XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com   
      
   In alt.home.repair, on Fri, 10 Dec 2021 10:40:31 -0700, John Robertson   
    wrote:   
      
   >Debugged about half of sixteen wires in the tightly wrapped rear hatchback   
   >door wiring harness snorkel loom as broken at the exact same point for each.   
      
   I know all the other words but what do you mean by snorkel loom?   
   >   
   >Harness is too much work and expense to replace as too much has to be ripped   
   >open to replace it and it doesn't even seem that they sell it so I can only   
   >find used ones on Ebay. Plus time is of the essence as I have to pass an   
   >inspection.   
   >   
   >I'll stagger the splices so that none of the connections are actually in the   
   >snorkel bend that flex when the rear hatchback door is opened & closed. I'll   
   >also position the splices (one at each end of the inserted wires) so that no   
   >two splices are next to each other.   
   >   
   >It looks like about ~20 AWG wire for most of the broken wires.   
   >Some are slightly larger but not by much.   
   >   
   >What kind of ~20 gauge wire splice would you suggest given it's a tight fit?   
      
   Solder connections are the thinnest, if you get pretty good at it. If   
   you haven't done much, practice on something else. Make sure the work is   
   hot before applying the solder and it should melt and take barely any   
   width other than what the wires themselves take up.  If you scrape the   
   wire ends with knife first, and twist one wire around the other, end to   
   end, the solder will stick right away, and the soldered part only has to   
   be 1/4" long if that is an issue. Put shrink wrap on  the wire before   
   the second soldering!   
      
   Even if you don't use the perfecly flexible wire, it last for ? years   
   the first time and will probably last almost that long this time.   
      
   I doubt anything  uses more current than 20 gauge will handle.  In my   
   limited experience, up to 1995, American cars had thick wire and Toyota   
   had thinner wire.   My guess is that after the war, the Japanese were   
   econmizing in wire and saw no  reason to stop.   
      
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