The Snakes Alive CMP Wiring Project

[Jacques Reed]

Originally Posted by Keith Webb

Please feel free to share images of original wiring both in situ on vehicles or new old stock if you are so fortunate.

Hi Keith,

Just to kick it off:

Not to be forgotten are the small harnesses on the light switch and Ignition/fuel gauge switch plates.

I have attached a photo of a NOS Ford CMP Ignition/Fuel gauge harness. It is complete minus the bullets. I unsweated the bullets to use on a new harness I made up as I do not trust 70 year old wiring.

The bullets going into the original switches were the more straight type as opposed to the rounded type that were used where it joins the main harness. One is still left on wire No. 45 at top of photo.

Of interest is that wire for the Autopulse (electric fuel pump). The switch plate it came off however did not have that switch fitted so it appears they may have included it in the harness at manufacture just in case.

Hope this is of some interest.

Cheers,

[maple_leaf_eh]

Stop trying to solve other guys' problems. The easiest way to record the wiring panels is to photograph them with a digital camera. There is software that stitches several images together side by each parallel to the plate (to remember an old CBC radio comedy character and his bacon and eggs). The next guy can either use your individual pictures to make his own mosaic, or if he is smart and has friends with a 36" plotter, makes a paper layout on a single sheet.

[Keith Webb]

Jacques, those wires look a bit different to the ones on the NOS looms I have - the attached pic is of the lighting switch loom.

lighting_switch_wires.jpg

Originally Posted by Jacques Reed

Hi Keith,

Just to kick it off:

Not to be forgotten are the small harnesses on the light switch and Ignition/fuel gauge switch plates.

I have attached a photo of a NOS Ford CMP Ignition/Fuel gauge harness. It is complete minus the bullets. I unsweated the bullets to use on a new harness I made up as I do not trust 70 year old wiring.

The bullets going into the original switches were the more straight type as opposed to the rounded type that were used where it joins the main harness. One is still left on wire No. 45 at top of photo.

Of interest is that wire for the Autopulse (electric fuel pump). The switch plate it came off however did not have that switch fitted so it appears they may have included it in the harness at manufacture just in case.

Hope this is of some interest.

Cheers,

[Mike K]

Bill Drew had original Chev CMP wiring looms ( $15 each ), the main long loom with all the shorter off shoots to the accessories. I did buy two many years ago but I resorted to cutting sections out and re-soldering ends on. They were stacked up in the corner of a room in one of the many yards he had around the suburbs.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

For reference, source Mike Reed:

“WIRING HARNESS. Thought to be for the early style cab, 11 & 12 Ford. Never used. 4 switches, 3 light sockets. Metal identification tag C11Q-14401C.“

C11Q-14401C is the latest version of "Wiring - cowl" for the Cab 11 and 12 - ref. http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...334#post222334

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[Dave Schindel]

I have a NOS wiring harness, supposed to fit a F15a cab 11, C11ADF-14401B. If someone can confirm the application of this harness I will take some pics and post them here. I have most of the wires identified and labeled . If anyone knows what the ADF part of the number means that would be great.
Dave

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Dave Schindel

I have a NOS wiring harness, supposed to fit a F15a cab 11, C11ADF-14401B. If someone can confirm the application of this harness I will take some pics and post them here. I have most of the wires identified and labeled . If anyone knows what the ADF part of the number means that would be great.

Dave, the C11ADF in the number designates this is an part for the Ford C11ADF Station Wagon / Heavy Utility.

Good pics of looms on a white (paper) background are always of interest.

Thanks,

[Dave Schindel]

a station wagon................good grief

[Bob Carriere]

The easiest way to record the wiring panels is to photograph them with a digital camera.

How many pictures of my existing loom from a digital camera would be needed to photograph and stitch into a panoramic view in order to rebuild this wiring harness.

It was easier to cut off everything and work from scratch....in my case Phil Waterman made me a harness copied from an existing old wiring harness that was still complete. It made the rewiring a breeze as he had followed the exact color scheme from the shop manual and even used repro connectors with everything soldered. He had so much fun at this very labor intensive project that he has never made another one since........ Lying underneath my truck snaking wires back and forth , guided by a copy of the wiring diagram and working with properly colored wires, I really appreciated the efforts that goes into making a new harness....... and wondered where he found the time and patience to do it so perfectly.