If you've got one of the original cloth covered harnesses, there's a chance
that the harness cover itself it breaking up and wedging the wires in place.
By removing the gland nut at the botton of the steering box where the wires
come out, you should be able to withdraw the entire stator tube, with the
wires in it. Once you've done that, you can disassemble the control head,
disconnect the wires from inside it, and pull them in the opposite direction
through the stator tube.
Also, while you're pulling, have you got someone feeding the wires into the
stator tube at the bottom? It helps if someone is forcing them in while
someone is pulling at the other end.
Jim Bauder wrote:
> Listers,
>
> I ordered a new control head from TRF. This is the horn push, turn
> signal switch and harness that feeds down through the stator tube. The
> instructions are rather simple. "After removing the grub screws holding
> the old control head and disconnecting the bullet connectors, the
> control head can then be withdrawn." In a pig's eye!!! So far we've
> broken two of the four wires trying to pull the harness through the
> stator tube. It moved about two inches and refuses to budge a millimeter
>
> more. We stopped working on it because I was afraid if I broke any more
> of the wires I would never be able to remove it. We sprayed WD-40 down
> the tube thinking that it might dissolve the gunk, rust, or whatever is
> holding up the old harness from coming out, all to no avail.
>
> Have any of you folks had this problem? if so what did you do? Ideas
> from any quarter are welcome. I am truly baffled.
>
> Jim Bauder
> '58 TR3 in fewer and fewer boxes
> Palo Alto, CA
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