Stuart
Thanks for the info and offer. I think the harness has to match the same
year.
Jim
70B
78B
Stuart MacMillan wrote:
> I may have one in my collection from the '73 parts car, I'll check
> tonight for you. I've actually salvaged a melted harness like this in
> an old Saab I once had, and you might try too if it isn't completely
> fused into a solid mass. Typically the wire that drew the excessive
> current will melt its insulation off in only a few places and short only
> to other nearby wires. Most other wires in the bundle may have their
> insulation softened and fused together, but are not shorted out and thus
> are still serviceable.
>
> I've been able to cut off the wrap, peel the wires apart to a large
> degree, isolate the shorts, and wrap the exposed wire with tape. It
> all depends on how hot it all got, take a look and see if this might be
> easier than cutting out the harness and replacing it.
>
> --
> Stuart MacMillan
> Seattle
>
> '84 Vanagon Westfalia w/2.1
> '65 MGB (Daily driver since 1969)
> '74 MGB GT (Restoring sloooowly)
>
> Personal mechanic for:
> '70 MGB GT (Daughter's)
>
> Assisting on Restoration (and spending OPM):
> '72 MGB GT (Was daughter's, now son's)
> '64 MGB (Son's)
>
> Stripped and gone but their parts live on:
> '68 MGB, '73 MGB, '67 MGB GT
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