I have heard more than once that the problem with wiring is almost never in
the harness itself, but almost always at the point of the connections, where
they can corrode or work loose. I wouldn't replace the harness unless it's
obvious that there are some fried wires in it.
Bob
-----Original Message-----
From richard.arnold at juno.com <richard.arnold@juno.com>
To: spridgets@autox.team.net <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Sunday, January 09, 2000 9:39 AM
Subject: Wiring Woes
>Listers:
>
>Am doing a bit of work to a '74 Midget (GAN5UE144???), particularly, the
>wiring - Lord Lucas is having a party in the loom, I suspect.
>
>* Instrument lights only work slowly or occasionally.
>
>* The turn signal indicators run slow or intermittently.
>
>* The heater fan works whether the ignition is on or not (sometimes it
>didn't even do that, but I found a bad connection in the bullets at the
>back of the fan).
>
>Is there some common problem other than bad connections, or should I just
>take the easy way out and replace the entire harness?
>
>Also, are the fuses numbered beginning closest to the firewall, or at the
>other end? And what is an appropriate non-Lucas replacement fuse? These
>are all rated at "35A/17A Continuous" (for that matter, are the fuses of
>the appropriate rating?).
>
>Rich
>Council Bluffs, Iowa
>
>'74.5 RB MGB "Miss Maggie"
>'79 Midget "Miss Molly"
>'86 Ford Crown Victoria LTD "BarcaLounger on Wheels"
>
>richard.arnold@juno.com or rdarnold@neonramp.com
>
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