Well, I have never been successful in stuffing the harness through the
stator tube even though the bullets are staggered and I wrapped the bundle
as tightly as possible. It was an exercise in frustration.
When I installed a new trafficator wiring harness, I cut all of the bullets
off of the ends, leaving about 1-1/2 inches of wire connected to each
bullet. After the harness was through the tube, I soldered the cut wires
back together. To make this easier in the future if the harness needs to
come out again I did not twist the wires together before soldering, but just
laid them side by side so the wires aren't damaged. I used heat-shrink
tubing to insulate the joints after soldering.
Steve Byers
HBJ8L/36666
BJ8 Registry
Havelock, NC
-----Original Message-----
From: healeys-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Steve
Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 9:21 PM
To: healeys@autox.team.net
Subject: [Healeys] Trafficator Harness Installation
Hi all,
During my restoration, a few years ago I removed my
trafficator harness and now that my steering wheel is restored I've been
trying to reinstall the trafficator harness. I should mention that the
original bullets are still soldered on the ends. I've tried running
bailing wire up the tube and pulling the harness back through but it
gets jammed up at the opening. So I tried heavy duty fishing line but
the second or third bullet just gets jammed and am wondering if anyone
has successfully reinstalled the trafficator with the bullets still on
and if so, how did you do it or do I need to cut off the bullets and
pull it through and then solder new ones on? I wanted to avoid the
latter if possible but if not, oh well.
As always many thanks,
Steve Meyer
61 BN7
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