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| 914_7T3 |
 Jan 12 2018, 08:05 PM
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Please forgive me, I'm new to all of this!  Group: Members Posts: 1,875 Joined: 3-April 17 From: Los Angeles, CA Member No.: 20,991 Region Association: Southern California 
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My car was purchased with nonworking headlights. Switched over to H4s with the initial tune up and there was rust in the buckets and the shop spent some time looking at grounds etc.. and got everything up and going.
Now that the car has been stripped for paint, I have learned that I am dealing with frayed headlight wires. As you can see the shielding is stripped/melted and wires are a bit of a cluster F-ck. Passenger side is worse. What is the best way to deal with this? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)     |
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| windforfun |
Jan 13 2018, 06:54 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,057 Joined: 17-December 07 From: Blackhawk, CA Member No.: 8,476 Region Association: None
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What bugs me are all the broken strands. This perhaps suggests rodent nibbling. This may have then been followed by a short to ground (no load). All of the car's wiring needs to be inspected at this point. A 1" long lineman's or barrel splice followed by a uniform solder distribution followed by heat shrink tubing is the only way to go. Crimp connectors really need to be soldered too. You must solder after crimping & not before because the crimp pressure will make the solder redistribute & loosen the connection. Cut or nicked strands are a no no. I recommend a thermal insulation stripper. Trust me, I used to work for McDonnell Douglas.
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914 7T3 My Next Problem: Jan 12 2018, 08:05 PM
mihai914 How far does the damage go back?
One easy way to ... Jan 12 2018, 08:21 PM
914 7T3
How far does the damage go back?
One easy way to... Jan 12 2018, 09:07 PM windforfun I have a harness that you can borrow. Can you sol... Jan 12 2018, 09:44 PM 914 7T3
I have a harness that you can borrow. Can you so... Jan 12 2018, 10:13 PM mihai914 Good thinking on getting a tech to have a look bec... Jan 12 2018, 10:26 PM Mikey914 The real question is why did it do this? Is the el... Jan 12 2018, 10:27 PM mihai914
The real question is why did it do this?
+1 and... Jan 12 2018, 10:40 PM porschetub :agree: ,find the issue first Jeff before affectin... Jan 12 2018, 10:59 PM Jeff Bowlsby Those are the headlight motor wires, not the headl... Jan 12 2018, 11:04 PM porschetub
Those are the headlight motor wires, not the head... Jan 13 2018, 12:35 AM bbrock It's a little hard to tell from the pics, but ... Jan 13 2018, 12:17 AM 914 7T3 Appreciate the tips, will post back with updates. Jan 13 2018, 10:01 AM Mike Bellis Copper conducts a ton of heat. The entire wire wil... Jan 13 2018, 01:20 PM 914 7T3 Great input, and I will include a copy of this thr... Jan 13 2018, 07:02 PM |
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