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Re: Harness Repair Questions
[Re: OrangeProwler]
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03/17/21 03:58 AM
03/17/21 03:58 AM
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The bigger problem you'll find is get the male terminals if you need those too. i never have seen those being sold around.
I have used the later male plugs into the older female plugs such as later engine bay harnesses into my 74 bulkhead and they fit. Now, I can't say if Female terminals will fit correctly without any play into the plugs. Males definitelly not. What I made once is cut the later engine bay harnesses with couple of inches of wires from terminal and splice it into my harness.
With a Charger born in Chrysler assembly plant in Valencia, Venezuela
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Re: Harness Repair Questions
[Re: tahoechallenge]
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03/17/21 07:29 AM
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If the solder runs down the wire into the insulation it makes the wire prone to cracking. Lack of strain relief is the issue here
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Re: Harness Repair Questions
[Re: NachoRT74]
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03/17/21 10:20 AM
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OrangeProwler
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The bigger problem you'll find is get the male terminals if you need those too. i never have seen those being sold around.
I have used the later male plugs into the older female plugs such as later engine bay harnesses into my 74 bulkhead and they fit. Now, I can't say if Female terminals will fit correctly without any play into the plugs. Males definitelly not. What I made once is cut the later engine bay harnesses with couple of inches of wires from terminal and splice it into my harness.
Thank you. I will see what I can come up. My main focus in the cargo/dome lamp wiring part of the dash harness and then going to look at the headlight switch harness. Looks like someone tapped in the harness for the switch but, it works fine. The good thing is on the engine side I will be installing a headlight relay kit for this truck. Ammeter converted to a voltmeter and LED dash bulbs.
Last edited by RustyMopar01; 03/17/21 10:22 AM.
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Re: Harness Repair Questions
[Re: OrangeProwler]
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03/17/21 11:36 AM
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But your Ammeter is ( or should be ) a shunted ammeter! You didn't need to make the conversion with that!
If dome light plug is like passenger car dome lights it uses molex standard terminals 0,063" which are available around ( terminals and plugs )
With a Charger born in Chrysler assembly plant in Valencia, Venezuela
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Re: Harness Repair Questions
[Re: NachoRT74]
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03/18/21 09:33 AM
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Not on this truck. I pulled parts from another 79 truck that had a melted ammeter and seen a 78 with the same issue as well. Dodge didn't completely change the harness and fuse block until 1981 on the trucks from what I understand where they switched from the glass fuses to the blade style and change the fuse block location as well.
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