The message to which you are about to reply is shown first. GO TO REPLY FORM



 VIEW    REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE    PRINT   SAVE 

Wire Fire!!!!! 200 1986

posted by  Jim Holst on  Tue Sep 2 04:51 CST 2003
Author: [PROFILE] [EVERY POST] [THREADS] [BEST POSTS] RSS Feed     [IGNORE ALL POSTS]
last visit: Tue Jan 4 11:05 CST 2011
[RELATED]

That model still has the disintegrating wiring insulation. If the fire was down inside the loom, the rest of the wires are cooked too. The best solution would be to replace the whole wiring loom (harness) with a good used one. Try Dan Barton's web site. You could also make up your own harness but it would be slow work.

When I was 18 and coming home from college at 1:30 in the morning the wiring under the dash in my '37 Chev caught on fire. It was on a curve, winter, Minnesota snow and ice, no lights, deep ditches on the side and miles from home. For some odd reason I still have a very vivid memory of that night even a half-century later. I had to put a whole new wiring harness in from headlight to taillight! Good luck on your repair.






USERNAME
Use "claim to be" below if you don't want to log in.
PASSWORD
I don't have an account. Sign me up.
CLAIM TO BE
Use only if you don't want to login (post anonymously).
ENTER CAPTCHA CODE
This is required for posting anonymously.
OPTIONS notify by email
Available only to user accounts.
SUBJECT
MODEL/YEAR
MESSAGE

DICTIONARY
LABEL(S) +
IMAGE URL *
[IMAGE LIBRARY (UPLOAD/SELECT)]

* = Field is optional.

+ = Enter space delimited labels for this post. An example entry: 240 muffler


©Jarrod Stenberg 1997-2022. All material except where indicated.


All participants agree to these terms.

Brickboard.com is not affiliated with nor sponsored by AB Volvo, Volvo Car Corporation, Volvo Cars of North America, Inc. or Ford Motor Company. Brickboard.com is a Volvo owner/enthusiast site, similar to a club, and does not intend to pose as an official Volvo site. The official Volvo site can be found here.