Re: [xj-s] Re:Wiring harness - 90 XJ-S V-12 (long)

[kyoung@usinternet.com (Keen Young)]

At 02:44 AM 7/26/98 -0400, you wrote:
>My personal preference would be to replace the entire harness, unless you
>are prepared to do a very santiary job of fixing the old one. (IE soldering
>and shrink tubing.  Electrical tape will turn to goo in no time, and (IMHO)
>crimp on connectors are not 100% reliable.)  Also, I recently discovered
>that there are only about 5 colors of wire that you can buy at most of the
>places you or I would look to buy wire.  So you will end up with color
>coding that can't be deciphered by anybody else who needs to work on the
>car.
>

Hmm, I can't afford to have anyone else work on the car, screw the colors.
But yes, I intended to solder and shrink tube.

>See The Book concerning Kirby's thoughts on replacing underhood insulation.
>
Yes, that looks good. Thanks.

>You will not have to remove fenders to work on any of the wiring, (they are
>welded on, BTW). You may have to remove the inner panels in the vicinty of
>the wheel wells.
>
Just figured this out on the advice of Mike Morrin, thanks.

>You might want to buy a parts manual.  For what you are doing it will come
>in useful.
>
Chad Bolles is working on this for me. 
Thanks for the tips.
Keen Young

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