TAC Tech => Electrical => Topic started by: tinpusher on January 16, 2022, 11:04:32 AM
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I’m in the mock up stages of converting a 1973 nose onto a 1974 Trans Am. Everything has gone very well but I’m having a issue on the different connector that is required to install the parking lamps.
Apparently this is a first design and I can’t find a connector, does anyone have a picture of the connector, or a place that I can get two from?
I know I can buy the second design housing, but that requires another $110 and a couple of connectors should be much cheaper.
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Perhaps something like this? https://www.customconnectorkits.com/02973385/
you will also need https://www.customconnectorkits.com/02989877-l/
I'm not an expert, but these Packard connectors have been used on GM cars for decades. Just do an internet search for "Packard wiring connectors" and you will find multiple vendors.
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I never thought about it being strange, but t I guess I can see the major issue; it grounded through the body of the socket. It takes 3 circuits and obviously there are 2 wires there. That's very odd.
They must have been used on other GM cars, but it's pretty strange, and I would guess there's a date range where those are found that is far in the past.
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Strange indeed..
The Packard connector that another10th posted looked like my solution, but I would have to drill through my core support to make the length work. I need a 90 degree.
A new second design housing is looking better and better…
I found this, for a GTO and Firebird :
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The ground wire coming from that plug is not apparent either. Did they ground somehow to the valence? Im missing something.
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What I’m reading, it says that this style lamp needs to be used with the metal valance and not the plastic one.. that raises more questions.