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wire harness [message #170421] Mon, 21 May 2012 13:49 Go to next message
John Kelley is currently offline  John Kelley   United States
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so we were trying to start the 73, and smoke came rolling from under dash----the fuseable link didn`t work to well, it did blow,but not before it opned the harness up behind glovebox----at least the insurance co is comming to look at it to see how bad it is,-----my irish luck is holding true------
Re: [GMCnet] wire harness [message #170426 is a reply to message #170421] Mon, 21 May 2012 14:08 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Mr ERFisher is currently offline  Mr ERFisher   United States
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I hope you had an APC cable on.....

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On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 11:49 AM, John Kelley <jonkelley1942@yahoo.com>wrote:

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> so we were trying to start the 73, and smoke came rolling from under
> dash----the fuseable link didn`t work to well, it did blow,but not before
> it opned the harness up behind glovebox----at least the insurance co is
> comming to look at it to see how bad it is,-----my irish luck is holding
> true------
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Re: wire harness [message #170428 is a reply to message #170421] Mon, 21 May 2012 14:15 Go to previous message
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John Kelley wrote on Mon, 21 May 2012 11:49

so we were trying to start the 73, and smoke came rolling from under dash----the fuseable link didn`t work to well, it did blow,but not before it opned the harness up behind glovebox----at least the insurance co is comming to look at it to see how bad it is,-----my irish luck is holding true------


It sounds to much like a nichrome wire problem...

<http://gmc.mybirdfeeder.net/GMCforum/index.php?t=tree&goto=40284&rid=153&srch=Nichrome+burn#page_top>


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