1975 Wiring Harness repair - fix or delete seat sensor wiring |
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1975 Wiring Harness repair - fix or delete seat sensor wiring |
DaveB |
Jun 1 2022, 11:57 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 165 Joined: 25-November 21 From: Portland, Oregon Member No.: 26,107 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
I just removed the wiring harness from my '75. I am not sure what the PO did or what happened but there are a lot of shorts with melted and exposed wiring. The seat wiring is melted into a large uniform mess.
I hate any form of lock out with seat belts. Can I remove the wiring and sensors or is there any reason I should restore the wiring under the seats and then make the modification to delete the lock out and fasten seat belt signals? I can't imagine a future owner thinking they would want to have the wiring available to connect a starter lock out to the seat belts. Thanks, DaveB |
Superhawk996 |
Jun 1 2022, 05:43 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,881 Joined: 25-August 18 From: Woods of N. Idaho Member No.: 22,428 Region Association: Galt's Gulch |
Lots of DAPO (IMG:style_emoticons/default/stromberg.gif) going on there.
As Bbrock stated you can salvage it. I you have the money, I'd just find another good used harness and/or start with the new RD 914/6 harness. New 914/6 from RD gets the nod if only because so many of these cars have old brittle and battle scarred wiring with only slightly less DAPO stuff done to them. Starting fresh would be wonderful. If you do decide to repair, take a good look at what Tygaboy is doing for wiring as the role model. No matter what you do stay away from hardware store butt splices, low melting temp solder butt splices, electrical tape, and solder. Proper crimps and tools can be had for less than $100. |
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