Guys to they re-pop the flat wire harness that goes across the floor to connect the front to the rear harness or can i fix this one pictured.

 

Is that the only bad spot?

 

Yes the rest is almost perfect. In the meantime I am going back out to shop and try and splice in piece of wire and solder it.

 

Maybe procure a good used one?

 

That's what I would do.
Make a good connection and insulate it properly, and it will stay under the carpet for another fifty years, with nobody the wiser.

- Eric

 

X2, I would also just opt to repair that one.

 

I am not best at soldering although not "Rocket" Science but I stripped away about an inch of the flat wire-it's flat copper and having trouble soldering it to a braided wire-using a green piece of 14 gauge. I think tomorrow I am going to start over with a new piece of wire and separate the strands and kind of twist them around the flat copper piece and then solder it.

 

Sometimes you need to scrape the coating off the copper lightly with an excacto knife before soldering. Tin both sides lightly and then solder then together.

 

I will make sure I do that and when I start over tomorrow I will let you guys know the results.

 

Old oxidized wire is tough to solder. You to Radio Shack and get a little tube of flux for electical soldering. Do Not substitute plumbing flux.

 

If worse comes to worst, you can always run another wire the entire length of the cable, and connect it to the plugs on each end - not pretty, but, again, who's gonna see it?

- Eric

 

Feeble memory says that the conductor is aluminum, not copper
which you will not solder to.

Alternate wire is a good solution, end to end.

Is there any chance that you have an unused conductor, and can swap, leaving the corrupted one unconnected? Or maybe it's already unused?

with my luck it'd be the brake lights

 

Ah, the sixties, days of aluminum wire and all-electric houses...

... Those were the days.

- Eric

 

Hey rob JATA is parting out a 64 four door he might have this . Located in Florida he usually ships priority mail
So it might not hold you up to badly

 

I might have one from a 67 Chevelle I parted out.

 

I ran over to "Gearheads" and the 67 Chevelle is alittle too long and the connectors on the ends a little bit different. So I need this part, most likely 64-66? I will get a hold of JATA. Thanks

 

If a 66 /67 Intermediate harness is the same .I have a few.
Ron Roth

 

Is it really aluminum?

 

I had the same problem, looked nearly identical to your picture. The flat harness in mine is copper, and it is a 1964 convertible. I also used 14 gauge wire, unwound the strands into a sort of fan shape, tinned the ends of each, held it in place with small alligator clips and soldered it together. I also used the correct flux for soldering wire. I peeled the flat wiring back so I could get enough heat shrink tubing on it, then lots of electrical tape. Mine was broken about where your feet go so I didn't want it to short on the floor. Vic

 

i FOUND A BOX OF '65 WIRING in the garage
damn caps lock...

'65 *VISTA*

sorry....

 

I replied to u when you originally asked for the flatwire on the other site (past weekend)....never heard back from you. I have several all from 64/65. Just depends on what style you have as the length and connectors can be different.