So, the saga continues. first, before I reinstalled the column, I had to replace the turn signal switch, as you can see my old one was McGyvered!
Here is a quick view of the old and new steering shaft, since I was there anyway. The u-joints on the old were quite stiff.
Old
New
So back to the saga, I bought the new dizzy, and while I was waiting for it to arrive, I decided to get the wiring ready. First I removed the MSD box and wiring, and since the tach was triggered from the box, I had to trace the wire back to the harness, as the MSD was on the passenger side, and now with the new dizzy, it will be triggered from the coil. So while I am tracing, I find a red wire that was tied in to feed the MSD ignition power (switched), but didn't know where it came from. So the sleuthing begins again.
I find the red wire turns into a white wire
And the wire was overtaped to the existing harness, once that tape was cut, guess what I found?
You guessed it, more bare wire...
The wire was originally black, and went from 1 side of the harness to the other. Once I got the harness opened up, I found out it was the ground for the voltage regulator.
So here is what was left of the ground
So now that I have opened up ALL of the harness, I believe I have cleaned up all of the "issues".
BTW, I did find that the tach signal wire had been spliced under the dash, so I was able to open that up and re-connect. The arrow point to the new connection before I taped it up.
So now I have switched power and tach trigger over at the coil, I can button the wiring up and continue to get her back on the road. I will probably install the new Petronix tomorrow, if I get some time.
Jim