Dome Light wiring at windshield

[56servi]

I am rewiring my dome light on a 31 S/W Fordor. All the pictures I took taking everything apart don't show where the dome light wire was routed down to the terminal box. I must have thought it was a no brainer.

I have the wire from the switch going across the top wood rail then thru the rails to the header. The header had a metal plate nailed over where the wire went thru on the inside. I have the wire thru the header & out to the top of the windshield opening. The windshield hinge has a "U" shaped cutout where the wire comes out of the header. I think the wire then goes across the hinge to the side garnish plate & down to the inside of the car & out to the terminal box.

Question is, what holds the wire up to the hinge.

 

[Gary WA]

Does this help?

 

[robert shreveport]

56servi when you are sure how it goes show us with a few more pictures. "A'"s are 6 volt positive ground, the wire you have run will be what? PM sent to you

 

[ahall1]

Same issue on my 1947 truck where does wire enter after it comes across top of door

 

[Bob Bidonde]

This is the routing I improvised on my Victoria. The cowl on a slant windshield sedan is the same.

Look at the top of the "A" Pillar in the 1st photo. You can see the blue wire going inside of the pillar. I fished it out at the dash rail and routed it back into the pillar again. Once inside of the cowl, I routed the wire with the driver's side cowl light wire to the terminal box.

Be absolutely sure that the dome light metal housing is well grounded. I ran a separate ground wire to a fastener in the passenger's side "A" Pillar, and checked the ground to assure it had less than 2 ohms resistance.

 

[John Stone]

Here are some before pictures I took of my TS. It doesn't show the routing down the door hinge post but it went straight down. Does show the routing to the terminal box.

 

[Larry Jenkins]

Anyone install a dome light on a 30 CCPU? Methods?

Thank you!

Larry