Rewiring a 1985 starcraft

[Jbrookins]

That wiring harness and everything at the engine is clean and looks good. But under the dash looks like a drunk blind person wired that I understand basic electrical fairly well but all the fuses and gauges looped together have me a bit lot of I post pictures of the front and back and label as much as I know can you guys help me figure out how to clean this up and get everything working and looking good again

 

[wrench 3]

All the gauges use common power, ground and light feeds. So it's normal for them to just jump them from one to the next. If you want to get fancy you could tape up a harness and run the respective wires off of it at each gauge.
The fuses also have a common feed. Most of the fuses will then go to there respective switches.

Have fun.:joyous:

 

[Silvertip]

All of the gauges get power from the ignition switch and as was just explained, power goes to the "I" (ignition) or "+" terminal on each gauge. They are typically daisy chained from one gauge to the next starting at the instrument closest to the ignition switch. Ground on each gauge is marked with a "-" or ground symbol and they are wired the same way -- daisy chained from one to the next. The instrument light is powered from the NAV side of the NAV/ANC switch and just like the others, are daisy chained. The fuel gauge, tachometer, and trim indicator all have separate feeds from their appropriate sender. The voltmeter if you have one does not have a sender because it is simply measuring across the +12 volt and ground lines. The fuse panel is powered from a separate pair of wires from the battery. There should be a fuse or breaker within a foot of the positive terminal of the battery.