Engine fire put me back a couple months with my car...and i have to replace all the wiring in the back of the engine....its a carb by the way so not that much wires. My question is should i just cut the burned wires off midway and continue with a new wire? like join em by those little yellow things that you crimp wires together with? what should i do

 

Try to avoid using those crimp things as they are not very robust, especially in a car. If you can pull new wire through the whole length of each connection then thats is best, but otherwise if you can splice in new lengths of wire using a soldering iron, and some heatshrink sleaving for insulation, then that would be perfectly fine. Remember to get the proper grade of wire for the replacements.

Si. :lala:

 

My car did the same thing bured up the harness in the back where the ground conects to the motor and spread all the way forward on the battery side. I replaced all of the burnt wires, and now she runs, but i think i may have gotten one or two wires crossed. so it can be done its just a long carefull process. Oh yeah my car is an 87 lg4 4bbl. so they should be similar. good luck!!!!!!

 

anyone else have any advice?????

 

factory service manual, or perhaps a chiltons
timmy

 

My 87 GTA had a engine fire when I got it, I just started over and got a used harness for the tpi and one for the lights and now it runs great.