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RKS.PA · 09-02-2020, 04:34 AM

My '39 Deluxe Fordor was a basket case when I bought it...in so many ways!!

I started having to patch/replace wiring sections each time I'd get a short.

It finally dawned on me that the only way I was going to solve these electrical failures was to replace the entire harness. Got a complete new one from Mac's....this was before they were bought out. Came with a wiring diagram...which I kept.

Took my time, labeled everything as I went along, and when I was finished, I never had another wiring issue. Think I started from the front of the car so that when I took an old wire off, I attached the equivalent new one....worked my way back to the tail lights.

09-02-2020, 04:34 AM	#4
RKS.PA Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Marana, AZ Posts: 1,194	Re: To those who've been there, original harness, am I fighting a loosing battle? My '39 Deluxe Fordor was a basket case when I bought it...in so many ways!! I started having to patch/replace wiring sections each time I'd get a short. It finally dawned on me that the only way I was going to solve these electrical failures was to replace the entire harness. Got a complete new one from Mac's....this was before they were bought out. Came with a wiring diagram...which I kept. Took my time, labeled everything as I went along, and when I was finished, I never had another wiring issue. Think I started from the front of the car so that when I took an old wire off, I attached the equivalent new one....worked my way back to the tail lights.