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Old 05-17-2019, 08:02 AM
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Originally Posted by DanEC View Post
Well done. Although your short to the front parking light was in a different location than mine was (at the light) pretty close to the same issues. I also found a pin in one of my connectors not entirely engaged at one point and two wires switched in one of the big plugs during sorting out. Not blaming ERA as anything hand built is to be expected to have a random issue now and then. But from a lessons learned standpoint, especially if assembling your own car it is worthwhile to go through the entire wiring harness first and check the engagement of each pin/receiver and the wire color positions at each plug against their wiring chart.
I'll echo what Dan said about checking all the pins if you're assembling your own car. I was lucky to notice a wire moving when I connected one of the main wire harness connection blocks (it was backing out of the connector as I pushed the two sides together. I pushed it in and heard a click. I then checked all the other connections and found a couple more like that - can't remember the exact number at this point. Anyway, it only takes a few minutes to push on each wire in every connector before assembly to make sure they're clicked into position and can't back out.

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