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Posted 5/8/2007 3:32 PM
Tjærand
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Ground Control to Major Tom

We've lost contact...

I guess I found my ground issues. That design is utterly silly. Stick a lot of wires in the only place that is sure to get bent and creased 10 times a day.

Edited by Tjærand 5/8/2007 3:35 PM




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Posted 5/8/2007 3:37 PM
KERR

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Re: Ground Control to Major Tom

looks like some one is going to have some fun splicing and saudering wires back together...

Good new is it looks like if you wanted to you could cut them all and extend them so it will be easier to fix.

My lick it would have done that at the connector.

If it makes you feel better my supra had the same problem, results of a hungary mouse..
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Posted 5/9/2007 12:23 AM
Jonathan Joseph
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RE: Ground Control to Major Tom

Tjaerand,
Is that your rear door?
Jonathan
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Posted 5/9/2007 1:06 AM
Tjærand
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RE: Ground Control to Major Tom

Yes, I have double rear doors, and this is the left one.
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Posted 5/9/2007 11:46 AM
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Re: Ground Control to Major Tom

Tjaerand,

I am suffering the same problem with that wiring on my single rear door. Vlad was offering an upgrade kit that moves the wiring from out the back of the body and into the back of the door to hidden in the jam like the late 463 trucks. I think the upgrade has a tensioner of some sort to allow movement of the loom without the sharp bending on our doors. My plan is to buy the related parts and drill the holes and change it to the late style. This will leave two exposed holes, one on the body and one on the door that can be plugged untill they can be closed properly at a body shop. When I have time I'll try to find a link to the upgrade kit. I've always looked at that little loop of wiring feeding the rear door a bit sideways.

First the defogger stopped working and now the rear wiper....Can you hear me Major Tom?

-Dai

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Posted 5/9/2007 12:16 PM
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Re: Ground Control to Major Tom

the sliding tube of the later setup (as well as the upgrade) needs to be kept clean and a bit of silicone paste will help to keep the tube healthy - otherwise it will kink, the retracting spring can only do so much.
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Posted 5/9/2007 5:36 PM
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Re: Ground Control to Major Tom

been there, done that... had the same problem on my 1989 G... I just made new cabels for the central locking system, wiper and window heating... and bought all the plastic things... (but forgot the spring) but it works nice.. no prob. Good luck!

(upgrade kit that moves the wiring from out the back of the body and into the back of the door to hidden in the jam like the late 463 trucks)

isn't that standar on 460 from about year 1986?
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Posted 5/9/2007 5:47 PM
Tjærand
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Re: Ground Control to Major Tom

My cables all run interior and not outside like on the older trucks, but they are still folded between body and door. Spliced about half of the cables before the wife hijacked the car. No more jumpy temp and tank gauge. Central lock is still dead though. I can hear the relay click in the driver door but the signal is cut off somewhere, probbaly one of the severed wires in the back. I also traced 2 blown fuses that I have no idea as to functionality. Not original though as they are spade types and dangling from under the dash.
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