MattE

Thanks all- photo of steering wheel - no central moving part I can ID but might be seized…. There is no washer assembly in the car (as mentioned at the start, Rimmer Bros are doing quite well out to me) but I have read that on the one/4 the whole system is more difficult/different than all the later cars? Using the following manuals

Thanks both- I’ve done a fair bit of work on my Porsche before, but no restoration stuff so full on car electrics is a bit of a steep learning curve! I cannot find a horn relay, nor can I immediately work out what would even trigger the horn in car- the previous owner had several toggle switches mounted -seemingly randomly- on the panel between the main dash and steering column. Some of these were connected, some of them weren’t, and most of them seem to be in series connecting to the ignition. I am not going for super originality- at this stage. I’m going for functional and minimal fire risk. Once I’ve got everything going, I can then work backwards as need be. There is a pushbutton switch under the main – (see pictured) next to the heater switch, which I think I can probably re-purpose for anything. there is a pushbutton switch under the main – (see pictured) next to the heater switch, which I think I can probably re-purpose for anything. Coming off the control column are two bundles- one is clearly the main and dipped as well as what looks like a brown and red pair. there is a second, which involves the flashers et cetera. obviously there are purples and purple and black, which of the horn on the new loom, and there was a red, which I presume is to do with ignition? I really wish the loom came with some sort of instructions of labelling for simpletons like me.

Morning all- my first post here, having bought a Spitfire 4 (mark one) with overdrive over the summer and discovered I’ve got much less of the car then I thought I had! Rimmer Bros have done well as a result… When I got the car, the body was not bolted to the chassis and the wiring loom was mainly disconnected. I have bought a new loom (rear, body, front lights and overdrive) as the old one looked like an electrical fire waiting to happen and didn’t so much bend but crunch. The engine/car runs and drives, but wiring had been bodged just to get it moving. The first issue I have is wiring in the starter solenoid and coil- from the wiring diagram the solenoid should have an additional brown wire that goes to the horn system (from my reading of things…). That doesn’t seem to be present on the loom.!? It also looks like the white should go to coil, but at present it doesn’t have a spade connector. (please ignore the bridging wire that p/o connected). If anybody could help clarify I would be very grateful! kr Matt