Melted wires ?

[david t]

Working on my sons 1000 saloon 1961 was in the process of rerouting the harness from under the car to inside,to keep it out of the weather.Cut the harness at the rear and pulled it to the front ,thats when i saw that the section witch passes the clutch pedal had melted together.The red wire had melted to the others.The copper wires had green corrotion on them witch would point to damadge beeing done over a period of time? We bought this car as a project so we havent had it on the road yet so the questions i would like help with are;

If i replace the wires from front to back will it hapen again ?

what do you think may have caused this ?

Do i need to worry about anthing?

[beero]

If the back lights worked then it is an old fault that has caused the insulation to melt. The red wires are not fused and a fault will just melt the wires rather than blow a fuse. If you just renew the offending wires then you have nothing to worry about. Encase the new wires in some form of protective sleeving even if running them inside. If you run wires inside the car and they burn it will set fire to the carpets.
This site is good for wiring products.
http://www.vehicle-wiring-products.eu/V ... mepage.php
They are nothing to do with me but I have used them many times.

[david t]

Thanks have already replaced old wires to the rear will be be keeping a keen eye on them hopefuly this will be the end of it .hope to get it for an mot monday, fingers crossed ive saved this one from the scrap yaurd thanks for your input big help

[beero]

Good luck with the MOT on Monday.

[david t]

Went for its test today ,bugga failed but only on wiper blades rear brake bulb and poor rear brakes after all the work ive put into it,it failes on the one thing i had nothing to do with so ive let the garage finnish it off.should save me a retest fee with the garage doing the work,hopefully get it back mon tues.

[bmcecosse]

Nothing too serious there, so well done - but you are entitled to a free re-test any way within 10 days - even if you take the car away and fix the problems yourself.