[DeTomaso] Electrical Issues

[Will Kooiman]

I took all of my wires apart.  I cut the harness open, checked every wire,
and retaped it.

There were several loose connections, plus several wires that had cracked
inside the harness.

I did this because one wire had shorted a long time ago and was melted
from the engine to the dash.

The passenger's headlamp had a connector that was loose.  It is hard to
explain, but the wire was pushing out of the connector, so it just barely
made connectivity.  If you wiggled the wires, it worked. Of course, I
fixed it, and it made a big difference.  There was also a connector behind
the glove box that had a similar problem.

While I was messing with the wires, I removed the wiring for the seat belt
buzzer (lots of wires).

My point is you probably have a loose connector somewhere.  The body shop
probably removed a wire or two (I.e. Headlamp), and when they replaced
it,the wires pushed out of the connector(s).

On 8/29/12 9:43 AM, "Richard Greenblum" <pantera at austin.rr.com> wrote:

>All,
>
>I just got my car (1974 US GTS) back from a body only restoration‹it was
>in
>the shop five years.  Glad to have it back, but there are issues.
>Everything worked when I dropped it off.  Now, the only lights that work
>are
>the front and side markers, the right license plate, and the left running
>tail light.  I haven't tried the headlights, but it was light outside and
>had no brake or blinker lights.  And the horn doesn't work.
>
>Inside the driver's door jam, I only have one jam switch and a cover they
>added to another hole below it.  I thought I had two switches on the
>driver's side and one on the passenger side, but the diagram (Pantera
>Place)
>doesn't show that.
>
>I'm guessing connections are either not made, poorly made, or there's a
>ground problem, or, all of the above. The fuses are good.  Anyone have a
>suggestion other than to hit each item and check the wiring one by one?
>I'm
>not to keen on taking it back to the shop because I don©öt have brake
>lights,
>and I'm not sure I trust them to fix it.  And, last time I dropped it off,
>it took five years to get it backŠ
>
>Richard
>Austin, TX
>
>
>
>
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