I need to fix and replace some bad wiring(melted) near the fuse box, **Update 11/6 - installed j-west fuse box * started! woo hoo! Options

[DRPHIL914]

I am installing the new Jwwest fuse box and

I have a 3" section of wire off the #5 back row fuse that has melted insulation(grey with black stripe)

what is the best way to replace and splice in the new piece and what gauge wire is correct?

[Tom]

Glad I was able to get you to stop and think for a minute before going forward and redoing some work that must have been OK. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
I assume your O2 sensor feeds an input into some kind of ECU to regulate mixture? Does it have a separate ground or does it use the exhaust pipe to engine block as the ground? If it does not have it's own separate wire for ground, try running a shielded ground wire from the O2 sensor to the ECU. Ground the shield on only one end. There are available small solder heat shrink units that have a ground wire to them. Just slip one on the far end of the shielded wire near the ECU unit and heat it up until melted, then attach that end of the shield to a nearby ground. This will shield out any stray EMF signals from the ground wire to the ECU. Also perhaps the flooding has messed up the O2 sensor and it needs a cleaning? Just thinking here, I have never used an O2 sensor.
Tom