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On the CF I noticed the following and compared it to the AIM. As suspected, it’s a dead ringer and identical, just a colored in AIM. I also compared it to my notes of actual 1971 wiring harnesses and found the following differences. (This is not the complete list.)
1 though 8 refers to cavities in the ignition harness firewall gang connector that has 14 available cavities although not all are occupied.
.1. This cavity is empty and thus has no wire is connected.
.2. This cavity is occupied and if not connected; your Corvette will not even start.
.3. This cavity is occupied and if not connected; your wiper door will not operate.
.4. This cavity does not have a dark blue wire, and it does not terminate at the wiper motor.
.5. The wire in this cavity is not “W/R/B” on 1971 however that has been depicted here.
.6. This wire is not light green and does not terminate at the wiper motor.
.7. This cavity actually has 2 different colored wires; neither of which are pink and neither terminates on that single female TCS relay connector shown for this “pink” wire.
.8. This cavity is empty and thus no wire regardless of AT or Standard or any other parameter.
9. This staggered oddball TCS connector actually has four different colored wires connected to it. The dark blue and dark green are two of those colors, but they are shown connected backwards.
10. Completely absent is the “other” TCS relay and that wiring which is present regardless of AT or Standard transmission. Which leads to the other omission of the AT pedal switch and AT tranny switch connectors that are all interconnected with the TCS and much different than the stick components.
11. These wires are labeled as R / W/ DBL, but that is not what is shown in this colored in AIM. And anyone who has ever looked under the hood of any Corvette would know that one easily.
12. The TCS Solenoid on the intake does have two wires. One is dark blue; but the other is not black. And neither does it connect directly to the TCS switch, but rather to the other missing TCS relay.
This is not even a close reference. I would appreciate seeing any photos of actual 1971 ignition harnesses that match the colors and connections in this schematic. I’ll even pay for one if such a beast exists, but I think coelecaths are more common. However, there apparently no shortage of these sad objects. Unfortunately, this is typical of every model year AIM schematic I have studied in detail. They just don’t follow what you find in the field.
The last time I pointed out the incredible differences with the 1977 harnesses on the CF, somehow it vanished. If I put this there is most likely will go poof.
Geoffrey Coenen
PS What 1971 Corvette is wired like this?
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1 though 8 refers to cavities in the ignition harness firewall gang connector that has 14 available cavities although not all are occupied.
.1. This cavity is empty and thus has no wire is connected.
.2. This cavity is occupied and if not connected; your Corvette will not even start.
.3. This cavity is occupied and if not connected; your wiper door will not operate.
.4. This cavity does not have a dark blue wire, and it does not terminate at the wiper motor.
.5. The wire in this cavity is not “W/R/B” on 1971 however that has been depicted here.
.6. This wire is not light green and does not terminate at the wiper motor.
.7. This cavity actually has 2 different colored wires; neither of which are pink and neither terminates on that single female TCS relay connector shown for this “pink” wire.
.8. This cavity is empty and thus no wire regardless of AT or Standard or any other parameter.
9. This staggered oddball TCS connector actually has four different colored wires connected to it. The dark blue and dark green are two of those colors, but they are shown connected backwards.
10. Completely absent is the “other” TCS relay and that wiring which is present regardless of AT or Standard transmission. Which leads to the other omission of the AT pedal switch and AT tranny switch connectors that are all interconnected with the TCS and much different than the stick components.
11. These wires are labeled as R / W/ DBL, but that is not what is shown in this colored in AIM. And anyone who has ever looked under the hood of any Corvette would know that one easily.
12. The TCS Solenoid on the intake does have two wires. One is dark blue; but the other is not black. And neither does it connect directly to the TCS switch, but rather to the other missing TCS relay.
This is not even a close reference. I would appreciate seeing any photos of actual 1971 ignition harnesses that match the colors and connections in this schematic. I’ll even pay for one if such a beast exists, but I think coelecaths are more common. However, there apparently no shortage of these sad objects. Unfortunately, this is typical of every model year AIM schematic I have studied in detail. They just don’t follow what you find in the field.
The last time I pointed out the incredible differences with the 1977 harnesses on the CF, somehow it vanished. If I put this there is most likely will go poof.
Geoffrey Coenen
PS What 1971 Corvette is wired like this?
Read all about this .....
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