Melted Wiring Harness

[Gene]

Hi pfloyd,

 

Maybe it is just my old eyes, I'm still unable to get real good detail on these pics, when I try to enlarge them the quality deteriorates very rapidly.

 

That said, I wonder whether this could be rodent damage? The damage looks so diffuse and spread over several areas, I'm not sure whether one short would have done this.

 

Then after the rodent created a bare wire, it shorted and did further damage.

 

Looks like one fusible link was "repaired" which needs to be redone.

 

You still need a harness, but there may not be another problem.

 

Once you get the harness in, we can probably give some tips about how to troubleshoot/prevent damage to the new harness. I would think about (temporarily) putting a 20 amp fuse in series with the positive battery cable,between the battery post and the cable end, before first connecting power to the new harness. If that fuse blows you have a dead short which would damage the new harness quickly.

 

I would not depend just on the fusible links, they can take a while to melt, and damage may be done in the process.. 

 

Good luck!

 

Gene

[Sonicjv]

I know this is an old thread but was there ever a solution? I have the same exact issue and looking for any insight. Thx