I really hate car wiring. And doors.

"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa) 03/01/2015 at 11:21 • Filed to: None

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Why on earth do doors have to be an inpenatrable welded sandwich of steel? The wiring harness that some utter twatwaffle cut is stuck somewhere up in between two pieces of sheet steel that do not come apart, and I have no idea how I'm supposed to repair this crap. I unfortunately do not posses 7 inch fingers (if I did I wouldn't be single right now amirite), a prehensile soldering iron, and a stalk-eye. I can't solder that crap.

Though now that I think about it, since my car has no power options the only wires going to the door are for the speaker I am trying to repair, so I could probably just pull the entire harness out from the hinge and re-run the wires by going fishing through the hole.

I hate electrical work on anything newer than the mid-80s. Hate it.

Matthew Phillips > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 03/01/2015 at 11:28

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dude I'm with you, my fiends dad and I were trying to fix my window regulator and holy fiber caps batman !

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Matthew Phillips 03/01/2015 at 11:31

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At least you can see your wiring. Mine is all behind that metal bit back where the window goes for some reason.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Matthew Phillips 03/01/2015 at 11:36

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I had the same problem on my parents Megane. I permanently clamped the window in place and threw away the regulator system. Wonder if the new owner every found out...

Matthew Phillips > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 03/01/2015 at 11:44

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my winow is help up by zip ties and wood until we finish fixing it

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Matthew Phillips 03/01/2015 at 11:46

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I drilled holes in the rails and bolted some blocks of rubber in place, did the job. The car was basically worthless, it rains constantly here and it had AC. Wasn't worth fixing.

The Magic Rev Matching 4Runner > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 03/01/2015 at 12:01

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The sheer number of mystery wires in my Z is the reason I never want to REPAIR wiring. After fixing the fuel pump wiring, I've pretty much made up my mind on re wiring the whole fucking car.

this is not matt farah's foxbodymiata > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 03/01/2015 at 12:04

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First: this is a true fact. Wiring is without a doubt the most terrible automotive thing, other than getting in a accident, period.

Second: twatwaffle is my new favorite word.

Matthew Phillips > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 03/01/2015 at 12:46

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oooooh that's a smart idea

Matthew Phillips > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 03/01/2015 at 12:47

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our safety regitions pretty kitsch require to the front windows to be operable

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > this is not matt farah's foxbodymiata 03/01/2015 at 12:50

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Even worse than wiring is wiring some other clueless thundercunt has taken his wire cutters and crimping tool to, then abandoned his dreams of electrical nirvana halfway through his half-assed disaster.

Also it's cold in my garage and I really don't want to deal with this.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Matthew Phillips 03/01/2015 at 12:55

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Our MOTs are relatively strict, but they don't consider things like window operation. Don't understand why it'd be a safety issue.

this is not matt farah's foxbodymiata > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 03/01/2015 at 14:14

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If I had drone strike capability, I'd take out every hapless halitosis ridden cumdumpster that ever twist-and-taped anything important in a non-emergency situation.

I feel your pain, man.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > this is not matt farah's foxbodymiata 03/01/2015 at 15:36

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I love that.

brianbrannon > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 03/01/2015 at 19:36

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Just pull the whole harness out through the grommet where it comes in.