Replacing the FI harness clips

[JereandJess]

Has anyone ever replaced the blue/black/brown clips on the FI harness?

The 78 Champagne Westy that we are slowly refurbishing for my brother is a great bus, from AZ originally, been in VT for 9 years. Body is really great as could be expected, but the harness is pretty brittle from the AZ heat I suppose.

The clips to the AAR and Thermoswitch are broken, so they are having a tough time staying where I want them. I am thinking about using a little permatex to get them to stay in place, strategically placed small dabs....

BUT then I was thinking that I could probably replace them all together, as opposed to buying a whole harness.

Has anyone ever done it and has anyone any suggestions for doing it?

[dtrumbo]

Yes. There are a couple of ways to do this. My personal preference is to buy these replacement connectors and crimp/solder them onto your existing wires.


Available here and other places.
http://www.autohausaz.com/search/produc ... 1287013003

There are also kits which have the connector already attached to "pigtails" which you would then splice onto your existing wiring. I think both options require the same amount of work and the first way is a lot cleaner.

Definitely do-able. I had to do this when I got my Beetle which came from... Arizona.