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ZB varitone wiring installation 12 years 7 months ago #249

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All the wiring is now in place,all working except the windscreen wiper, I did realize that the wiring diagram is incorrect and shows a 2 wire motor and the new loom has 3 wire parking motor wires, now I think I connected the right wires but cannot get motor working, I have live green to fuse and live green /black to switch with ignition on and earth wire E to body , I have put the dash back and hope that the switch has the right wires on it as it is a pain to get to, any thoughts on what the problem is? the wiper did work with the original loom
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ZB varitone wiring installation 12 years 8 months ago #240

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Hi Reuben,

Yes, the diagram shows the fusebox inverted but the actual numbers should be correct - just printed the other way up. - At least mine were - see picture.

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The other discrepancy is in the wiring of the windscreen wipers. The diagram shows only two wires as for a non-parking wiper but the cars were fitted with self parking wipers that need three connections. The correct connections and colours are:
No.1 on the motor = Black/green (62) to the wiper switch
No.2 on the motor = Green (17) from the fuse unit
E on the motor Black (57) to ground.
The second connection on the wiper switch has to be Black (57) to ground.

As far as I remember the only other head scratching I had to do was to sort out how to wire up the DB10 relay for separate indicators.

Since I have a period +ve earth radio and +ve earth electronic conversion on my SU fuel pump and ignition circuit (Pertronix), I elected to stick with that arrangement and keep the dynamo.

No problems so far, but I don't do much night driving.

Andy
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ZB varitone wiring installation 12 years 8 months ago #239

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Just looking at the fuse box and the numbers 1 2 3 4 do not correspond to the wiring diagram from the handbook, was your the same ?, I will just follow wiring diagram and ignore the numbers on the fuse box Cheers Reuben
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ZB varitone wiring installation 12 years 8 months ago #236

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Yes I would agree. I have attached a photo taken of that area of my ZB when I first bought it. You will notice that the horn relay was originally mounted high beside the fuse box, but when I replaced the harness the horn connections were lower down so I relocated the relay.

Andy


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ZB varitone wiring installation 12 years 8 months ago #235

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On the bulkhead there is a holed grommet between the heater motor and the control box,on my old loom additional wiring was routed through it ,some additions and a yellow and a white rear indicator wires, I think washer tubes should go through it now, as original? and the indicator wires now go through the replacement loom ,your comment would be appreciated
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ZB varitone wiring installation 12 years 8 months ago #233

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Many thanks ,the photos cover what I need,most 0f my original wiring was missing so can now replace it correctly Reuben in Kent
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