All Small Six Melted Pink Resistor and Red/Green & Brown

This relates to all small sixes
dydaktix

dydaktix

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Smoke started coming out under the dash, and I looked under, and the pink resistor wire melted. Popped the hood and the Red/Green & Brown wires that connect at the firewall were frayed and the plastic sheathing had melted.

I bought a replacement guage feed harness. Also bought a replacement resistor wire. Gauge feed harness was a cinch to install, but I can't figure out how to install the resistor wire, as it looks like I need to depin the old one out of the harness on the interior side. Any tips?
 
This forum tends to specialize with engine and other mechanical systems help. For this kind of information you might do well at vintage-mustang.com.
 
Hey, did you find a solution? The pink wire comes from the ignition switch. Do you by chance have an electronic ignition, that way you don't even want to use the resistor wire.

My 2 cents: You should try to figure out why it went up in smoke so it doesn't happen again.
 
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