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Yes. American Autowire provides instructions for kits in our modified restoration and street rod divisions: Classic Update, Highway, Builder, and Power Plus Series. These instructions and schematics will be included in the box with your kit. Should you lose your copy, or need an extra, instructions are available online. You can view, download, and print instructions any time, from your computer or mobile device! Click here to find instructions for your kit.
American Autowire does not provide instructions for Factory Fit® OEM wiring online or in print because Factory Fit® products are a direct replacement to a vehicle’s original wiring. As you remove the old wiring, you can literally plug the corresponding section of the Factory Fit® harness in behind it. However, if you would like a guide to help install your OEM wiring, you can purchase an original factory assembly manual from our webstore here.
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The instruction sheets that are included with all of our wiring kits* (Classic Update, Highway, Builder, and Power Plus Series) are now online! You can view, download, and print instructions any time, from your computer or mobile device!
Click here to find instructions for your kit.
*American Autowire only provides instructions for kits in our modified restoration and street rod divisions. Instructions for Factory Fit® OEM wiring are not provided online or in print because Factory Fit® products are a direct replacement to a vehicle’s original wiring. As you remove the old wiring, you can literally plug the corresponding section of the Factory Fit harness in behind it. However, if you would like a guide to help install your OEM wiring, you can purchase an original factory assembly manual from our webstore here.
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It is important to understand that the Classic Update kits are NOT intended as an alternative to factory OE replacement harnesses. The intention of these kits is for them to be installed in a modified application or vehicle. The Classic Update kits are marketed as complete kits, yes.
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Even a 4-headlight system that is utilizing standard type halogen lamps should be OK with any of our kits providing that you have utilized our dimmer and lamp switches. The current draw on a standard set of 4 halogen bulbs is about 13 amps. With our dual power feeds to the headlight switch, the main circuit breaker is only carrying the load of the headlights themselves, and that breaker and circuit will carry 13 or 14 amps with no problem whatsoever. If you are talking about some other type of hi output lamps, simply calculate the amperage output. If the total current draw is more than about 15-18 amps, an enhancement system may be in order.
Tags: classic, halogen, head, headlight, kit, light, update
Yes, this can be made to work. However, there are a few extenuating circumstances to consider. Read the rest of this entry »
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You must first determine what direction you are going with your project.
Are you replacing or repairing existing wiring? Are you restoring the vehicle to original condition? Do want the look of originality under the hood of the vehicle?
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This is actually far easier than you might have imagined. Our systems all incorporate a light blue “third break lamp” wire which is doubled up with the white “break switch” wire that comes off of the cold side of the brake lamp switch (the orange wire at the switch is the hot side). Simply clip the white wire from that connection and your brake lamps will no longer work through the turn signal switch. Route that light blue “third break lamp” wire to the rear of the vehicle and wire in it into your brake lamp sockets. Next, install the rear turn signal and tail lamp wiring according to our instructions. By doing these few simple things, your turn signals will now work totally independent of the brake lamp switch.
Tags: brake, kit, lamp, light, signal, turn
While there may be a way to make this work, it would be best to utilize the switch that came with the kit. Read the rest of this entry »
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1970-73 Pontiac Firebird Classic Update “Add-on” Kit (part number 510174) retails for $119.00.
Classic Update Kits are one of the most complete kits on the market to “Make Wiring THAT Easy”. This new kit installs in conjunction with our 1970-1973 Camaro Classic Update Kit (part number 510034) for a complete wiring solution for any 1970-1973 Firebird. This new add-on kit includes all of the following unique Firebird features:
• Detailed 10 page full color instructions that include all of the front lamp, rear body, and dash cluster connections that are unique to the 1970-73 Firebird installation.
• Complete stop-tail and back-up lamp pigtail assemblies that include the correct lamp sockets.
• Correct front parking lamp pigtail assemblies for both early (1970 -72 with rubber mold on connection) and late (1972 late -1973 with lamp socket) designs.
• Correct printed circuit board and hard wire connections for both the 1970-1973 Firebird warning lamp and factory rally gauge dashes (including dash mounted tach).
Tags: 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 70, 71, 72, 73, firebird, kit, pontiac
That yellow with black stripe wire is not included in our harness as that wire went directly out to the voltage regulator in a stock FORD application. We do not supply the actual voltage regulator harness wires in our kit, just an accessory keyed 12 volt power feed wire (brown wire 4D at branch #1) to switch the regulator “ON”. As our harness is an updated unit that was meant to be used in a modified car, most people will choose a 1 wire or other type of internally regulated alternator (we recommend a Ford G3 internally regulated unit) in conjunction with a voltmeter to monitor the condition of the charging circuit. In an original application, the check light wire (yellow with a black stripe) piggybacked into the regulator harness if the car was one that was equipped with an idiot light. For your application, you will simply need to run a wire from your voltage regulator “bulb check” connection back into the car and splice it into the yellow with black stripe lead on your 2-wire bulb assembly. The other side should be spliced using the brown wire from our harness to the black with green stripe wire on your 2-wire bulb assembly.
Tags: 1965, 65, alternator, classic, kit, light, mustang, socket, update, wire