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Hey all,
Despite reading about and being very careful to have the
license plate light grounded properly, when I went to hook
it back up ( after a repaint with all rear lights out)
I hooked the red light wire back up to the stop light pig tail.
Fortunately kept my fingers on it and it got hot almost
at once. Disconnected as did not want to be another one to
burn up his harness. Well, despite disconnecting it in just
a few seconds, I have had a partial meltdown of the red wires
from the headlight switch, to the fuse box, and in the main
harness going to the front head lights. Checked them and
the wiring there appears okay and oddly enough, fine at the
rear end. But up front, I managed to melt down the insulation
on some of it. All the other wires and insulation appear to
be okay, just the red got hot and started to melt down. My
question is can I simply "graft in, so to speak" new wiring
to replace that with the damaged insulation ? this is the
original harness on a BJ8 and was not planning on replacing it
as other than the above bonehead move by yours truly, was in
great shape. I will obviously have to cut into some of the
fabric wrap to check on the red lines but seems like I can
replace the portion that got too hot. Advice, consolation,
recommendations for something strong to drink ????
Thanks,
Mike
Despite reading about and being very careful to have the
license plate light grounded properly, when I went to hook
it back up ( after a repaint with all rear lights out)
I hooked the red light wire back up to the stop light pig tail.
Fortunately kept my fingers on it and it got hot almost
at once. Disconnected as did not want to be another one to
burn up his harness. Well, despite disconnecting it in just
a few seconds, I have had a partial meltdown of the red wires
from the headlight switch, to the fuse box, and in the main
harness going to the front head lights. Checked them and
the wiring there appears okay and oddly enough, fine at the
rear end. But up front, I managed to melt down the insulation
on some of it. All the other wires and insulation appear to
be okay, just the red got hot and started to melt down. My
question is can I simply "graft in, so to speak" new wiring
to replace that with the damaged insulation ? this is the
original harness on a BJ8 and was not planning on replacing it
as other than the above bonehead move by yours truly, was in
great shape. I will obviously have to cut into some of the
fabric wrap to check on the red lines but seems like I can
replace the portion that got too hot. Advice, consolation,
recommendations for something strong to drink ????
Thanks,
Mike