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Yes, I’m trying to update my ’78, black-plug motor to accept a newer red-plug harness, so I can utilize more modern control boxes. I don’t know where to get my hands on a black plug wiring harness, and I rather just use a newer style control box.
I have an old red plug (engine side) but not the complete harnass, so I can’t just swap out the wiring harnesses. What I am planning on doing is snipping the old style black connector off the motor (I’ll leave a little bit if someone decides to restore it some day), and essentially updating it to accept any red-plug control box. It will allow for the motor to be unplugged at the usual spot if necessary down the road (this is going to be my personal motor anyway).
My question is, this job is as simple as splicing the newer style red plug harness and making sure the correct color-coded wires are mating with the newer style red-plug control boxes, correct? I’ll obviously makes sure where I splice on a new red-plug harness plug, that those are clean and encapsulated splices for longevity.