Fire wall picture or "map" of correct holes

[Carguy1012]

I am going to re-wire a 52 pickup with a wiring harness I purchased from Walk's. Trouble is, when I started on the truck several years ago, I totally removed every thing from the cab, stripped and refinished it, then in a rush to get it moved re-installed the original harness and some of the ancillaries like the choke cable etc., but probably not through the correct holes. So now I have the new harness, new grommets and a wiring diagram but I am unsure which of the many holes to use, and which might have been added by the previous owner.

By the way, the truck was originally purchased by a logger in Oregon, and upon his death passed to his youngest sister and her husband who continued to use it on their farm, so I am the third owner from new. Trying to get it at least running and driving to take it to the Willys reunion in Hudson, Ohio in mid May.

I've followed this forum for a few years, and though much of the work and skill evident in many of your vehicle builds far surpasses what I can accomplish, it is still very informative and interesting.

Thanks,

Jim

 

[edudley]

Jim

You are within 30 min of the spring Willys reunion in Hudson OH. It will be May 17-19 at The Calsion Inn. I hope you can make it and you can answer many many quaestion just by looking at te cars.

 

[DAN58PU]

These were from a previous thread. Not my pics. Hope they help

 

[Carguy1012]

Firewall Picture or "map" of correct holes

Thanks!

Labels like that would have saved me a lot of trouble, but once I started taking things apart I got a little out of control! I plan on attending the Willys Reunion in Hudson, but I am really hoping and trying to come in that old truck!

 

[Tom1956]

here's a couple , one of the 55 wagon (silver) and the turquoise is the 57 truck This might help.

On both the wire harness comes through on the upper drivers side corner of the vehicle. the choke cable and speedo cables come out just left of center.

 

[mathman]

To fill in the rest of the gray one DAN58PU posted. (That's of a 1950 firewall, should be close to your '52 except the '52 didn't have the foot starter.)

The holes for the heater I don't think were 'stock' - dad used one hole that I think was for the lower connection as the upper and then drilled his own lower.

The 'radio' hole is one dad drilled when he added a radio, definitely not stock. The two holes on the question marks point to on the right were for a dash brace inside the cab. I think the other one was an enlarged hole for a floor mat clip.

The one Dan posted above. The holes in the middle marked 'wiring harness' should've only been the right one - the left one was plugged and I think was supposed to be for the upper heater connection.

After the body work.

All assembled.

 

[Carguy1012]

And more thanks!

The harness is so simple ( I once tried to trace a fault in the harness for Datsun 280Z) compared to some I have had to work on that it seems ludicrous that I would have trouble remembering what went where, especially since the advent of digital cameras computer based photo filing, but memory doesn't seem to improve with age. I doubt that my firewall will look as pristine and neat as your examples, but it is better than I first intended...this wasn't supposed to be a "restoration" project but simply a fun driver but it looked so solid when it got here from Oregon I couldn't resist trying to preserve it a little.

 

[Carguy1012]

Tom,

I noticed that you have a different VIN plate in the finished view...a repro? Any trouble with the state DOT? Ohio has recently gotten more difficult to deal with on things like that, as i found out when i went to title this one. Used to be just a call to the local deputy registrar, a small fee to have them come out to check the VIN numbers and off to the races. Now you have to jump through a few more hoops, and when you do get an antique plate, it's only good for a few years instead for as long as you own the vehicle, which it once was.

 

[Carguy1012]

oops! Meant to address that comment to David...think it's time to sign off for the night!

 

[mathman]

I noticed that you have a different VIN plate in the finished view...a repro? Any trouble with the state DOT? Ohio has recently gotten more difficult to deal with on things like that, as i found out when i went to title this one. Used to be just a call to the local deputy registrar, a small fee to have them come out to check the VIN numbers and off to the races.

The plate with the black background is a reproduction plate, but it has nothing to do with vehicle identification. The number that is on that plate (or supposed to be - haven't stamped the original number on it yet) is nowhere to be found on my title. Vehicles in that time frame (mine's a 1950) were titled using the engine serial number, not the body serial number. Don't know if that practice was universal across all states but I know it was the case in Arkansas and Texas.

 

[dahreno]

The vin plate in my 61 wagon is next to the storage box door by the driver door . You can see it as soon as you open the drivers door.

 

[JABJEEP]

I'm going through this nightmare right now. Thankfully Bubba had a dull drill bit; it helps to determine the "extra" holes.

The red dots are the 17 firewall clip holes. The blue dots are the floor mat clip holes.



The red is the heater. Only the 4 corners were used on mine. The green is the heater valve. Top blue is speedometer cable and the lower blue is the speedometer cable clip. Orange is the battery bracket. The three on the right also hold a supporting bracket on the inside of the firewall.




The green is for the heater plenum bracket, blue is obviously the wiper, red is for the heater damper control cable. The white is for the coil, distributor, and oil sensor wire. Black is choke, orange is parking brake, purple is the steering column support bracket, and the yellow is for the main harness and grommet.


The remaining holes, not counting the hinge mount holes, are unknown or from Bubba.

 

[IslandJeep1]

I'll be following in your footsteps --hopefully in early May. Here is where we are today... passenger door and working aft. This was by far the worst single section of car. Keep us posted on the thru-wall adventures!

 

[scramboleer]

Ooh those three pics will make a good t shirt. Stay tuned.