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Re: Help needed with a re-wire


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Posted by RedMF on September 25, 2016 at 14:30:43 from (49.183.207.35):

In Reply to: Help needed with a re-wire posted by RedMF on September 25, 2016 at 05:44:03:

Thanks everyone for your advice and suggestions; much appreciated.

I can see that it might be possible for me to get it almost right but there is a high chance I wouldn't get it completely right and that could mean a fire which isn't worth the risk. The 240 was notorious for fires unless it had a proper re-wire. The original loom and the way the whole system was designed, was a total dogs breakfast. My supplier told me that over the years whenever a customer would ring up and tell him his tractor had caught fire, it was nearly always a 240!

I did get the only 240 loom on the market (imported from Ireland) but it was nothing like the wiring on my tractor: I think it is for the modern Pakistan version of the 240, not for a UK built '79. The only sparks in town took one look at it and refused to do the job and made it clear he wasnt interested in working with the 135 loom either.

The parts supplier had said from the start that there wasnt a 240 loom for mine and to use an adapted 135 loom which was much simpler and had none of the mess of the 240 wiring design. They have done it this way for years but it would cost me hundreds just in travel costs to get their sparks here.

I am thinking of asking a local mechanic if he could come over and do the job because if some of you guys think an amateur might be able to do the job, then I would have thought a mechanic with a lot more experience with auto electrics would be better than an amateur...he doesnt need to be an auto electrician.

Anway there is no option now of taking the tractor anywhere as I finally took the plunge the other day and stripped out all the old wiring and cleaned all the dirt out of the inside of the dash and where the loom runs through. Looking at some of the wires, I'm amazed there wasnt a fire before. Actually I'm not, there was once some smoke from behind the dash!

Thanks again, everyone.


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