>> Chris, you are more than half way home, with the hardness out of the
car.
Hardness?? Uh... well... I'm not even going to go there. :-) - Ian
Larry Paulick wrote:
>
> Chris, you are more than half way home, with the hardness out of the
> car. I did a new hardness using the existing hardness as a starting
> point, for a lot of changes to my wiring system.
>
> If you are going to do more, I will have an article on United to cover a
> lot of issues. But if you are only going to replace the stock wiring
> hardness, here is what you can do.
>
> 1. Strip the original plastic wrap off of the original hardness. You
> need to see what is underneath and this is the easiest way. Trust Me.
>
> 2. Order a new plastic wrap from Eastwood. It is easy to use, will
> duplicate the old plastic, and is cheap.
>
> 3. Visually inspect all wires, pulling the bundle apart, to really look
> at each and every wire. You will probable find that most everything is
> good, but if you find fused wires now is the time to replace.
>
> 4. If bad, cut out old wire, solder in new, it need not be the same
> color coded wire if it is in the hardness, shrink wrap the solder joint,
> and go to the next wire.
>
> 5. After you have repaired any problems, rewrap the hardness.
>
> Now you are dealing with a wiring hardness that is solid.
>
> Tip-1 Clean all of the bullet connections, both male and female, with a
> good contact cleaner now, or wire brush. Better lights, etc.
>
> Tip -2 While at Eastwood, they sell a paste, that is used to prevent
> oxidation on contact joints, like the bullet connections. A very thin
> coating of this copper impregnated paste, will help the connections, and
> prevent further oxidation. This is true for all connections on the
> car. The paste is enough to do 20 Tigers, but still cheap.
>
> Good Luck
>
> Larry
>
> Chris Mottram wrote:
>
> > I was looking over my wiring harness before I attempt
> > to reinstall it into my car. I notied that the white
> > tach wire that runs from the ignition switch to the
> > tach is semi-melted (somebody must have let some, but
> > not all of the smoke out). No visible burnt marks but
> > the plastic was melted lightly to the next wire. I am
> > an idiot to replace just the one wire rather than
> > replace the who harness ($260 bucks). Would I be
> > likely to set my car ablaze? This car is starting to
> > go through my money faster than the NASDAQ.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for your help.
> > Chris
> > Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail.
> > http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
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Ian Spencer <www.sunbeamalpine.org>
'61 Series II Alpine B9104704 LRX
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'64 Series IV Automatic B9401426 BW LRX
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