A skunk in the works

[Good Times]

Oooo.... That hurt.

Hate those electrical problems. You'll get it sorted out though. How much melted?

[SVSooke]

Oooo.... That hurt.

Hate those electrical problems. You'll get it sorted out though. How much melted?

What you see is what is crisped.No energy to go and look deeper right now.WTF did I do wrong

[rustybronco]

Greg, peal back the wiring protector and post up a couple of 'good shots' showing both sides of the connector so I can see the wire colours and their locations in the connector block. It's hard for me to tell what wires got melted from your pictures so I can offer up a little help if I can.


Never fear, we've fixed worse Via remote control before...

***edit*** I assume the melted wires are heading off into the headlight bucket by your pictures? or??

[SVSooke]

Greg, peal back the wiring protector and post up a couple of 'good shots' showing both sides of the connector so I can see the wire colours and their locations in the connector block. It's hard for me to tell what wires got melted from your pictures so I can offer up a little help if I can.


Never fear, we've fixed worse Via remote control before...

I will .Will have to wait till Friday at the earliest though.10hr's in the heat at work leave me no energy to deal this after.Top row of the big connector the steering neck.Far right in the first pic,the one closest to the frame.Actually it would be the top sitting normally.Feeling pretty down right now with other stuff going on here to

[SVSooke]

Suspect the culprit might be in here as it seems to be burned the worst.

If the $$ where available I'd just get another one

This is where I touched the wire.Stopped the burn anyway
Anything I should be on the look out for when I take it apart?Must be a not all the time thing as I had the battery hooked up for some time before this happened.

[SVSooke]

So when I took it apart I found most of the wires were intact.Wasn't till me and Kelly took it to some better lit area we noticed the horn wire was damaged.Must have grounded out on the signal switch above it.Must of moved it just rightMay have one locally but may shout out for one if it doesn't pan out.

[rustybronco]

Now you'll need to peel back the covering and inspect the harness side of the wiring loom for damage. Thankfully that wire only goes to the horn.

[SVSooke]

Yeah that's the plan for the weekend.Mind you that might not happen as it looks like Yeller needs a stator swap and there's other things I need to get done to.

[SVSooke]

OK unwrapped the harness,ground wire is melted up to where it 3 ground wires combine into 1.The rest of the wires look pretty much good but not sure I trust them.

[Good Times]

Sorry about the melt down SV! That's such kick in the gut. I used these guys for wire when I was redoing my harness. They are a really good company and took great care of me.

http://www.riwire.com/

Click on supplies and they have any kind of wire you would need. I used it to stick with the stock color wire. They sell it by the foot with a 10 ft minimum order.

[SVSooke]

Here's the damage to the harness.Doesn't look bad but lots of the wires have had they're insulation melted together.Not to sure I trust them.Might be "new" harness time?

[SVSooke]

It looks like I'm not going to need a new harness but as the connector seems to not be cooperating I've decided to get a new one http://www.ebay.ca/itm/140780316929?...e=STRK:null:IT .To keep things moving I will get the bodywok ready for paint,again

[Good Times]

Hey SV. You might check at an electrical supply store if you have on in your area. See if they have a molex connector to match. I did this on my rebuild and got them a lot cheaper.

[SVSooke]

Already ordered,had this advice but didn't heed it.That listing is for 2 connectors,not just 1 so I have a spare.

[SVSooke]

I'm thinking my jury rigged starter button burned out the ground wire so I ordered this http://www.ebay.ca/itm/310449162157?...84.m1542.l2649 yesterday.Same as the 1000 except for the white lettering,easy fix as I'm repainting it anyway.