RE: [DML] Re: Melted Transmission Harness

["Tom Tait" <TTait@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Someone here can point us to a good heat resistant tape or other sealer
to repair the outer insulation once the repairs/inspection are
complete...  I'd like to know too, anyone?  Good heat resistant
waterproof tape?

 

Tom

 

From: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of David Teitelbaum
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 3:34 PM
To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [DML] Re: Melted Transmission Harness

 

Don't panic yet. You may be able to salvage the wiring harness. If you
carefully dissect the melted area, trying to not cut the copper wires,
you may be able to get it going again. It's worth a try anyway, worst
you can do is "damage" it? Cut it all loose and tape up the copper
wire. It probably is not a very long length anyway, just one or
possibly 2 spots. Used ones are always questionable, the venders have
NOS still available, they are just a little expensive. Not as
expensive as having to rebuild your transmission because you drove on
a defective shift computer!
So, you mean to say you haven't been under your car in YEARS!!!!!!
There are a alot of other things you should be checking like the C/V
boots, final drive fluid level, suspension, TAB's, leaks, rust, etc.
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:dmcnews%40yahoogroups.com> ,
"Robert Moseley" <videobob@...> wrote:
>
> I have had trouble with my auto transmission for years now,
> I had to rig it up with a toggle switch to go from 1st to 3rd gear
> by turning the computer on and off.
> It finally stopped working and got stuck into 3rd.
> Reverse seems to work fine.
> I finally put the car up on ramps to have a look at this
> "computer" and how to remove it and I began to trace the 
> harness and I was shocked to find that it had been resting
> on the exhaust and was melted and rusted together!!!
> I don't know for sure if there is even anything wrong with
> the computer or if it was just this harness.
> I need to get the entire computer and harness replaced.
> 
> Does anyone have one of these for sale?
> Thanks.
> - VB
> VIN#5278
>

 



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