Wiring harness surgery
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Drifting
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From: Catlett VA
Wiring harness surgery
Well, I finally got tired of the suffering caused by the crippled wiring harness left in my 68 convert by the PO and scheduled the surgery. The harness put up a valiant last effort, with wires wrapped around heater cables and also with several yards of electrical tape which tried to control the bleeding from cut-off wires. Unfortunately, the harness did not survive and the patient will have to live the rest of its life with a transplant.
A moment of silence please for the old harness.
RA
A moment of silence please for the old harness.
RA
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YES...is is gone...but honestly that harness is still very useful...due to many unique connectors that you can only get by buying new harness in some instances.
If you like...when you go and install the new harness...PM me...because there is one thing you might want to look at very closely BEFORE you go and put the new one in.
DUB
If you like...when you go and install the new harness...PM me...because there is one thing you might want to look at very closely BEFORE you go and put the new one in.
DUB
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Drifting
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From: Catlett VA
harness
YES...is is gone...but honestly that harness is still very useful...due to many unique connectors that you can only get by buying new harness in some instances.
If you like...when you go and install the new harness...PM me...because there is one thing you might want to look at very closely BEFORE you go and put the new one in.
DUB
If you like...when you go and install the new harness...PM me...because there is one thing you might want to look at very closely BEFORE you go and put the new one in.
DUB
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I got very lucky. I'm working on my dash and finally realized the PO put in a new harness but didn't connect the grounds. Awesome find of me. Good luck with yours. My next brain teaser is my wiper system.
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Drifting
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From: Catlett VA
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RR- I am hoping that the new harness helps with my wiper problem. The PO removed all of the vacuum operating systems- wiper door and headlight doors- and jury-rigged the wiring and relays. I am hoping that with all wiring in place I can just jump the limit switch on the wiper door and be able to use the wiper switch the way it was intended. The engineer at GM that designed the wiper system was a sick SOB. Good luck with your wipers. RA
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bj1k- "some of them are just a hopeless case in time lost trying to trace down shorts and inoperable items. " I agree completely. The PO of my car cut wires so that looking for the "blue wire" sometimes was a waste of time, since it just was not there. I would rather do a complete engine rebuild before tackling electrical problems like this. RA
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Bubba got to the interior firewall harness on my 70. He cut out the original radio/stereo wires and the original factory alarm harness and added wiring for a custom stereo addition and a custom alarm system, and then before he sold the car to me (unknowing buyer) he removed all this stuff. I bought a new repro interior firewall harness from Lectric Limited. $512 I think.
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Bubba got to the interior firewall harness on my 70. He cut out the original radio/stereo wires and the original factory alarm harness and added wiring for a custom stereo addition and a custom alarm system, and then before he sold the car to me (unknowing buyer) he removed all this stuff. I bought a new repro interior firewall harness from Lectric Limited. $512 I think.