So I was cutting out a bit of the inside rocker panel area today in hopes of finalizing the attachment of my 3/4 tub to my 74 Cowl an chassis, when a fire erupted on top of the fuse block. I tried to smother it with a shirt but had to hit with the dry extinguisher. Never a dull moment in 40 land.
Long story short there was apparently some strategically placed mouse tinder up in there that was easily ignited by the sparks, who knew. I've been cutting and welding on this thing for a while so this isn't the firs time that the sparks have been flying in the area but whatever.
It was obviously shorted out bad because after the fire was out the idle solenoid was clicking but ignition was not on, crap. I went to unhook the battery and the red wire leading to the positive terminal on the battery was charred and burned up to oblivion. Double crap. Battery now out.
So I've already checked out that SOR has an "aftermarket" wiring harness for $250, and CCOT has a Painless listed but says it's no longer available and Iron Pig seems to have one too.
So has anyone used the SOR one, or iron pig ones?
The next question is should I allow this to change direction of the build?
I was just trying to fix the stuff that was broken like the missing tub! and get her back on the road because my skills in electrical and deep mechanical are not super heavy duty. But now because the wiring is totally fried I'm thinking well, hell, why not tear her down all the way and build it back right in stead of the patch job rebuild I was working on. Thoughts? How much of a pain is installing a whole new wiring harness? I've never done that before.
Here's the thread when I picked it up...
https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/my-new-project-basket-case-74-40.777724/
This is her current state with new tub bolted down.
It's a long story but the tub was missing the rocker section and door jamb, but my chassis and cowl had that so I was working on welding the two together there when the fire broke out...
I've bolted on a new Trollhole carb and it ran but wouldn't idle right. I've swapped the coil, put on new wires changed the fluids, changed the filters, have new shocks, new gas tank from CCOT, saginaw box and pump from the PO, have a new hardtop, with ambulance doors, have DOM tubing for roll bars, extra set of wheels and a nice set of OEM fenders to undo the bob. I felt like I was getting close, but this set back really sucks.
Ain't this fun... I'm off to have a bummer beer and watch some football.
Long story short there was apparently some strategically placed mouse tinder up in there that was easily ignited by the sparks, who knew. I've been cutting and welding on this thing for a while so this isn't the firs time that the sparks have been flying in the area but whatever.
It was obviously shorted out bad because after the fire was out the idle solenoid was clicking but ignition was not on, crap. I went to unhook the battery and the red wire leading to the positive terminal on the battery was charred and burned up to oblivion. Double crap. Battery now out.
So I've already checked out that SOR has an "aftermarket" wiring harness for $250, and CCOT has a Painless listed but says it's no longer available and Iron Pig seems to have one too.
So has anyone used the SOR one, or iron pig ones?
The next question is should I allow this to change direction of the build?
I was just trying to fix the stuff that was broken like the missing tub! and get her back on the road because my skills in electrical and deep mechanical are not super heavy duty. But now because the wiring is totally fried I'm thinking well, hell, why not tear her down all the way and build it back right in stead of the patch job rebuild I was working on. Thoughts? How much of a pain is installing a whole new wiring harness? I've never done that before.
Here's the thread when I picked it up...
https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/my-new-project-basket-case-74-40.777724/
This is her current state with new tub bolted down.
It's a long story but the tub was missing the rocker section and door jamb, but my chassis and cowl had that so I was working on welding the two together there when the fire broke out...
I've bolted on a new Trollhole carb and it ran but wouldn't idle right. I've swapped the coil, put on new wires changed the fluids, changed the filters, have new shocks, new gas tank from CCOT, saginaw box and pump from the PO, have a new hardtop, with ambulance doors, have DOM tubing for roll bars, extra set of wheels and a nice set of OEM fenders to undo the bob. I felt like I was getting close, but this set back really sucks.
Ain't this fun... I'm off to have a bummer beer and watch some football.