Harness for Serie 2

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Happy George

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Hi, I am currently restoring a Serie 2 from 1960 with a petrol 2.25.

I have to put in a new harness, but it is somehow tricky to find a Serie 2 harness. At autospark they sell for Serie 2 the one for a 2.0 engine or a Serie 2a harness. Don’t know which one to choose.

Has someone done a new harness for a Serie 2? I would need some advice :)
Regards
Simon
 
Happy George said:
Hi, I am currently restoring a Serie 2 from 1960 with a petrol 2.25.

I have to put in a new harness, but it is somehow tricky to find a Serie 2 harness. At autospark they sell for Serie 2 the one for a 2.0 engine or a Serie 2a harness. Don’t know which one to choose.

Has someone done a new harness for a Serie 2? I would need some advice :)
Regards
Simon
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I stripped mine out completely and built my own
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Certainly not a hard job if you're methodical
 
If your landy looks in great condition and you want to keep it looking original is worth considering a braided harness, but they do cost more.
If i were you I'd ring them up and tell them exactly what you've got
 
I found it easier to make my own, its not a big jop, just takes a bit of time and care. You can get tape that looks like cloth to wrap it in so it looks nice. Making your own lets you add things like hazards and head lamp relays without extra connectors and it also means you can run more earth cables and run the rear loom on top of instead of inside the chassis.
 
I am not sure on the 2a harness but know for certain that the s2 has only one fuse on the whole car, so if you have one fuse then I would guess you want the 2.0 loom
Not really sure what difference the engine capacity would make, unless starters/dynamos are different sides?
Plus Iirc there are add on looms you also need.
 
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Yes but that's a reason to make your own, by now most have got "modern" alternators on with internal regs. Some S2/S2a will have dynamos, some alternators with remote regs and some with ACR type.
 
Making your own is always a good option. Series vehicles are very simple electrically, and as factory stock half the circuits are unprotected, and only 2 or 3 fuses protect the other half. Not very safe and all the load goes through the switches. You can plan out to add a few upgrades such as extra fuses and relays to bring it up to standard. Use the old harness as a guide to measure up for the new one and draw out a plan so it all goes back in the same way.
 
From posts on here I would say that any "stock" harness is not an easy option. There seem to be a lot of variations and quite a lot of things to work out, and when done you still have a 1960s electrical system.
 
FlyingPete said:
Making your own is always a good option. Series vehicles are very simple electrically, and as factory stock half the circuits are unprotected, and only 2 or 3 fuses protect the other half. Not very safe and all the load goes through the switches. You can plan out to add a few upgrades such as extra fuses and relays to bring it up to standard. Use the old harness as a guide to measure up for the new one and draw out a plan so it all goes back in the same way.
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Only one fuse on ealry models, upgraded later to two fuses:D
 
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