Blandits 12 wiring question

[baldrick]

Hello again. 

I'm busy marking up my wiring from a MK1 b12 loom.

Now I've identified most of it bar these ,,see pics. One is  a single connector with what looks like an  earth black/ white, cable marginally thicker than most of the loom. 

Other one is a 2 pin connector, not far from the fuel level guage wiring.orange and a black/white.?

 

 

Any ideas?

[Jaydee]

B/w with black connector goes to a branch wire splitting off the earth strap to the battery. Other 2 wire connector (if centred on top of air box)is for a defunct carb heating/de-icer i.i.r.c. Connects to nothing.

[baldrick]

Cool, thanks for your help.

I'm playing the waiting game for connectors. Some ham fisted electro spaz has been at this loom before. I used the last of my connectors up the front of the loom. 

It was a bit of a head scratcher. We had, for example, a blue, connected to a black white connected to a grey all soldered to the original yellow etc etc. just a bloody mess. 

Will be sound tho when it's all sorted.  

Another example. Wires soldered with heat shrink, but hesnever applied any heat so it just slides about, exposing the uninsulated cable.....what craftsmanship....

Now you see why I hate sorting ,(other people's) wiring

Edited June 1 by baldrick

[TonyGee]

3 hours ago, Jaydee said:

B/w with black connector goes to a branch wire splitting off the earth strap to the battery. Other 2 wire connector (if centred on top of air box)is for a defunct carb heating/de-icer i.i.r.c. Connects to nothing.

the black plug has 2 wires to it, which looks like the fuel gauge connector, the one from the battery earth has 1 thicker wire.   or is it my dodgy eyes ?????  

Edited June 1 by TonyGee

[Captain Chaos]

2 minutes ago, TonyGee said:

the black plug has 2 wires to it, which looks like the fuel gauge connector, the one from the battery earth has 1 thicker wire.   

you need to go to specsavers

 

[TonyGee]

2 hours ago, Captain Chaos said:

you need to go to specsavers

 

I was their 2 days ago and waiting for my new spec's, but borrowed my Mrs and yeah i did need them   getting old is a twat. 

[Jaydee]

Just now, TonyGee said:

I was their 2 days ago and waiting for my new spec's, but borrowed my Mrs and yeah i did need them   getting old is a twat. 

I think you have cataracts! 

[TonyGee]

7 minutes ago, Jaydee said:

I think you have cataracts! 

nope,  just long sighted, can't see feck all close up 

[baldrick]

Yeah mate the black plug is a single wire. Goes to battery negative. 

The unused one for carb Heaters I'll just leave it be. 

I can't see anything close up or on my phone without specks these days.

I get prescription from Specsavers, then buy from goggles4u online, got about 1/10th the price of ripoff specsavers

[TonyGee]

1 hour ago, baldrick said:

ripoff specsavers

yeah they are, bought the cheapest at £25   

on that b/w wire to the battery earth it can cause all sorts of problems if its not right,  one of my B12's had a strange issue where started and ran fine till i put it into gear, took me ages to find it but it was corrosion on that connector. after a clean it was perfect.  always worth checking when wiring problems come up.