M50 owners-Can you help?

[eko]

Looking at the pic above,i am trying to work out the Red wire which is to the left of the Orange relay?

The wire which i have bolted to it(Brown/Orange & Brown)are obviousley not right cause even tho the engine cranks over,there is no relays working hence no spark or fuel pump!

I have unbolted the offending wire and put a 12v feed directly to the Red and the relays then work with the ignition.

So i have a couple of Q`s that i need answering -
1, Where does the offending lead containing Brown/Orange and Brown wire bolt to/do?If it helps it comes out of the main engine loom.
2, What bolts to the Red wire?

Any help appreciated guys:)

Oh and i should add-


Wiring instuctions came from Ian332isport from the E30Zone,very knowledgable man indeed when it comes to electrics,who has also done his own fantastic conversion!
Also the engine/wiring harness is from an E34.

[SchnellerVert]

Brown tends to be a ground or earth. So you were powering the ground that would prevent your main relay from being powered, Hang on Addismo has a simple loom web page that's up.

http://addissimo.com/Engine/OEMwiring/Wiring.html

[eko]

Think it is sorted now!

Ian has just answered my post on the Zone and confirmed the Brown/Orange goes to earth and 12v from the battery goes to the Reds:)
going to give that a go in the morning!

SchnellerVert
Thanks for the link mate8)

[SchnellerVert]

Not a problem. Ian posts here too as well as a few other sites.

[SchnellerVert]

Not a problem. Ian posts here too as well as a few other sites.

Edit: Nice Hartge's too lets see some more pics.

[eko]

Here they are now


and this from when they were on my 318is

[nes85er]

hmmmm...makes me wanna get some hartges.