early 69 hose and wiring pictures

[Kenny C.]

Hello
I am putting back the hoses and wiring for the fire wall area including the washer hoses. I have stared at the aim until my eyes bug out but its pretty hard to see how things go together. I was hoping that someone has some decent pictures that would help me. As always assistance is very appreciated.
Kenny

[Jeffrey S.]

Re: early 69 hose and wiring pictures

Kenny:
Attached are 3 pictures I just took of my Oct '68 '69. I hope this helps. If there is a particular area you need please let me know and I can try to get a close-up of that area.
Jeff

[Kenny C.]

Re: early 69 hose and wiring pictures

Jeffrey
Thank you very much these help get a sense of how the hoses look as the are stuffed behind the ignition box. I still cant seem to figure out the proper connection points for the wiper hoses. I would appreciate more pictures of the engine bay from different angles if you have time. Also if anyone can tell me the correct hook up of the hoses. Like I said I just cant seem to figure out placement by the AIM.

[Kenny C.]

Re: early 69 hose and wiring pictures

While looking at the second picture, the one showing the door limit switch i see a couple of wires entering with the wiper vacuum hoses (one orange and one black) what are these for? I don't have them on my car or at least I don't know where they are, am I missing something?

[Graeme B.]

Re: early 69 hose and wiring pictures

I think those are for the hood alarm switch. Cheers,Graeme.

[Alan S.]

Re: early 69 hose and wiring pictures

Hi Ken,
Here are a couple of pictures from my 71. They may give you a few clues for your 69.
If you ask something specific I'll see if my 71 offers an answer.
I realize your 69 is different in some ways but I hope these pictures help you a bit.
Regards,
Alan

[Jeffrey S.]

Re: early 69 hose and wiring pictures

Kenny:
The hookup for the washer hoses as illustrated on page J91 (UPC1, sheet D7) has the feed from the washer bottle/bag going to the center vertical port of the washer pump plastic. The outer 2 ports have hoses which are joined together by a "Y" connector going to the driver's side of the firewall. The single hose from this connector goes to one of the 2 vertical ports (the one closest to the firewall) on the solenoid on the driver's side of the washer pump. The other port at this location has a hose that goes to the headlamps. The horizontal port at the end of the solenoid has a hose that goes back to the windshield and is connected to a barrel shaped "splitter" that has a hose going to each wiper arm. Atached is a simple schematic I drew that I hope helps.
Jeff

[Michael B.]

Re: early 69 hose and wiring pictures

Here are pictures from my Oct 68 build date.

Let me suggest that you take some fine tip felt markers and color the lines on the AIM pages. Although at first look they may seem to be a "close" drawing they are actually accurate depictions of exactly the route of each color-coded hose.

[Jeffrey S.]

Re: early 69 hose and wiring pictures

Kenny:
The black wire is for the burglar alarm ground. It piggybacks on the washer pump ground. I really don't know what the tan wire goes to because it re-enters the firewall on the driver's side. Maybe someone else could chime in. That same wire is also evident in the photos Michael just posted.
Jeff

[Kenny C.]

Re: early 69 hose and wiring pictures

Hey Thanks so much everyone for the pictures and help.
Jeffrey, thanks for the diagram this is perfect. I see now what I was missing, I didn't see the Y connecting the pump tubes. I had been looking at the same page in the AIM but couldn't distinguish that connection. Michael, coloring the lines is a good idea I haven't done it yet but I am sure they will stand out much better that way.
So now on to another stupid question what the heck is the hose for in this picture? I don't ever recall it being connected to anything and once again I haven't seen it in the AIM. I was thinking it may be for a water control valve used in a C60 optioned car? Since mine does not have A/C I wouldn't expect to see this however. As you can see my body is off so I have the best access I will ever get so now's the time to figure this stuff out.
Best Regards
Kenny

[Donald S.]

Re: early 69 hose and wiring pictures

Kenny,

From the clamp that's there, I would guess it heads to the wiper arm.

Don

[Donald S.]

Re: early 69 hose and wiring pictures

Kenny,

I found the page that I had colored years ago replacing my hoses. I hope it helps.

Don

[Alan S.]

Re: early 69 hose and wiring pictures

Hi Kenny,
I believe that 1/8" hose is part of the vacuum supply system, not the washer system. It connects with a 'T' to the large yellow striped supply hose for the wiper door relay valve. It travels through the firewall to the vacuum control assembly for the heater/defroster in the shifter console.
In my 71 AIM it's shown on UPC 1, Sheet M3. I hope this helps you find it in your 69 AIM. If your heater/defroster has worked I'd think it was connected at one time.
I hope this is of some help!
Regards,
Alan

[Kenny C.]

Re: early 69 hose and wiring pictures

Don
Very nice thank you this is great. It also kind of points out what I was saying about the "Y" from the pump being hard to identify, it would be in the black colored line and unless I'm completely blind you really cant see that on these drawings.

That mystery hose does not go to the wiper arm, it passes through the fire wall and under the dash somewhere. I found that the end of the hose had what appeared to be the remains of some type of plastic fitting still lodged in it? The hose isn't long enough to reach very far and since it has the clamp on it I would assume it is where the factory intended it to be. The angled flat area on the fire wall next to the hose seems like it was designed to have something mounted there but in mine nothing is? Again I was thinking it is there to support some option my car does not have. My concern is that it will cause a vacuum leak however I don't want to plug it in case it is supposed to be a vent. I was looking at he vacuum diagram from C60 option but that's like sifting through a bowl of pasta. Hoping someone out there has a clue about this wayward bit of tubing.
Best Regards
Kenny

[Kenny C.]

Re: early 69 hose and wiring pictures

Alan
That sounds like a reasonable possibility. I don't have my AIM with me at the moment but I will check it out later today. Its been 25 years since I have driven this car so things are a bit fuzzy however as I recall everything always worked on the car before i tore it down.