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I started on the electrics today. I connected up the battery and the clock started working and a brake light came on.
Looking at the wiring to the rear light cluster, everything looked ok. Then I looked at the connector block in the front passenger footwell and straight away I could see what was happening. The front looms had been changed to a Dolly HL but the rear loom was still a Toledo and the brake light was connected to the boot light wire, so I spent the next couple of hours tracing the wires & swapping them around on the rear loom to match the front loom. Pretty straight forward but I have one wire left, a green & brown. I'm guessing this is for reversing lights as that's what it is on a Dolly and there is a spare connector in the boot. Did Tollys have reversing lights?
I've also started stripping down the alternator as the bearings are gone. Postie didn't turn up with the repair kits I ordered so hopefully finish this little job tomorrow.
My Toledo shop manual wiring diagram, printed in 73, says green/brown is reverse light "where fitted", Reverse lights were a dealer fit cost option on Toledos, but I think later cars had the wiring pre-installed. I presume the spare is just hanging around in the boot somewhere, not at the A post plug? There should also be a spare green/orange at the front side of the A post plug which is for the low fuel light that Toledos dont have.
I had the same A post plug mismatch on the Carledo, which I used a Sprint front loom on.
Steve
PS, just zoomed on the picture! D'oh! There really SHOULD be a matching brown/green lead on the front side to connect that loose wire up to as ALL the "long tail" cars had reverse lights as standard, the reverse light wiring should be in the HL loom!
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