QUOTE(corsepervita @ Jul 24 2010, 09:31 AM)
... nasty caustic smelling smoke from burning wire. I got it out by putting water to cool the wires, ran for my toolkit and got the battery disconnected.
I know that everyone is laser focused on solving the electrical problem here,
... but nobody apparently picked up on this - WATER on an electrical fire!!!!
First of all
never throw water on an electrical fire - in conducts electricity & makes an instant ground & connections to everything else it touches!!!!
If anything, the water made it worse, which
may be why you're seeing damage beyond the initial harness damage!
Carry a Fire Extinguisher rated for electrical & fuel fires.
Lacking that, you're far better off to throw dirt on it & smother the electrical fire.
That said - first track down the cause(s) of the damage & then resolve those & get a rebuilt harness(es) from Jeff Bowlsby as suggested above, & he restores the engine bay relay boards as well, if you fried that too.
Good Luck on the detective work & repairs!
water is perfectly acceptable on an engine electrical fire, so long as there is no gasoline leaking. the reason to not use water on an electrical fire is shock hazard, but thta only applies to higher voltages, the 12 volt system is safe. if you got a gasoline fire, water is not recommened as it will spread the fire since gasoline floats on top of water. That is were a gasoline rated extingusher comes in handy
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