[s-cars] Fun with hatch wiring

[Jerry Scott]

I did this once on a 4000 Q and found that I needed to add in longer 
wires for each splice.  There was not enough wire to simply pull the 
broken wires together and reconnect.  I used a stranded wire of higher 
gauge than stock. so that hopefully it might take longer to flex and 
break again.  I soldered all of the connections and used shrink tubing 
on each splice. Do them one at a time so that you don't get the wrong 
wires spliced together.  I used electrical tape on the bundle after the 
splicing and this repair seemed to last until I sold the car with 140k 
miles.
Jerry

Aaron Taylor wrote:

>Greetings sheads
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>This weekend I am looking forward to happy happy fun re-wiring the wad of
>wires heading into the hatch on my 95 Avant.  Many are broken and frayed.  
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>There is not much room for bulky splices.  Im hoping I can gather up some
>wire slack from inside the hatch but im not sure.  Im also concerned about a
>splice surviving where a virgin wire could not.  I think id rather be flying
>a kite or something but the wife is really tired of the car self locking
>whenever the hatch is closed.  Damn car
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>Has anybody any wisdom to share?  
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>Thanks - Aaron
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