RhainyC
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- Blaine, Washington
- Vehicle Year
- 1991
- Make / Model
- Ford
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- 4.0 V6
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- Manual
- 2WD / 4WD
- 4WD
Ok, so a few weeks ago, we had a bit of a near fire...scared the bejesus outta me...and I don't scare easy!
Hubby is working on trying to fix this, and at the moment has the dash in a bazillion pieces.
The difficult part is where he needs some help. How do you replace the clips in the fuse box itself? The insulation on the wire is burned clean off down to the clip. He could possibly make an external connection but the wire that burned is a jumper from one fuse to another.
Another issue is that the connection is made through the big connector in the firewall. Anyone had any experience removing the pins and replacing those? He works with electrical connectors all the time, and knows it is possible. He would just need to get the crimp pins and pull the old ones out. Any idea if these are available from a parts store?
What we thought was simply a shorted fuse ended up being a real mess of a short and fully toasted wires. The wires that caused the mess have been found! Here is a pic of the wire (well sort of a pic) that toasted:
The pink and red show part of the parts that are the problem.(the back up light wiring is not shown, but it toasted too) The wiring pigtail that connects on the tranny for both the neutral safety switch and the backup lights, then goes to the fuse box is what toasted.
Apparently Ford in their infinite wisdom didn't make sure this bundle of wires wouldn't drop onto the mufflers...so I have to figure out what the heck the part(s) are called, so we can order them...lol
Hopefully someone carries the wires w/connectors at not too spendy a price...because Ford doesn't make them anymore and we don't have a wrecking yard within 50+ miles. *Sighs*
Any help or suggestions would be truly appreciated folk.
Hubby is working on trying to fix this, and at the moment has the dash in a bazillion pieces.
The difficult part is where he needs some help. How do you replace the clips in the fuse box itself? The insulation on the wire is burned clean off down to the clip. He could possibly make an external connection but the wire that burned is a jumper from one fuse to another.
Another issue is that the connection is made through the big connector in the firewall. Anyone had any experience removing the pins and replacing those? He works with electrical connectors all the time, and knows it is possible. He would just need to get the crimp pins and pull the old ones out. Any idea if these are available from a parts store?
What we thought was simply a shorted fuse ended up being a real mess of a short and fully toasted wires. The wires that caused the mess have been found! Here is a pic of the wire (well sort of a pic) that toasted:
The pink and red show part of the parts that are the problem.(the back up light wiring is not shown, but it toasted too) The wiring pigtail that connects on the tranny for both the neutral safety switch and the backup lights, then goes to the fuse box is what toasted.
Apparently Ford in their infinite wisdom didn't make sure this bundle of wires wouldn't drop onto the mufflers...so I have to figure out what the heck the part(s) are called, so we can order them...lol
Hopefully someone carries the wires w/connectors at not too spendy a price...because Ford doesn't make them anymore and we don't have a wrecking yard within 50+ miles. *Sighs*
Any help or suggestions would be truly appreciated folk.