Chris,
You might want to consider re-sealing the NOS harness with some type
of lacquer sealer. The old stuff will probably crack, and the cloth on the
wires will certainly wear quicker. If not while laying it out, then
certainly after you mount it on the truck.
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Davis <cdavis@webworldinc.com>
To: Military Vehicles Mailing List <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Date: Thursday, April 05, 2001 11:49 AM
Subject: [MV] WC53 Carryall Restoration Entry #22
>Wouldn't you know it, the week I'm trying to get all the parts sand blasted
>it turn out wet in Sunny California. No parts yesterday, raining today so
>we'll cross our fingers for Friday. Problem being flash rust if there is
>much humidity in the air.
>
>It's not like I don't have anything else to do...
>
>I touched up some of the parts I primed Monday night. The driver's side
>fenders had some rot where the reenforcing plates are bolted to
>them. Everything that could be reached by the sandblaster was clean, so I
>treated the hard to reach seams with "Extend". While waiting for that to
>dry I pulled the old "lower" wiring harness out. That's tough if you don't
>want to cut it. Hind sight says I should have, but I had this nagging
>concern that the NOS harness might be too short for the Carryall (the WC53
>being a few inches longer than the more common WC51 & 52s). So I was
>hedging my bets.
>
>Well, you experienced folks know I'd never get the old one back in. Too
>brittle and cracked. But, I did get to lay it out on the garage floor and
>compare the NOS unit to it. Looks like the same length.
>
>Chris Davis
>MVPA# 20000
>Lake Forest, CA
>'42 WC53 Carryall
>'66 M274A2 Mule
>
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