A "how did this happen" electrical / wire harness

[Nightlife Customs]

So I crawl under my car this fine evening and take a look at the electrical and I come across this wrapped around my cv & axle

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Pulled itself a part - the wires that go to the back of the plug to te alternator plus the 0 gauge cable

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Pulled itself off the OSU and who knows what else..

But I'm guessing - an keep in mind just a guess.. Maybe an educated one That this is the reason why my car isn't running

I would have noticed a "hey - think these wires hanging around the axle is a good idea?" Sign.. I have more zip ties then I care to know what I can do with them all..

Any ideas on how this could have happened ? Fun part is going to be figuring all this crap out and where what wire goes and what wire is for what in that mess

 

[turbo98eclipse]

My guess is one of the wires came loose and wrapped itself around the axle...

 

[92AWDHX40]

Yep that's what happened.

 

[Nightlife Customs]

Anyone have a link to a diagram for the wire harness? Been googling but not finding what I'm looking for

 

[92AWDHX40]

https://www.google.com/search?q=2g+...pIoykyAHEjYHYBg&ved=0CCoQsAQ&biw=1366&bih=673

 

[turbo98eclipse]

Dude, just buy a new harness . I dont think its worth trying to piece that together... you can probably get that whole harness for ~$50 in the classified section

 

[Nightlife Customs]

Yeah was just gandering around that idea too

And ty for the google link and tried it - not exactly finding a diagram to figure out what is for what like the image for the console

If I can't manage a wire harness this weekend will end up towing this to an electrical shop and have them do it

 

[turbo98eclipse]

They are going to RAPE you at a shop ... dude, just be patient and get a harness...

 

[Breezio69]

Please don't take it to a shop. As stated above, you will pay 1/2 of what your car is worth for them to do it.

That's also if you find a shop willing to do electrical.

Just for a reference, I was charged $100 10 years ago on an install of an electronic boost controller on a vw, it was 6 wires that all went to the ecu about 20 inches from the install location. The thing came with a diagram too. They will charge you for time looking up schematics, doing the work, plus probably $100 for materials when its really $3 in materials used...

 

[Archer Fabrications]

Theres a harness for sale here for 200 bucks

 

[Hillala]

take a short run to your local pull-a-part. If they have any (good chance they do, they have freak'n everything most the time) it'll only cost ya maybe $20-50 something like that... Yeah, i'd say that's your problem. I was kinda hoping it would have been something simple for ya. Looks like the car gods aren't on your side this time...

 

[knochgoon24]

That looks like a harness someone made to wire up some gauges. The didn't secure it well, it came loose, and wrapped around your axle. That almost looks like phone or cat5 cable.

If I were you, I'd look closely at the whole wiring harness and fix the hack job someone did, or you'll have more problems down the road.