So tonight I decided to sort my glovebox light (I really do have more important things to fix on this car, but hey it was late and I was tired....) I ended up pulling the glovebox, and guess what's dangling inside? Yes, the power lead for the light assembly had been snipped, it was just hanging there by its connection to the bulb holder. The rest of the wire was still present and still gets juice with the key on, so all I need to do is splice it back together (I already cleaned the switch, which needed it pretty badly). Why on earth would anyone do that?!?! Granted the switch was a little wonky and may have been keeping the light on with the glovebox closed, but then it would be a simple matter to just pull the bulb. Whoever did this had to remove the glovebox just to snip the wire. Bizarre.
This isn't the first inexplicable snip I've found, and I've seen a number of splices that appear to be the original solid wire that was simply cut then repaired. It almost seems like someone sabotaged this car at one point, but I can't imagine why, other than perhaps someone wanted it to seem worth less than it actually was. But it still doesn't really figure.
Anyway, the glovebox is staying out for now, as I found two more wires while I was back there that were inexplicably cut. Again, both ends of the wires are present, they've just been severed. Looks like at least one may have been honest-to-goodness chafe damage, like maybe it got stuck between the glovebox and part of the chassis. I'm hoping they'll get all my AC fans going again, though I don't read voltage on any of them (key on or off, AC blowers on or off).
I have a feeling I'm going to end up pulling the dash....
This isn't the first inexplicable snip I've found, and I've seen a number of splices that appear to be the original solid wire that was simply cut then repaired. It almost seems like someone sabotaged this car at one point, but I can't imagine why, other than perhaps someone wanted it to seem worth less than it actually was. But it still doesn't really figure.
Anyway, the glovebox is staying out for now, as I found two more wires while I was back there that were inexplicably cut. Again, both ends of the wires are present, they've just been severed. Looks like at least one may have been honest-to-goodness chafe damage, like maybe it got stuck between the glovebox and part of the chassis. I'm hoping they'll get all my AC fans going again, though I don't read voltage on any of them (key on or off, AC blowers on or off).
I have a feeling I'm going to end up pulling the dash....