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craigslist welder smoked my main wiring harness

Discussion in '3rd Gen. Tacomas (2016-2023)' started by Nomis88, Jul 8, 2020.

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  1. Jul 8, 2020 at 7:04 PM
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    lynlan1819

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    What welder worth his salt,doesn't take 10 seconds to look behind a frame for electrical BEFORE welding or cutting off hangers,etc.
     
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  2. Jul 8, 2020 at 7:07 PM
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    ill show it off after I get my relentless bumper in
     
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  3. Jul 8, 2020 at 7:08 PM
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    welllllll about 30 minutes into the job he said he just bought the welder last week. I shat myself then and there
     
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  4. Jul 8, 2020 at 7:15 PM
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    NO!!!! Those wires can and will short to each other, eventually. I am an electrician by trade, and that is an F'd up mess you have. One wire at a time, replace the burnt sections. Solder the connections and heat shrink over them each individually. Stagger them so that one spot does not get to big for the loom, where all the splices and heat shrinks will be.

    Drive at your own risk, until the job is complete.
     
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  5. Jul 8, 2020 at 7:20 PM
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    Cut and splice one at a time. Use solder and marine grade heat shrink that is adhesive lined. Put new split loom over it and you will be done in an hour. It will last as long as the rest of the wiring.
     
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  6. Jul 8, 2020 at 7:31 PM
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    Wow so he thought he was good enough to do welding for customers a week after getting into welding.
     
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  7. Jul 8, 2020 at 7:40 PM
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    Properly splice in replacement wire for the burnt section. That is a correct repair. Heat shrink and wire loom and it will be fine.

    Electricity is not magic. It just has to have a path, and the path has to be controlled.
     
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  8. Jul 8, 2020 at 7:42 PM
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    What did you think you needed a welder for on the hanger install?
     
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  9. Jul 8, 2020 at 7:54 PM
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    Shrink wrap the wiring, tuck up the wiring and quickly trade it for another Tacoma before the wiring problems start.......
     
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  10. Jul 8, 2020 at 7:57 PM
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    What CountofQ said! :thumbsup:
     
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  11. Jul 8, 2020 at 7:59 PM
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    Did you pay the " welder " ?
     
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    Hit this guy up. I bet you could get his harness for next to nothing.

    https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/k-who-dunnit.674991/
     
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    Unless there is a CAN twisted pair in there there won't be any issues.
     
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    The technicians I work with in the power industry would horse laugh me if I asked them to splice small gauge wires with solder. Insulated Butt splices are what they use, with the proper crimp tool it’s fast and secure. And they are right, I used to be one of them.
     
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    Cut, splice, solder, and heat shrink. cheap and effective.
     
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  16. Jul 8, 2020 at 8:17 PM
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    All sorts of people bitching about spending 5 hours grinding and drilling out the rivets. Burning them out is recommended and I thought I’d save some effort. WRONG
     
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    That requires a plasma cutter, not a harbor freight welder
     
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  18. Jul 8, 2020 at 8:34 PM
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    hahah clearly. I asked the guy about that and he said it didn’t matter. At that point I didn’t know he was full of shit
     
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    For small jobs, you can crank the heat up on a welder and burn through metal. So in this case a welder would work for that. Checking behind your work is still mandatory. Haha.
     
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    That's great until you have some salt or contaminants get in there. Then you start getting corrosion, then the resistance goes up, then it starts heating up which causes more resistance. I don't like having to redo other people's work in wiring, but if there's an electrical issue and I see previous wiring fixes that's the first place to look and usually the culprit.

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    A proper repair will work just fine and last forever.
     
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