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Posted by Bill Kerfoot [66.74.149.93] on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 at 20:50:43 :
On Monday, on a short trip around the block, my truck stopped running and would not restart. The starter would not turn over, plenty of gas and a charged battery. I called AAA and they brought it home.
Thinking that I had an ignition switch problem, I started tearing the steering column apart. I am at the point where I need to press the column out of the bearing to reach the switch. In the process I discovered burned wires in the connector inside the cab from the firewall to the column. Further searching found the hot wire from the starter relay to the firewall connector also burned. I appears that I have a short somewhere, or just 37 year old wiring and connectors.
Since the connectors are 37 years old, the plastic has hardened and breaks rather than snapping apart.
Here is my problem: Where can I locate new wiring harnesses with new connectors? The dealer or some after market source? I think that the best thing is to replace all the wiring from the starter relay through the firewall connectors to the ignition switch.
Any comments or brilliant ideas?
Thanks,
Bill
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