1966 V74 Hazard Flasher Kit

[CC Rider]

Thanks everyone. My next step is to remove the wire wrap and see what is under it.

[Lee Stewart]

Rick:

Did you Caprice come from the factory with a Tilt Wheel or is this an option that was added to the car after the fact?

[CC Rider]

Originally Posted by Lee Stewart

Rick:

Did you Caprice come from the factory with a Tilt Wheel or is this an option that was added to the car after the fact?

Yes, it came with tilt.

[mssl72]

Rick, I did a little more digging and checked with a buddy of mine whose a '66 full size expert. He works for GM and loves the '66 Caprice most and has been into '66s since the 80's. On '66 Chevrolet full size cars the connection point for the signal flashers were all the same. The steering column didn't matter. My car for example came with a standard column. The previous owner put a tilt-tele in it. No difference in the connectors on the main harness. My harness has no mods to it. As the assembly manual shows the curved connector should be clipped on that support bar. Let us know what you find.

[CC Rider]

After finishing an I-Car Class tonight, I peeled back the original wiring harness wrap. There are no curved connectors anywhere, and there is no splice and dice wiring in that bundle of wires, except for 2 thick red wires, and they were not done in an amateur manner. The six wires from the turn signal switch go into the harness with no butt connectors, soldering, or electrical tape repairs.

The top pin is a white wire that is routed towards the dash face. The green and yellow wires go to the fuse block. The bottom row of the turn signal connector has a light blue, dark blue, and purple wire. The two blue wires are routed to the block and the purple wire is routed towards the dash face. I assume it goes to the flasher under the radio. The flasher has a purple and brown wire.



Not sure if this photo is helpful, but maybe someone will see something I do not.

This flasher kit has the same colored wires as mentioned above, but also has a gray wire and a black wire not found on that six wire turn signal connector. Haven't taken the time to locate a gray wire, but there are plenty of black wires.

For extra safety, I would really like to make this kit work out, but I don't want to cut up a good, original harness. Felt bad enough removing the wrap. Seems to me I will need more than one bumper harness to make this work, and I am still trying to figure out how to hook this kit up into series.

Yup, car stuff is hard. Thanks for your help guys!

[CC Rider]

Hmmm, might be having an ohhhhhh moment.

So I'm looking at the N33 tilt wheel page. I can see where that jumper harness in the above link would work. The black wire appears to be for the horn. Still have to figure out what the gray wire is for.

If my thought process is correct, I may have to cut / modify this harness and insert the correct plugs/connectors. Hmmm.

Edit....OK, the jumper harness solves half of the problem. All I need to do next is find that stacked connector (the female connector?) . I could remove the existing 6 pin connector, remove the terminals from it, correctly install them in the female connector, and add the black horn wire. Still need to see where a gray wire fits into this.

[Lee Stewart]

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[CC Rider]

Yup, it's a replacement ignition switch.

I have an assembly manual, but that accessories installation manual is pretty cool!

[Lee Stewart]

[CC Rider]

Bought some male terminals, crimping tool, jumper harness, and a curved connector from a parts harness, I'm ready to modify the harness.



This is what I am starting with. No bumper harness, and the black horn wire had no connector.



After switching the six wires from the pyramid connector to the curved connector using the male terminals and adding the harness end of the black horn wire, I thought I could finish this tonight. However, I need a female terminal for the other end of the horn wire. Thought I already had some of those. Damn.



Once I buy a terminal, I'll connect these plugs and make sure everything works properly before adding the flasher kit.