[Kim]

The alternative, perhaps, to needing a $2000 wiring harness that is now unavailable may end up simply being parting it out. I understand that costs of building them are high but, if they deteriorate and are not otherwiseavailable, there may be no other choice. Paying $2000 for a new one vs getting rid of the car? No brainer to me as long as the rest of the car is worthy. Tearing it apart to install it is the same whether it is used or new. I can't do it myself.

If the line between keeping it and parting it out was clear - such as if it was crashed - these things wouldn't be issues. But the line is unclear - a fuzzy meandering down the uneven road of ownership of an older car. It is just a service item to me, albiet a pricey one that I hope won't be needed more than once. And perhaps more necessary than some other things being fabricated that are really just luxuries that we scoop up with reckless abandon. At some point, others will need these things and maybe, then, faced with extinction of the breed, a means to create new ones will evolve. Until then, heat, vibration and the chemistry of cheap plastic and thin copper will have its way. March on, Sir Oxidation.

I may have a line on a used one from California - if I can get it then I might try to make repairs to mine as a spare.

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[flash]

having spent so many years in british cars, i am all too familiar with dealing with failing wiring - i would not hesitate to deal with it in the car - while replacing the harness may well be the better way to go, unless i was doing a full car restoration, i would not install a new harness - there is just too much to take apart to gain access to it - you would essentially have to strip the car completely down - i would instead point to point repair in the car as needed

factoring in the time to do the job, and the cost of the parts, i'd rather start with a different car - been there done that - i've had a melted harness - i ended up stripping the car of the interior and drivetrain and installing everything into a different chassis

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[Kim]

two ways to solve the same problem, I guess. But I don't think that the DME harness is all THAT bad to do. I think it is the engine harness that is a real bugger to install.

If I can get one I will try to cobble my old one together for this year and then do my OWN installation of a new one in the fall. Did you read this? A real DIY!!

(PS. Can any of you guys who know what you are doing reserve a few days in November to come here to NS and bail me out? I can't see it going well regardless of my optimism)

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[Mark]

LOL- would love to come up but I would be of no help to you, just love Nova Scotia.

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[Kim]

are you from around here? Nova Scotia is at one end.

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