What is going on with my fuse/relay panel?

I'm using 3/16" female terminals and making the holes slightly bigger in the stock connector block. It's taking a while as the previous owner soldered wires directly onto the terminals on the fuse board so I had to take the whole thing out of the car and strip it down. With the amount of manhandling of all this delicate wiring, it'll be a miracle if everything still works once I button it all back together.

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The thicker wire looks like 12 Gauge and that's what I'm using for this repair. Here's the new connector with the new 3/16"terminals.

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I've buttoned everything back up with the new W connector with the new terminals, but like I thought would happen, I somehow disturbed some wiring. The clock is no longer on. Before I go digging, do you know what I may have done?

I saw in another post, you mention the K connector, terminal 2 for the memory for the clock, but I don't think that's my problem.

Thanks again Steve, I really appreciate you sharing your knowledge.

 

Thanks for your reply, Steve. I just checked, all the fuses are good and everything else on that circuit works. The clock is dead but if I press the top clock button, the digits display for a half second or so.

 

Okay, so I attempted to demystify the '87 Mondial wiring diagram that someone helpfully made available to the community. There's a pink/yellow wire from the clock that goes through the J connector of all things, so I yanked the fuse panel out yet again (I don't know how many times I can do that before those flimsy plastic tabs break and I shatter brittle wires).

So it looks like the terminal in question on the J connector is pretty cooked. It didn't smell freshly burnt so perhaps the charring has made it a fussy connection that I disturbed and I didn't re-seat exactly right.

I don't know if this is the culprit, but I'll replace that with a beefier terminal and will see if that brings any joy.

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Well, just to put this thread to bed, the issue with the clock was indeed that terminal in the J connector, which I replaced. Everything works great, and no longer has the look of having been 'repaired' during an acid trip. Thanks everyone!

 

Thanks moysiuan. Ah, yes 'if it ain't broke...'. Fortunately my wiring was tantamount to being broke or at least a fire hazard, so in a way I had no choice but to get aggressive. But I will say; the wiring is generally more robust than I would have thought, each bundle of connector wires can stand a surprising amount of contorting.

Good luck for when you eventually dive in. It'll be many hours of bending over the front of your car, and if you're anything like me, halfway through you'll be asking yourself 'what have I done?'