AS wiring help!!!!

[Rick]

:)It's Rick from NJ again!, I finally got my AS transmission back ( rebuilt with new clutch) from Joe at EVW. They actually hand delivered it to my house!! What service. Well this AM I decided to install it. I labeled all the wires for the engine compartment. However didn't do it for the trans. I figured there were only a few and you would have to be pretty stupid not to figure what went where! We'll here I am again. I have a 1971 Vert.  The trans bolted in perfectly and every thing went smoothly. However on the wiring I'm stumped. On the starter side of the trans (passenger side) there are 2 switches one double pole switch forward and a single pole switch toward the rear. On the driver side, toward the very front is a 3 pole switch- which only goes on 1 way. My problem is that on the starter side I have two single individual wires- one with a red boot on the end, and the other with a white plastic female fitting on the end. I believe the single red boot wire goes to the single pole switch. However the other single wire ( red) is short and doesn't even reach the starter. This strange wire comes out of the harness for the 3 pole plug and is about 6 inches long. It doesn't reach anything!!! Is it possible that EVW could have switched up where my switches go into the case ( 3 switches single, double and triple pole ) I had to walk away from it because I was ready to start splicing wires. Every thing is original factory wired-no splices. And when I removed the wires they all had a place to go? Bentleys isn't to helful with their AS section. Thanks Guys!

Rick
New Jersey

Rick

[Rick]

After walking away for several hours I came back to my problem. I think I solved it. While putting the trans in (by myself) I pinched the one harness from the triple plug between the tail nose and body of the car.. It was snagged and therefore had no free movement. I slif the transmission out about 3/8 of an inch and freed the harness. This gave me about 12-188 inches of slack. I can now reach that red wire ( whit female plastic end ) to the starter where I'm 90% sure it attached. I'll hook up the battery and try started before installing the engine. Hopefully that should do it!

Rick

[singlecab61]

Hello there!

Been there...Done that! Yes pinching wires during an engine and/or tranny install is always an easy thing to do. And yes, it will send your brain a spinnin trying to finger out what the hell happened when stuff don't work right! Glad to see you most likely fingered it out.

Good luck!

-Evan. 

[68autobug]

After walking away for several hours I came back to my problem. I think I solved it. While putting the trans in (by myself) I pinched the one harness from the triple plug between the tail nose and body of the car.. It was snagged and therefore had no free movement. I slid the transmission out about 3/8 of an inch and freed the harness. This gave me about 12-18 inches of slack. I can now reach that red wire ( white female plastic end ) to the starter where I'm 90% sure it attached. I'll hook up the battery and try starting before installing the engine. Hopefully that should do it!

Rick

GREAT WORK TROUBLESHOOTING  
Rick
cheers

LEE
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