<VV> Melted wiring harness in the engine bay

[Harry Yarnell]

Splicing an engine bay harness is not a good idea. Most splices are cobble 
jobs; best way to splice is to solder the splice and cover with heat shrink 
tubing. The problem with the engine bay harness is, after 40 or so years, 
the copper wire is oxidized black , and that cannot be soldered, nor is a 
twistem type splice sound. And the Nichrome resistance wire for the coil, 
can't be soldered.

Harry Yarnell
Perryman garage and orphanage
Perryman, MD
hyarnell1 at earthlink.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen Upham" <contactsmu at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Virtual Vairs" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 12:10 PM
Subject: <VV> Melted wiring harness in the engine bay


> The postmortem is not complete (although I suspect my relocation of
> the electric fuel pump was the cause), suffice it to say that there
> was a short in the a wire in the wiring harness in the engine bay and
> before I could put it out, the resulting fire had melted the hiring
> harness and the wires' insulation about an inch and a half on either
> side fusing some of them together (which I now have basically
> separated).
>
> Should I:
> A) try to separate, splice in new wire and reconnect (as suggested by
> a vendor)
>
>
> 
>  Spend the $150-200 to replace the engine and/or main wiring
> harnesses (which I will eventually do anyway)
>
>
> The fun never seems to end,
>
> Stephen
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