Maybe its related- I cannot get the wiper/fan circuit to work yet but
figured I would work on it later when I had time. Meanwhile, the fuse has
been removed from the in-line fuse holder.
So today, I drove the car to work again and it ran flawlessly as usual. But
at lunch, as soon as I turned the ignition on, a great deal of smoke came
out from the dash. I quickly turned off the ignition but the damage was
done. My brand new $300 wiring harness started melting inside the wrapping,
up to the tach, along the white wire. I managed a quick repair to get the
car started and it drove home,again flawlessly with the tach working fine
on my spliced wire.
So now the car is in the garage and sometime later, I'm going to have to
split open the harness at least in the section near the gauges. So, should
I have this wire fused somewhere? I presume its unfused since my 25A fuses
did not blow. Would this be a problem with the construction of the new
harness? I'm a bit pissed now since I recently bought a new harness and now
I'll either have to replace it or cobb together some kind of less
professional repair.
David Councill
67 BGT
72 B
At 09:55 AM 7/14/2003 +0100, Paul wrote:
>71 to 74 model years had the washers, wipers and heater fan powered from the
>accessories position of the ignition switch (before and after that it was
>the 'run' position). These had their own in-line fuse immediately below the
>fusebox, white/green (from the switch) one side and green/black (to the
>wipers etc.). As others have said the standard 17 amp rated, 35amp blow is
>the correct fuse but your 25amp should be fine, so you have a short.
>Temporarily wire a high-wattage bulb e.g. and old headlamp in place of the
>fuse and while the short is present it will glow at full brightness. Start
>disconnecting green/blacks at the wiper motor, wiper switch, heater fan
>switch, and washer motor and when you have disconnected the short the bulb
>will go out. There are also a couple of four-way bullet connectors in the
>wiring which should also help in breaking down where the short is.
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