Hi Kerry,
Bit scary!! Pleased you weren't hurt!
I did some major work on rewiring bits of my '6 a couple of years ago.
A couple of things I did that were helpful...
When you get the new loom, check all the connections are secure and there
is no damage to it (I understand TRF looms are pretty good, but it may pay
to check JIC).
Firstly, label everything!!
Draw pictures of all the switch pinouts so you know which wire goes where.
This is handy information to keep in the car log.
One of the things I did which really helped was take photos as I pulled it
to bits.
With you new loom, you should be able to directly overlay it to the old
loom so that as you unplug one wire from the old, you plug in one from the
new one.
It might also be a good opportunity to renew any rubber gromets in the
firewall etc that may have been cooked or have just perished with age.
A battery switch is a good idea!
Hope this is helpful.
Cheers
Bernard
'73 TR6PI
'71 2500PI
At 07:38 7/05/2001 -0500, Riveting Images wrote:
>Good Morning Sixers....
>
>Thought I was going to loose my car last Friday night. I was driving home
from the
>theater at 10 PM when my radio failed after turning a corner. In the
millisecond
>it took me to begin mentally troubleshhoting this problem, I realised the
whole
>car had shut off and the headlights were out. Next thing, the radio is
back on and
>I resatart the engine - all while coasting. Then I smelled burning
insulation and
>knew I had BIG trouble under the hood. I quickly pulled over and popped
the hood
>to discover plumes of smoke rising from the area where the brown wires
plug into
>the positive battrery terminal. I knew I had to disconnect the battery but
had no
>tools with me. I also did not have my fire extinguisher in the car yet. In
>desparertion I grabbed the negative cable and managed to twist it off the
battery.
>I monitored the engine bay for a few minutes then opened the cockpit to get a
>flashlight - the cockpit was filled with smoke!
>
>Long story short. The wiring for the headlights burned all the way from the
>battery, across the width of the dash, and up the steering column to the
headlight
>dip switch. I disconnected those wires and am able to drive the car,
however, the
>degree of colateral damage is unknow and I can't risk a fire in another
circuit,
>so it time to put in a new main harness.
>
>Any one care to share time saving tips? The BL operations time manual says
its a 5
>hour job, so I'm planning 10+.
>
>How 'bout sources? I'm guessing TRF's harnesses come from British Wire in
>Illinois.
>
>Needles to say, my car will be sporting its fir extinguisher again real
soon and a
>battery cut-off switch may be in its immediate future. I'm just thanbk-ful
Anne
>wasn't driving the car at the time as she would not have known to
disconnect the
>battery and eliminte the source. A new wiring harness is a small price to
pay.
>
>Kerry
>Editor, 6-PACK
>
>P.S. The Spring issue is going out any day now, if it didn't last Friday.
>
>
Regards
Bernard Robbins
NEC New Zealand Ltd
Network Solutions
P.O. Box 1936
Wellington
Ph (04) 381 6274
fax (04) 381 6284
email brobbins@wlg.nec.co.nz
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