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Old Feb 21, 2018 | 05:39 PM
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OR replace the wiring with a new harness.
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Old Feb 21, 2018 | 06:33 PM
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OR replace the wiring with a new harness.
OUCH!...that would mean a new main dash harness. Not that what I say means anything but I would repair it if it were in my shop and the customer did not want to pay me to install a new main dash harness.

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Old Feb 21, 2018 | 08:20 PM
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it would just be the turning signal harness, not the main harness that was damaged.
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Old Feb 22, 2018 | 06:37 PM
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Originally Posted by lvmyvt76
it would just be the turning signal harness, not the main harness that was damaged.
I have never seen a 'turn signal harness'.

The wring harness that is made into the turn signal is just that. It is made into it.

And if he pinched /damaged the wires that the turn signal connects to....that is a part of the main dash harness.

No saying that there may be one out there...but I have not seem it. The major wiring harness manufactures would not sell a repair for wiring that would make it so you would not buy a brand new harness.

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Body harness is fine. Wires were pinched on the turn signal switch wires between the harmonica connector and where the wires go into the steering column.
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You can take the harmonic connecter apart and remove wire clip and slide heat shrink over and then re install clip. Will be fine
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You can take the harmonic connecter apart and remove wire clip and slide heat shrink over and then re install clip. Will be fine
That's the plan.
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Old Feb 23, 2018 | 05:57 PM
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That's the plan.
YEP...that sounds like it will do the trick.

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