Samplingman
Old Man with a Hat
Yes, I have all three of those. Excellent reference guides, but not very descriptive. Coupled with the FSM, I can figure most everything out.
Resurrection of my 1970 Chrysler 300 Convertible
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Samplingman
Old Man with a Hat
Sorry, I’ve only gotten as far as getting the frame installed. The top itself will be the last thing I do, but I’m having a trim shop do the work.
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Samplingman
Old Man with a Hat
Yes, that’s a great idea, especially since the FSM shows diagrams that include accessories that I don’t have like power locks and a console. Following the wires by sight gets real confusing fast.
I was just thinking about your convertible the other day. I started working on mine about the same time, I was sure you were going to be finished before me. Hobbies always take a backseat to all the other everyday needs like working, lol.
Samplingman
Old Man with a Hat
Does anyone have a favorite harness tape they want to recommend? I just ran out of the 1 inch shiny non-stick vinyl tape I had been using for behind the dash and I can’t remember where I got it from. I’d like to get cloth tape for the trunk harness, it’s currently a woven tube like material that is falling apart.
Here is the power window harness re-taped and ready to go. I originally thought it got tucked behind the dash, but it actually crosses under the seats and then doubles back to the hinge pillar through to the doors.
Also, what would you call these, and does anyone know a vendor than might have them? They screw to the floor and hold the harness down under the carpet.
Here is the power window harness re-taped and ready to go. I originally thought it got tucked behind the dash, but it actually crosses under the seats and then doubles back to the hinge pillar through to the doors.
Also, what would you call these, and does anyone know a vendor than might have them? They screw to the floor and hold the harness down under the carpet.
Life, especially career and family tend to get in the way and slow things down.
My wife and I are currently trying to buy another house with some land and hopefully a shop big enough to work comfortably in. That will immensely expedite my backlog of projects
The tape is getting harder to find. Search "non-adhesive vinyl harness tape" on eBay. Here's some: 2 Rolls Factory Electrical Non Adhesive Wiring Harness Friction Tape Oem A Nos | eBay
These guys have your harness clips. Dynamic Renovation - All Mopars Nice folks to deal with too.
73Coupe
Senior Member
Easy to make with galvanized 22 ga. sheet, dip the ends in that plasti-dip stuff....
My top was already installed by the previous owner. IIRC, he told me the installer got the pads, but he wasn't happy with the black color. He did buy the top from Legendary, who I'll bet doesn't make the tops in house.
MrMoparCHP
Old Man with a Hat
I got it off the rack of wire at NAPA, they had both types, the non adhesive tape and the friction (cloth) tape.
Alan
Alan
RGORHAM29
Active Member
Nice work…..following
That's my personal nightmare for the past month as well... Worst thing so far on my restoration... I'm making an entire new harness tho...
But great progress overall you made there! Really nice work!!
Samplingman
Old Man with a Hat
Took the week off, but now it’s a rainy day here in Jersey, so might as well do an update. After much testing, connecting, taping and stringing I believe I have wired the rest of the body. I have it yet powered anything up, but hopefully it doesn’t all end in one big fireball.
Samplingman
Old Man with a Hat
After last year’s marathon of priming and painting I found that some overspray must have billowed up into the covered dash coating the gauges. To say I was disappointed is an understatement. It did give me an opportunity to finally finish installing the glove box, ash receivers, radio and speaker. I also was able to get the clock to work! There is an excellent You Tube video on the topic. I had no idea it was a self winding clock where a set of points make contact every few minutes sending a charge to a plunger that winds the spring.
I didn’t want to risk the old plastic with solvents so I used the headlight cleaner PlastX and was impressed how easily it removed the overspray from the surfaces.
Ugh, more unfinished wiring. My son got the radio to work briefly, but we couldn’t get the seek to work. Sometime in the future I will go for the upgraded modern internals, but for now I just needed it to fill the hole in the dash.
Ash receivers from the ‘73 NYB were in perfect condition, just needed a coat of Rustoleum Flat Black topped with Clear Matt finish.
This freaking Glove Box liner! That’s all I’ve got to say on this engineering RubiX Cube.
Finally after 14 years I have a completed dash.
I didn’t want to risk the old plastic with solvents so I used the headlight cleaner PlastX and was impressed how easily it removed the overspray from the surfaces.
Ugh, more unfinished wiring. My son got the radio to work briefly, but we couldn’t get the seek to work. Sometime in the future I will go for the upgraded modern internals, but for now I just needed it to fill the hole in the dash.
Ash receivers from the ‘73 NYB were in perfect condition, just needed a coat of Rustoleum Flat Black topped with Clear Matt finish.
This freaking Glove Box liner! That’s all I’ve got to say on this engineering RubiX Cube.
Finally after 14 years I have a completed dash.
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That dash was a mother on mine too
Samplingman
Old Man with a Hat
Fat Mat sound deadening applied. Easy as 1-2-3, and a lot of sweat doing this during our 10th heat wave of the summer. I ran out and had to order another 10 square feet, but got it done. I spent a lot of time gathering all the correct body plugs so I didn’t want to cover them up.
Beautiful work
Samplingman
Old Man with a Hat
Thank you!
Samplingman
Old Man with a Hat
Finally got around to locating and cleaning up a number of parts for the interior. The boot had been kicking around the basement for a decade now and started to get some mold spots. In another thread @cuda hunter suggested green Dawn to wash off mold from walls and wow did that work! Also uncovered a date stamp of September 4 1969.
This was interesting. The boot must have spent too much time draped over the back seat so it was branded with the “300” from the rear speaker grill. I thought it might be a rust stain so I tried soaking in Evapo Rust, then Dawn, then Formula 409, but it is still there!
This was interesting. The boot must have spent too much time draped over the back seat so it was branded with the “300” from the rear speaker grill. I thought it might be a rust stain so I tried soaking in Evapo Rust, then Dawn, then Formula 409, but it is still there!
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