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You need me to come over and help aleviate some of excess beer inventory while Greg works ?
You need me to come over and help aleviate some of excess beer inventory while Greg works ?
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Help Support Hardline Crawlers :
Single Seater Electrical
- Thread starter John Galbreath Jr.
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I would love to come help John, but I am doing the same as you! Pulled my dash cluster apart and have been replacing every terminal and connection, and also labeling it all. I believe I found my bad fuel pump line, it was a loose/dirty connector. All new waterproof breakers are going in and Jamie hooked me up with a bunch of reaily nice heat shrink connectors. Thanks man! Wiring sucks, but I have learned a good bit about the electrical system in my rig and should be good to go!
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Matt O. said:
Knowing your electrical well is one of the best things you can do. That way, when an issue arrises, you know what to do. Like Saturday, when I jumped the compressor to the rear winch. Done quickly because I knew all the wiring routing.
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Matt O. said:
GOOD DEAL, thats awesome you really need to know your electrical system inside and out regardless. Saves ALOT of time.
I am very happy the previous owner labeled everything with tape and magic marker and used quick disco connectors all around. Made the trying to figure out what this and that do much easier. I should have it finished up tonight I hope.
I have one of those majestic tools and tht is what I used. Found lots of dirty/loose connectors behind my dash. Even though the "dash" cluster backs up to my cowl/firewall, it still has an exposed gap and it was covered in old mud and dirt. I am still considering possible solutions for that problem, but I am moving to waterproof connectors for the time being. I pulled my Temp gauge out so it could dry out and maybe it will work again for me. Who knows.
Bones
That Guy
dielectric grease is your friend on all connections.
DeleriousII
Down da bayou!
I tried to use as many different color wires as I could get my hands on...it is a lot easier to tell where they go
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so what you're saying is when I rewired mine with Red/White/Black, I may have trouble in the future?DeleriousII said:
DeleriousII
Down da bayou!
no but different colors for different components helps a little when tracing them
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InDaShop said:so what you're saying is when I rewired mine with Red/White/Black, I may have trouble in the future?
You are three times better off than when I wired mine red
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InDaShop
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I ran out of white and red and found green. So I do have like 2 green wires....
blacksheep10
XBJRA champ/ 555 and team Nasty codriver
that sounds like a problem for future chris. today chris wants his buggy to run. Red it isBeyer said:laughing1
I am in the same boat. Never really cosidered having to go back and fix sheet later.
All I use now is the heatshrink connecters, they hold good and make a waterproof connection. **** soldering everything. Watekwire.com has them for cheap, they have a min quantity order but its still way cheaper than the parts store.
blacksheep10
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what kind of heat will the heatshrink connectors hold up to if they are made to turn to gel when heated?
Mr. Underkill
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GB has a line of them now at most Ace HDWs too.
I've never had a problem with them once shrunk. But then again I don't ley'em on headers either.
I've never had a problem with them once shrunk. But then again I don't ley'em on headers either.
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Magic smoke put back in the wires, hopefully it will stay there.
blacksheep10
XBJRA champ/ 555 and team Nasty codriver
I use them as well, and love them. My question for john's app was that if the wire coating was good for 275*, is the connector up to the task.Mr. Underkill said:
