My Next Problem:, Headlight Wire Repair |
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My Next Problem:, Headlight Wire Repair |
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: 1,846 Joined: 3-April 17 From: Los Angeles, CA Member No.: 20,991 Region Association: Southern California |
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) |
windforfun |
Jan 13 2018, 06:54 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,776 Joined: 17-December 07 From: Blackhawk, CA Member No.: 8,476 Region Association: None |
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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