What else should I replace under the hood...

[Fish Tale]

Hey all,

I have a '71 Cuda 383 auto that is mostly original.  Engine has never been out of the car.  Recently, one of my motor mounts broke and since I have the car up on jack stands to replace the mounts, I figured might as well fix other stuff in the process.  One thing I did was order a new engine wiring harness from YearOne.  I had noticed that my wiring had some melted wires etc, so time to replace.  My question is, are there other electrical components in the engine compartment that I should replace?  I do plan to do the alternator/Ammeter disconnect/bypass as suggested and have purchased a Pertronix Ignitor to upgrade the distributor.

Thanks for the help.

[ply64post]

Here is another suggestion for harness replacements, they have nice products.

               http://www.evanswiring.com/catalog.htm

                                            Jeff

[MoparLeo]

The best thing you can do for little money is while you are servicing the harness, clean and grease( die-lectric grease) all grounds and connection/connectors. in the entire car. This has always been the most problematic thing about the old cars...electrical gremlins. Especially at the firewall junction block.

[Dakota]

You might want to consider adding relays for low and high beam headlights to further reduce the electric load going through the firewall connection.  Check with member @crackedback who makes and sells "plug and play" setups for this. 

[crackedback]

Thanks for the tag.

I build relay kits specific for our mopars. 

Also build the wire around from alternator to starter relay using 6 or 8GA wire with a fusible link.  All clean setups that hide easily win your engine compartment.

You want to get as much load off the bulkhead connector charge line as you can.

[Fish Tale]

Thanks guys very helpful.  Please keep posting if anything else comes to mind.

[Shoooter]

What other wires do you recommend moving?