[Healeys] Trafficator Harness Installation

MGTD51 mgtd51 at comcast.net
Tue Jun 2 11:33:13 MDT 2009


I pushed a piece of strong nylon string down the stator tube with a 
stiff wire.  I then tied the string to the longest harness wire using as 
thin a knot as possible.  I wrapped the string and all the connectors 
with electrical tape as tightly as possible and covered the tape with 
grease.  While I pulled the string out the steering box end, a helper 
worked the wiring from inside the car.  A little fiddling and the wires 
emerged unscathed.  Not as difficult as I feared it would be.

Larry Swift

BJ8 Healeys wrote:
> 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 at autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Steve
> Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 9:21 PM
> To: healeys at 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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