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.

[advman89]

Gotcha. Check this out!

Opened the connector from the middle of the dash, pulled pin 1 Main Supply. Rest of wiring looks good.

Carefully unwrapped the original, coaxed the wire free...bit by bit back to the main above the fuse panel.

I inspected the wire and found no breaks, surprisingly.

Replacing the red wire proper and rewrapping.
(my Harness tape has disappeared! Dammit!!)

Question--should I put a fuse in that line? If so, what size?



Next up...hazards.

Thanks all.