Ever do a coronary bypass on your bugs electronics?

[nextgen]

Our wiring is old, is it the wires for the connection or part itself ?

Over the years I can't tell you the amount of timest, but after 40 years of i know I better mark with I did.

I am much better with electronic then I was 40 years ago but the young Joe Cali rears up and bites the old Joe Cali once in a while.

Today was a simple fix, a guy on a bike stopped me and said my drivers side Brake light was out. Took out the bulb, it was fine ( that sucked ), now the wiring. No volts.

It went in old Joe spider web of wires. Last year I redid the wires to the Passenger side, it was l working it was the same blood type, so I ran a wire front that side to the other. Done.

So Now my web has more dead wires.

This is what happens when use a bug as your main transportation and you have to hack it to get to work.

I did the hacking to a Sqbk and years later sold the car. 6 months later the guy calls me up and he is having electrical problems and no mechanic will touch it.

He brought it over and retraced i my steps.
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[Glenn]

I'm lucky and the wiring on my 74 is 99% original and not butchered.

The only modifications were wiring for the gauge dash lights and the addition of a long gone CB radio.
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[Glenn]

[nextgen]

I had the 1/4 wave on the rear bumper-- changed bumpers since.
quite a difference.

I Loved CB for getting to work from Rockland County across the GW bridge and down the West Side Highway.

Who ever was on the GW Bridge would give a traffic report, that location would get you at least 30 miles up the Hudson.

BTW I as IRON MAN !!!

There was a guy that lived near the GW and Jamming the air with profanity was his enjoyment. The more we gave him hell the worse he got.

Had to use code words to signal the guy to move to another channel.

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[nextgen]

Glenn we may have talked.
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[Glenn]

[nextgen]

Yep Single sideband did eliminate the crap and traveled a greater distance.

I was stuck with CB because most of the guys that traveled with me used it.

The GPS of the 70,s

CB was great because 20 guys were are during the rush hour, the response to a jam was instant.

Ever notice when you get the report of jam on GPS all the cars put on their signal and get off the next exit. Which creates another jam.

Not on CB, not everyone had it.
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[NJ John]

I was Chickenman. In high school the CB got popular, again. I had a fire stick on the rear aluminum bumper of my Vega. Met, a lot people on the CB. I have a stack of mobile and base stations in the garage that I refuse to get rid of.
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[nextgen]

I also have 2 small mobile sets in my garage with the small emergency antennas.

All these conspiracy theories going around, ha, the worst you hold in your hand.

The Cell phone. I like the one that getting the virus injection you can be tracked by a small chip in the serum. Maybe Aliens can do that but, we are no were near that technology.

The Cell phone is amazing for the good it can do, the problem is we are wiling to give it all all our info with out even thinking about it.

I work with guys that design software for the elevator industry.

They say the software is pushed to the extremes because everyone wants faster speeds, video games, etc

All that and no long term testing of any future problem of hacking. Just get it out.

Don't worry about some one stealing your credit card info or your Social Security number. They got it already


Talk about cashless society, parking meters in some areas you need your credit car or cell phone, instead of cash.

Think of all things you need your cell phone and just do it with out thinking of what you are giving away.

Wireless hacking a the coffee shop is one.


Oh and the damage from 5G to your brain.

Taking CB -- Talking 5G the antennas are like 10" so there are alot more because the range is is much less.

That is one of the reasons I keep my CB 1 for me and the other for my family.
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[NJ John]

On side band, I could easily talk to Texas from NJ. Texas was a big skip state for side band. I actually don’t have an antenna and I’m curious if there is a CB crowd around here. I’m in Maryland now. Someone told me that you can monitor the CB online. Also, used to talk to and go to Static Island(Staten Island) a lot. Not sure if Glenn could reach down there.
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[Clatter]

Any of these old cars i just put in a new harness.
Forces you to clean connections and check each wire.

POs do all kinds of hacks, especially my younger self.
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[nextgen]

Clatter you are 100% right but when you don't have the time, hacking gets you back and forth to work.

BTY it is not only the wires and their connectors that corrode it is also the original VW plastic multi connectors that are also corroded.

Single carb cars are much e to work on then duals
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[FarmerBill]

I had a bay once that had had been hacked so bad in the engine compartment I finally cut the harness a few inches after it came into the compartment. I spent the better part of a day with a soldering iron rewiring everything back there. Pain in the ass to be sure, but I never had another electrical problem back there as long as I owned the vehicle.

I was also lucky to have access to a shop with spools of different color/gauge wire to do this in.

[nextgen]

When it gets into the Computerized Ignition systems then it really gets tricky.

Unlike when you had a single coil and a set of points.

With the brakes it can also be the switch on the master cylinder.

The Key switch on the car can be another problem. Heavy bunch of keys bouncing around on rough roads for years wear out the key switches.
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[modok]

I have done lots of "bypasses" on machines and cars
but
On my 1960 I have not had any problem with the wires themselves.
Maybe routing them through the roof rather than the floor works better?
Would be interesting to see if others have noted the same.

[nextgen]

Modok, I am one step ahead of you on mounting. I removed anything that will hold moisture, no carpets, or headliner etc.

I have wires to a row off Led's that are for my 3rd brake light in the rear and more to my antenna on the roof, that I don't use because of all the sound deading I removed, I can't hear the radio.

My roof is black with Autozone chrome strips, love it and you can see the wires to the Led's and the antenna

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[Don Jones]

I ran thick walled vinyl tubing down from the front fenders thru the header ducts to the back of the car. I then ran the same hose from under the back seat back to the engine bay. I ran (12) 14 gauge wires and a battery feed from the battery to the front of the car. Allowed me to run everything i wanted to. All wiring is 14 gauge or bigger.

You can see the vinyl hose on the right and left of the pic. Left side fuse block is the "powered on" and the right is the "always on", with relay between them.

[FarmerBill]

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