Who DOES that?

"Pearson Hurst" (phurst) 06/30/2015 at 18:27 • Filed to: None

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I had a couple of bulbs out in the dash of my Scout, so I decided I’d replace them and maybe clean the gauge cluster up a little. Once I got it loose, I was greeted with THIS.

I guess International Harvester got a deal on some green wire??? It’s the original wiring. I had a lot of labling to do...

ly2v8-Brian > Pearson Hurst 06/30/2015 at 18:31

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“Muahahaha”

-IH engineer

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Pearson Hurst 06/30/2015 at 18:33

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I’m very colourblind, welcome to my world. Get used to a sharpie and tape instead of simply sorting colours.

CB > Pearson Hurst 06/30/2015 at 18:34

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The builder thought he was using wires from both the green spool and the red spool. Turns out he’s colourblind.

Mercedes Streeter > Pearson Hurst 06/30/2015 at 18:38

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My smart uses green and brown wires. On devices that require more than just power and ground? Basically every colour but red and black.

So...with a brain programmed to understand that red is hot and black is ground...Dafuq?

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > Pearson Hurst 06/30/2015 at 18:44

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You clearly don’t know the illustrious history of IH and their Scout. These things are road-going tractors that they literally threw together as cars. There are so many variants of everything that you often have to remove the part and hunt (or replace it with something else entirely) to keep them going.

The good thing is that you can do it indefinitely because they weren’t designed nor built to high tolerances in any way.

Pearson Hurst > Eric @ opposite-lock.com 06/30/2015 at 19:04

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I actually knew to expect all green, it’s just another thing entirely to see it. An E-Z wiring harness is somewhere in the future.

desertdog5051 > Pearson Hurst 06/30/2015 at 19:53

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You are certainly appreciating the simplicity of the truck. I have one light out in the dash of my truck. I want to fix it but rough calculations tell me that it would require disassembly of most of the dash board to access it.

Pearson Hurst > desertdog5051 06/30/2015 at 20:27

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In some ways, yes. Removing the gauge cluster panel was a matter of removing 6 screws. Actually getting it free of the truck was another matter entirely.

Pearson Hurst > Pearson Hurst 06/30/2015 at 21:01

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It’s also worth metioning, the bulbs I thought were out were simply covered with dirt. You can see one in the picture.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Pearson Hurst 06/30/2015 at 21:49

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In a w123 Mercedes the light knob pulls out and spins to go to all the settings etc. and I had to put in a new one, so I numbered them all and went in a circle. I hate electrical.

Pearson Hurst > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 06/30/2015 at 22:22

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Even with everything the same color I find it relaxing and logical, but, I’m a freak.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Pearson Hurst 07/01/2015 at 04:50

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sheer genius!

LOL!

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