Last Saturday the Scout 80 moved under its own power for the first time in 12 years. I had to have a little help from a mechanic friend of mine, but after he adjusted the timing the S80 took off. I took her to a car wash (with my brother following close behind so that no one would rear-end me) and attempted to de-grease the transfer case.
After driving her around for about 20 minutes, I finally put her back up on jacks and started the next exciting phase - the wiring. I have an initial sketch of the dash I want to make and I have started looking for aircraft toggles and led indicator lights. (I plan on replacing all of the original switches with toggles ).
I have also been searching various sites for good advice when doing a rewire. I bought 8 or 9 100' ft spools of different colors of 14ga wire. I will try to make my own harness. Based on stuff I have found from searching, I plan on replacing each circuit, one at a time, and testing that circuit before I go on to the next. I will probably get an old fuse box from a salvage yard and most of my switches connectors and led's from www.delcity.com .
If you have done a rewire lately, and you have some good advice, or if there is something that you would do differently if you had to do it over again, do me a favor and let me know. Also, feel free to link me to your favorite posts on re-wiring if they helped you (I may have missed it). If you have another good source for leds and switches, I would also like that advice (btw- based on my searches, I know that many of you like mad electrical. I am going to use them as well).
Wish me luck. I hope I dont screw this up.
Matt F.
p.s. - I was very pleased with the scout's stopping power after I completely replaced the brakes from the new mc all the way through the new wheel cylinders. The steel brake lines I got from Back Country Binders worked perfectly.
After driving her around for about 20 minutes, I finally put her back up on jacks and started the next exciting phase - the wiring. I have an initial sketch of the dash I want to make and I have started looking for aircraft toggles and led indicator lights. (I plan on replacing all of the original switches with toggles ).
I have also been searching various sites for good advice when doing a rewire. I bought 8 or 9 100' ft spools of different colors of 14ga wire. I will try to make my own harness. Based on stuff I have found from searching, I plan on replacing each circuit, one at a time, and testing that circuit before I go on to the next. I will probably get an old fuse box from a salvage yard and most of my switches connectors and led's from www.delcity.com .
If you have done a rewire lately, and you have some good advice, or if there is something that you would do differently if you had to do it over again, do me a favor and let me know. Also, feel free to link me to your favorite posts on re-wiring if they helped you (I may have missed it). If you have another good source for leds and switches, I would also like that advice (btw- based on my searches, I know that many of you like mad electrical. I am going to use them as well).
Wish me luck. I hope I dont screw this up.
Matt F.
p.s. - I was very pleased with the scout's stopping power after I completely replaced the brakes from the new mc all the way through the new wheel cylinders. The steel brake lines I got from Back Country Binders worked perfectly.