Dimmer Brake Switch Headlight Switch

Switch Lead Wires Connector Ignition Switch

Connector Horn Main Power Lead Wires
Relay 156
Feed from 40B 17A 17B 9A 8B
12 11A,B Connector Starter
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4A Radio Heater/
2B 3B 4B Lead AC
THIS KIT DOES NOT SUPPORT STOCK 2D
(ORIGINAL) GENERATORS. THE DESIGN OF THE 2A 9B Wires Feed
29 2C
KIT IS DESIGNED TO SUPPLY MORE POWER 10
101 43 100 50
THAN THE GENERATOR IS ABLE TO SUPPLY. 10

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Ignition Sw Accy
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103

3B 3A Circuit Branch 1 Circuit Branch 3 Circuit Branch 5 Circuit Branch 6 Circuit Branch 8
Circuit Branch 10
106 68A 104 93 8A
40A,B Circuit Branch 2 Circuit Branch 7
2A Circuit Branch 4 Circuit Branch 9
2G 2F 2E 2D 2C 2B 8B

40 69A 102 101 105 27

69A

2G 2F 2E

Gr
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Fuse Box Connections

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(viewed from underside)
107
102

17A
28

27
16
18
19
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D E F G H J K L M N P

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Water Temp Sender

Oil Pressure Sender

103 104 105 106

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Sender

Headlight Low Beam

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Rear Running Lights

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Right Rear Turn

Gas G
Hi Beam In
14B 15B
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Temp S

Left Rear Turn

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510008
PART #
150 39 15B 31 30

8A 14B 35 11B 121

DESCRIPTION:
Instrument Cluster Lead Wires
15A 14A 9A 121 3A 93 35 31 11A 12 29 300
Power Plus 20
Engine Compartment Feed Wires
18 9B 19 30 17B
Wiring Kit Instructions
Rear Body Feed Wires 92968433 Rev 4.2 5/12/2020
Page 1
 Dimmer Installation instructions
Switch Main Fuse Panel
Connector Horn
Relay The Main Fuse Panel harness is designed to be mounted under the dash at the firewall
in an area close to the steering column.
12 11A & 11B Connector
The enclosed representation of the main dash harness shows each circuit branch and identifies each connection by its
color and function. Follow the drawing for the individual circuit connections.
2D
29 Circuit Branch 1 - Horn and Dimmer Switch connections
10
1. Ensure that the Horn relay is plugged into the connector. No further action is required.
Fuse Box Connections 2. Ensure that the Dimmer switch is plugged into the connector.
(viewed from top side) 28 Dome 3. The orange Dome Courtesy Feed wire (40A) routes to the courtesy light power feed. Most courtesy lights are activated
Courtesy by the headlight switch or individual door jamb switches setting a ground connection.
feed 4. The white Courtesy Ground wire (156) routes to the courtesy light ground.
This wire enables the headlight switch to turn on the courtesy lights.
40A 156 Circuit Branch 2- Front end connections

FLASHER
HAZARD
1. Select the dark blue Right Front Turn wire (15A) and connect it to the right front directional lamp socket. If you are using
LIGHTER

a single front directional light with an 1157 or dual filament bulb, this wire would be connected to the high filament of the
10

B
B
B

HAZ
bulb.
B

HAZARD

P.LOCKS
CLOCK
PARK LT

20

BRK/CTYS
10

2. Select the light blue Left Front Turn wire (14A) and connect it to the left front directional lamp socket. If you are using
10
15

a single front directional light with an 1157 or dual filament bulb, this wire would be connected to the high filament of
DASH LTS
P.SEATS
P.WDS

the bulb.
30

30

10

5
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Circuit Branch 1 3. Select the brown Park Lights wire (9A) and connect it to both the front park / running light sockets. If you are using a
TURN

WIPER

single front directional light with an 1157 or dual filament bulb, this wire would be connected to the low filament of each
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10

10

of the front running lights. An in-line splice of this wire will be necessary to accommodate wiring of both of the front
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Circuit Branch 2 park / running lights.

CRUISE

FUEL
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15

15
5

TURN
4. Select the white Coil to Tachometer wire (121). This can be connected directly to the tach terminal on a GM HEI
distributor, to the Negative side of the coil, or a tach connection in an aftermarket ignition module such as an MSD
RADIO
A

A
10

module. See the installation instructions for the type of distributor you are using for specific connection requirements.
AC/HEAT
FLASHER

5. Select the pink Ignition Feed wire (3A). This is the 12 volt power source for the distributor. This can be connected directly
SIGNAL

FAN
TURN

CB

30
10

30

to the distributor, as in a GM HEI distributor, to a ballast resistor as in a points type distributor, or to the ignition power
A

source for an aftermarket ignition module such as an MSD module. See the installation instructions for the type of
distributor you are using for specific connection requirements.

6. Select the white Wiper feed wire (93). Route and connect it to the wiper motor power connection.

7. Select the dark blue Oil Pressure Sender wire (31). Route and connect it to the electric oil pressure sender.

8. Select the dark green Water Temp Sender wire (35). Route and connect it to the water temperature sender.

9. Select the light green Headlight High Beam wire (11A) and tan Headlight Low Beam wire (12). Route and connect these
wires to the headlights. An in-line splice of this wire will be necessary to accommodate wiring of both of the headlights.
Using the supplied terminals and connectors, connect these wires along with the headlight ground wires to the headlight
Headlight Connector connectors according to the orientation in the diagram on this page.
Headlight High Beam

(view from front

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Headlight Low Beam

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of connector, opposite 10. Select the dark green Horn feed wire (29). Route and connect it to the horn power terminal. If your horn has a separate
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Fan
Sen

wire entry)
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ground terminal, you must supply this ground wire as it is not included in the kit.
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Oil Pressure
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11. Select the orange Electric Fan Feed wire (300). It is recommended that this wire be routed and connected to a fan relay.
Temp

Horn
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This wire is the relay trigger connection and should be connected to terminal (85 or 86) of the relay. Optional fan relay
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kits 500479, 500511, 500784, 510001, and 510002 are available from American Autowire to accommodate fan
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amperage requirements.
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510008
PART #

DESCRIPTION:
15A 14A 9A 121 3A 93 35 31 11A 12 29 300
Power Plus 20
Engine Compartment Feed Wires Wiring Kit Instructions
92968433 Rev 4.2 5/12/2020
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 Brake Switch Headlight Switch Headlight Switch Connector
Lead Wires Connector (view from front
Main Power of connector, opposite
Circuit Branch 3 - Main Power and Brake Switch Connections 156 wire entry)
Feed from 40B 17A 17B 9A 8B
Starter Alternate full-time front Dash Panel
1. Select the orange Brake Switch wire (40B) and connect it to the input side of the brake switch. parking lamp. Lights From Dome Light Ground
(parking lamps stay on Dash Harness (WHITE)
2. Select the white Brake Switch wire (17A) and connect it to the output side of the brake switch. when headlights are on). (GRAY)
2A 9B (BROWN)
3. Select the light blue Third Brake Light wire (17B). If you are using a third brake light, route this wire 2C
1
together with the white Brake Switch wire (17A) and connect them both to the output side of the brake
switch. If you are not using a third brake light, the light blue Third Brake Light wire (17B) should be 2 3 4

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10

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Switch
taped back against the harness and left unconnected or removed from the main harness. Rear Tail Lamp
40 (BROWN)

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Sw
Battery Feed
4. The main power input wire from sub kit 510011 is plugged into this connector. Connection 5

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from Dash Harness

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descriptions are described on page 6. (RED)

Brake

Bra

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Headlight Dimmer
8 Switch Feed

12 V
(YELLOW)
Circuit Branch 4 - Rear Body Connections

Route the rear body wires to the rear of the car and connect as follows: Fused Battery Feed Front Parking lamp

Batte
(for parking lamps) (parking lamps turn off
from Dash Harness when headlights on)
1. Select the yellow Left Rear Turn wire (18) and connect it to the left rear directional lamp socket. If you (ORANGE) (BROWN)

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are using a single tail light with an 1157 or dual filament bulb, this wire would be connected to the

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high filament of the bulb.

2. Select the dark green Right Rear Turn wire (19) and connect it to the right rear directional lamp Circuit Branch 3 Circuit Branch 5 Circuit Branch 6
socket. If you are using a single tail light with an 1157 or dual filament bulb, this wire would be
connected to the high filament of the bulb.

3. Select the Rear Running Lights wire (9B) and connect it to the rear running lamp socket.
If you are using a single tail light with an 1157 or dual filament bulb, this wire would be connected to
the low filament of each of the rear running lights. An in-line splice of this wire will be necessary to Circuit Branch 4
accommodate wiring of both of the rear running lights.
Circuit Branch 6 - Headlight Switch Connection Kit
4. Select the light blue Third Brake Light wire (17B). If you are using a third brake light, route this wire
to the third brake light brake switch. If you are not using a third brake light, this wire should be taped This kit is designed to function with a GM style headlight switch.
back against the harness and left unconnected Connections are functionally the same with any other type of headlight
switch with the exceptions noted below. Orient the headlight switch
5. Select the tan Gas Gauge wire (30). Route this wire to your fuel tank and connect it to the connector as shown in the diagram . You will be looking at the front of the
terminal on the fuel tank sender unit. connector opposite the wire entry end.

1. Select the brown Rear Running Lights wire (9B) from location 5 of the
headlight switch connector. This wire is for the rear running lights and
Circuit Branch 5 - Accessory Feed Wire Connections 107 license plate lights.
102
This kit provides 5 additional fused power circuits that can be connected through the included 2. Connections for the white Courtesy Light Ground wire (156) from location 1
terminals and disconnect as follows: of the headlight switch connector are described on page 2.
wire # Type color Printing Function 3. Connections for the brown Park Lights wire (9A) from location 2 of the
102 Battery Orange 12 volt battery fused Lighter or Spare 12 volt battery fused headlight switch connector are described on page 2. In this setup the front
power. 103 104 105 106 parking lights will remain on when the headlights are turned on. If you want
103 Ignition Tan Fuel Pump Fuel pump power. the front parking lights to go off when the headlights are turned on, this wire

Rear Running Lights

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Accessory (9A) must be moved from location 2 to location 8 in the headlight switch

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Left Rear Turn
connector.

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104 Battery Orange Power Seats Power seats power.
Feed Wire

Right Rear Tu
uge
105 Battery Red Power Locks Power door locks power. Connections 4. Connections for the gray Dash Lights wire (8B) from location 3 of the

a
Gas Ga
r
headlight switch connector are described on page 4.

B
106 Battery Pink Power windows Power windows power.

Third
107 Ignition Brown Ignition Sw Accy Cruise or Spare 12 volt accessory
fused power.

510008
PART #

DESCRIPTION:

Power Plus 20
18 9B 19 30 17B
Wiring Kit Instructions
92968433 Rev 4.2 5/12/2020
Page 3 Rear Body Feed Wires
 TYPICAL BLADE TYPE GAUGE CONNECTIONS

4
sensor
VEHICLE SPEED SENSOR
(16000 pulse) VEHICLE SPEED SENSOR
(8000 pulse)
LEFT TURN IND HIGH BEAM IND RIGHT TURN IND

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nut
Typical 3 wire Autometer 5291 VSS connection

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Red
Note: gasket

This VSS requires a lead wire from the red wire

ite
Typical 2 wire VSS connection
to a 12 volt ignition source. This wire is not

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included in the kit. White
pink
(12V ignition) Black

connect to 12 volt
ignition source
Tachometer Speedometer Oil
Volts I
GRD
GRD I
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GRD I GRD I

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VS
Circuit Branch 7
black
(ground) Circuit Branch 7 - Instrument Cluster Wiring
Fuel
Water Shown is a typical installation with electric gauges and an
GRD
GRD I
I electronic speedometer and tachometer. Mechanical
S
S
speedometers with only require the light leads. The VSS lead
wires are supplied separately in sub-kit 510011 and can be
ignored for mechanical speedometers. Always check the
14B 11B 15B manufacturers instructions for specific installation requirements.
tan
(fuel gauge)
dk blue 30
(oil pressure)
31
purple
(VSS Signal)
401 401

Oil Pressure Sender

white

ator Light
Sender
black (tach - coil)
(ground) pink 121

Ind
ion

d
nd
(12V ignition)

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dk green 39

Ignit
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Right Dash

Water Temp
Gro
(temperature)

--> T
Hi Beam Indic
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35

Gas G
Left D
12 V
Das
gray gray

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8

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(dash lights) (dash lights)

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510008
PART #
Water Volts Tachometer Speedometer 150 39 14B 15B 31 30
Oil Fuel
8A 35 11B 121
DESCRIPTION:

black
black
(ground)
Instrument Cluster Lead Wires
Power Plus 20
LAMP CONNECTIONS
(ground)
150 Wiring Kit Instructions
92968433 Rev 4.2 5/12/2020
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 Circuit Branch 8 - Ignition Switch Connections Alternator and Starter Wiring.

Connect these lead wires as follows: 1. The 6 ga. red wires, ring terminals, heat shrink and their installation procedures can be found in the 510476
Alternator and Main Power Connection kit.
1. Select the red 12 V Battery wire (2B) and connect it to the battery terminal on the ignition switch.
The following wires can be found in the 510011
2. Select the pink Ignition Feed wire (3B) and connect it to the ignition terminal on the ignition switch.
2. Select the 10ga red 12V Battery wire, apply ring terminal and heat shrink from the 510476 kit to one end and install as
3. Select the heavy brown Ignition SW Accessory wire (4B) and connect it to the accessory terminal on shown at the left. Route the other end from Megafuse to the red (2B) wire on the main harness. Cut to length, apply the
the ignition switch. appropriate female terminal and connector as shown at the left, and plug into the 2B wire on the main harness.

3. Select the brown Alternator Ign alternator exciter wire. Route this wire to the dash harness. Cut to length, apply the
appropriate terminal and connector, and plug into the dash harness brown Alternator Ign exciter connection wire (4A)
on the main dash harness. If you are using a one wire alternator, this exciter wire, and the 2 way alternator connector,
will not be used . Subsequently, the only connection at the alternator will be the power connection to the
alternator power stud.

4. Select the purple Starter Solenoid wire. Route this wire from the neutral safety switch to the "S" terminal on the starter
ALTERNATOR BOOT
solenoid.
(FROM 510476 KIT)

6 GA. RED
(MEGAFUSES, RING TERMINALS, BOOT AND
SHRINK TUBING FOUND IN 510476 KIT)
5. Select the purple Neutral Safety Switch wire. Route this wire from the neutral safety switch to the "SOL" terminal on the
(FROM 510476 KIT) ignition switch. If you are not using a neutral safety switch, these wires can be connected together to create a direct
connection from the ignition switch "SOL" terminal to the starter solenoid "S" terminal.

shrink tube
shrink tube
BROWN
NEUTRAL
SAFETY
SWITCH
(BUSSBAR JUMPER

MEGA
LITTLEFUSE
MEGA
LITTLEFUSE

175A
175A

10 GA. RED (12 V BATTERY)

FROM 510476 KIT)
1 2
BAT

(FROM 510011 KIT)

shrink tube
(Battery cable to
6 GA. RED battery, not supplied)
ACC (FROM 510476 KIT)

TYPICAL IGN nk
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IGNITION SOL
SWITCH
Delco-Remy BAT "BAT"
made in USA 3B
R S stud
4B
2B STARTER
Pink SOLENOID
GM "SI" series

Red

Brown
FLASHER
HAZARD
LIGHTER

10

B
B
B

HAZ

Red
4A
B

HAZARD

P.LOCKS
CLOCK
PARK LT

20

BRK/CTYS
10

10
15

2A
DASH LTS
P.SEATS
P.WDS
30

30

10

5
I

TURN

WIPER

510008
10

10

PART #
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GAUGES

Circuit Circuit Circuit

I

CRUIS

FUEL

Branch Branch Branch

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15

15
5

1 3 8
TURN
RADIO
A

A
10

DESCRIPTION:
AC/HEAT
FLASHER
SIGNAL

FAN

Power Plus 20
TURN

CB

30
10

30
A

Wiring Kit Instructions

92968433 Rev 4.2 5/12/2020
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 Circuit Branch 8 - Ignition Switch Connections Ignition Switch
These connections were covered on page 5 but will be included here for clarity: Lead Wires
1. Select the red 12 V Battery wire (2B) and connect it to the battery terminal on the ignition switch. 4A Radio Heater/
2B 3B 4B Lead AC
2. Select the pink Ignition Feed wire (3B) and connect it to the ignition terminal on the ignition switch.
Wires Feed
3. Select the heavy brown Ignition SW Accessory wire (4B) and connect it to the accessory terminal on the ignition switch.
101 43 100 50

Circuit Branch 9 - Turn Signal Switch Connections

Ignition Sw Accy

CB Radio
This kit is designed to function with a GM style turn signal switch. This connector mates to a 3 7/8 inch long plug used on

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GM columns from 1969-1974. It is also used on many aftermarket steering columns. From 1975 on the GM switch used a

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Ign

Bat

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4 1/4 inch connector. The connector is from the same family and uses the same terminals. By using the supplied mating

Radi

ed
VB

ator
connector it is easy to adapt any GM column to the kit as the color codes and cavity locations for the turn signal switch

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Ignitio
wires are the same. Orient the turn signal switch connector as shown in the diagram . Notice the letters on the face of the

Clo
12

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connector. These correspond to the connector cavities. The function of each wire within the cavities is as follows:

ter/A
Alte
wire # cavity color Printing Function

Hea
28 G Black Horn Relay Ground Horn button ground to the horn relay trigger

14A&B H Light Blue Left Front Turn Feeds the left front turn lamp bulb high filament and the
left turn dash indicator lamp. Circuit Branch 8
Circuit Branch 10
15A&B J Dark Blue Right Front Turn Feeds the right front turn lamp bulb high filament and the
right turn dash indicator lamp.

27 K Brown Turn Sw - Hazard 4 way hazard power feed wire from the Hazard flasher "L" terminal.
Circuit Branch 9
16 L Purple Turn Switch Feed Turn signal power feed wire from the Turn Signal flasher "L" terminal.

18 M Yellow Left Rear Turn Feeds the left rear turn and brake lamp bulb high filament.

19 N Dark Green Right Rear Turn Feeds the right rear turn and brake lamp bulb high filament..

17A P White Brake Switch Power feed wire from the output side of the brake switch.
Gr
ou
nd
150 Black Ground Connect to good chassis ground.

17A
Circuit Branch 10 - Radio and Heater Connections

27
28

16
18
19
1. The tan Radio wire (43) is a 12 volt fused ignition wire that can be used for the main radio power.
D E F G H J K L M N P
2. The red CB Radio wire (100) is a 12 volt fused accessory wire that can be connected to a CB radio or any other radio
function requiring an ignition or accessory power source.

3. The yellow Clock - Bat wire (101) is a 12 volt fused battery wire that can be connected to a clock radio or clock that
. requires a 12 volt battery power source. 14A 15A
4. The brown Heater/ AC feed wire (50) is connected to the heater or A/C harness ignition power terminal. 14B 15B 150

Turn Signal Switch Connector

510008
PART #

DESCRIPTION:

Power Plus 20
Wiring Kit Instructions
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