It’s hard to believe that it has been since April that I’ve had an update. I spent most of the summer away from Salt Lake doing various fun things but I have been doing some work on the Cobra this Fall. Primarily, I’ve been getting back on the electrical system. The first part of my return to working on the Cobra was trying to figure out where I left off, particularly since the electrical work is not as intuitive for me as is the rest of the project.
As can be seen, I’ve added most of the primary switches to the panel as well as the turn signal and bright indicator lights. I purchased LEDs from Del City to replace the incandescents from F5. The wood blocks are so that I can turn the dash on its face to work on the rear wiring. The center cluster of five switches are: bottom row—key, horn, lights; upper row—start button, fuel pump. To the right, the eight switches are (two are missing) starting at the left hand of the bottom row and then counter-clockwise: wiper switch, fan override, DS vent fan, PS vent fan, the PS and DS CobraHeat seat heater switches, a rain light switch and hazard switch. I may have the rain light simply work as an independent hazard light or as third brake light (I haven’t yet decided). Below the oil temperature gauge is the bright light switch and under the left-hand-most block is the hole for the turn indicator switch.
The rear of the panel now looks like the above. I’ve been bundling the gauge wires that I don’t need:
And made a daisy chain for the power to the gauge lighting:
One goal is to have the gauges and switches wired so that, if needed, the dash can be completely removed from the Cobra. I purchased the Breeze battery box and it’s mounted between the front X-member and 4” tube cross member:
I’m using a Duralast 51 DLG battery and the 4 AWG battery cables provided by Breeze:
