Cableresistor? Or?
11-27-2015, 08:21 AM
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A truly amateur, low quality attempt at splicing two wires together.
It's also a fire waiting to happen.
It's also a fire waiting to happen.
11-27-2015, 08:38 AM
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Verify the wire terminations, and, if the splice is deemed necessary, cut that junk out, strip both wires, put a double layer of shrink wrap on one of the wires far from the heat that will be generated when soldering.Wrap the wires around each other carefully, solder, pull the shrink wrap up over the repair and apply heat until shrunk around the fix. First the smaller shrink wrap, then the larger.
This secures the repair both physically and electronically; it will never be a problem again.
Last edited by Frankie the Fink; 11-27-2015 at 08:39 AM.
11-27-2015, 08:51 AM
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Melting Slicks
Possible fusible link added??? Poorly done obviously and not sure it would be in wiring going to the rear of the car. What is the wire it's on?
11-27-2015, 09:11 AM
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Nothing was added but stupidity and ignorance on the part of the person who did it, period. Fix it as suggested above, or, keep a few sticks and a bag of marshmallows handy.
Dan
Last edited by dplotkin; 11-27-2015 at 09:11 AM.
11-27-2015, 09:52 AM
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Regular splice connectors in that wire range are always blue. I have boxes of them in the shop.
Cut it off, strip the wire and either use a quality splice connector (AMP, Thomas & Bets or Molex, not the cheapos at Pep Boys) and heat shrink the whole connector to keep moisture out.
Or solder the wires properly and heat shrink.
Not a big deal but I'd take a good look at the rest of the wires.
11-27-2015, 10:28 AM
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11-27-2015, 11:28 AM
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I solder and shrink wrap over crimp connectors whenever possible.
Its just the way I was taught to do it as a journeyman avionics technician....
Its just the way I was taught to do it as a journeyman avionics technician....
11-27-2015, 12:02 PM
#10
Melting Slicks
I was a sales engineer for the largest connector manufacturer in the world for 20 years.
We built the connectors and wiring harnesses for the Apache helicopter, all connections were mil-spec crimp, no solder.
Both ways are equal in quality provided they are done correctly.
11-27-2015, 01:13 PM
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That looks like some former type of alarm system was installed in the car where the wire was tapped. Check around the rest of the harness as well, I would not be surprised to see more problems. 
11-28-2015, 07:49 AM
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It looks like it probably did function as a resistor - but that probably wasn't the intent. 
11-28-2015, 09:39 AM
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I've seen household speaker wire connected similarly as above in some critical circuits on first gen Mustangs. Why there wasn't a fire or malfunction is beyond me.
Good Lord watches over fools and drunks as Grandma used to say!
Good Lord watches over fools and drunks as Grandma used to say!
Last edited by Frankie the Fink; 11-28-2015 at 09:40 AM.
