Red wire with some crispy insulation.... Options

[advman89]

I'm in the depths of a full dash replacement and I'm need to figure out a situation.

I have a couple things to address.

FUSE 11 (Hazard / Interior Light) has never worked-dead short immediately. I thought I remember someone saying that I need to look at the ground under the passenger seat and the passenger door switch as possible issues there. But I also have a some weirdness with the Hazard too...

There is a new square relay installed and some wires cut in from the factory hazard switcher. The turn signals are all working, but I need to get the hazards operational.


And on top of that, I discovered this red wire, long melted...will splice in a new wire, but thought the group might be able to point me in a direction.

I know I have a color wiring chart...off to the archives for it to start looking for things.

[914sgofast2]

You have my sympathy. I am trying to sort out the turn signal and hazard light wiring on my 1970. The wiring diagrams in the Haynes book are virtually worthless. That said, a red wire is usually a “hot” wire from somewhere; it’s never a ground wire. All ground wires are brown.