown are jumpered, jumper the red and yellow also (which is really a white) Blue and white go to alternator, see pic and put some tape on the cut wire from harness, that 10g red is from main splice, it it touches ground you will have a spark show!!!

Pic 2...Blue, white and red is alternator wiring. Looks like the insulation is cut on the blue wire. Wires in upper right need respliced and taped.

Pic 3... Where does the red wire from alternator BAT stud go to, battery?

Pic 4... Connector is for headlight, not alternator. You will need to use the junction block, that red goes to junction block and a fusible link to battery see pic. Be sure to use one with that harness!!!

Pic 5 ...That pic is real fuzzy. It shows a mini starter and the purple is going to the same terminal as the wire going to the starter itself, which would be wrong. Most mini starters don't have the "R" terminal. The purple might go to the empty terminal but I would need a better pic to be sure.

Pic 6... I would need to know where the wires go to give a answer. Ones not even a wire, looks like a oil pressure line for a gauge. When in doubt, don't connect to anything or to ground.

 

[wickdracer]

Thanks guys for the info, at the moment I really can't afford a new harness. I'm in the process of getting a home so I shouldn't even be spending money on this car but you guys know how it is. So I need as much help as I can without having to spending money, next year I'll get new stuff for it.

undee72Z I'll get you a better pic of the alternator, It is a mini starter and you are right I did connect the purple cable to itself, I thought it would be the same thing as the regular starter where the purple cable has to go on the spot closest to the engine. Thanks again I'll try some more tonight.

Manny

 

[greenham]

Did you try the simple stuff first. Check the battery ground cable. Is it secure to a good CLEAN grounding surface? Is it free of corosion on the battery terminal? Next I would check the cables themselves. I had a battery cable corrode from the inside out that had very similar symptoms. When I finally cut the length of the cable it was completely green inside. I put in wew cables and everything was fine.

 

[wickdracer]

Whats up guys thanks for all the help, I narrowed the problem down to the ignition switch. Where else other than autozone can I get this switch. I was hoping to get an AC delco switch not those cheap ones at autozone. Or what do u guys think are those good enough?

Manny