Just one day's work

I worked on the Cobra one day this week, and completed a little of the wiring. I spoke to the owner at Haywire, the maker of my wiring harness and got clarification on my alternator exciter wire. It turns out the the mystery connector on that wire was to be connected to a matching one on a wire coming out of the harness that was hidden when I checked for it before. Once I knew how it connected it was pretty simple to thread it through the firewall and terminate it where it belongs. I also learned that the little bump a few inches from the connector end was a covered diode. The diode is a protection on the wire that keeps power from backflowing, like a one-way resistor.

The voltage regulator is now done. I added one additional wire from the alternator field terminal to the voltage regulator and I ended up running some convoluted tubing down the inside of the engine bay on the passenger side to act like a conduit. I also ended up shortening some previously run wires that had too much slack. Next up, I will have to finish the MSD ignition box and starter motor wiring, figure out the wiring I will need to run down the driver side engine bay for things like the horns, the radiator fan, etc. Shortly after that I can mount the fuse box and move onto the dash wiring of the gauges.

My camera seems to be unable to transmit pictures, so don't expect much for a while. I can take them with my good laptop, but that is cumbersome, and I don't like to take it into the garage.