Re: Debi's 1953 Patrician
Posted by Duane Gunn On 2014/2/7 21:28:38
Went to check on the ignition switch and pulled it out. It seems to work fine. I checked it out with an analog meter and the connections work good.
So I got excited and pulled the dashboard apart. I found a lot of wires that were exposed and a few more that I exposed taking the instrument panel out. It looks like I need to replace the wiring harness.
I talked to a couple of guys here at a Friday night car show about the smoke coming from the dashboard and they said, "replace the wiring harness."
Bummer.
I have used Rhode Island Wiring for a harness on my 1940 160 Sedan and it went in pretty good. So I'll try them again. At least I'll wait until Monday when they open.
On the last picture is a bare wire with the instrument panel and the ignition switch. That bare wire was just sitting there attached to a circuit breaker. So I thought it's time for a new wiring harness. I put liquid tape under the hood for the wires in the engine compartment and now will be removing all of those 'taped' wires.
The speedometer is stuck at 40mph while it's on my living room ottoman! The clock is stuck a 5 o'clock, because it must be 5 o'clock somewhere!
Just a few more things to work on.
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So I got excited and pulled the dashboard apart. I found a lot of wires that were exposed and a few more that I exposed taking the instrument panel out. It looks like I need to replace the wiring harness.
I talked to a couple of guys here at a Friday night car show about the smoke coming from the dashboard and they said, "replace the wiring harness."
Bummer.
I have used Rhode Island Wiring for a harness on my 1940 160 Sedan and it went in pretty good. So I'll try them again. At least I'll wait until Monday when they open.
On the last picture is a bare wire with the instrument panel and the ignition switch. That bare wire was just sitting there attached to a circuit breaker. So I thought it's time for a new wiring harness. I put liquid tape under the hood for the wires in the engine compartment and now will be removing all of those 'taped' wires.
The speedometer is stuck at 40mph while it's on my living room ottoman! The clock is stuck a 5 o'clock, because it must be 5 o'clock somewhere!
Just a few more things to work on.
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