1988 f-350 7.3 IDI need help with wiring harness

[friedmanager732]

I have no idea where to start with this question. I am new here I just registered today. My pickup caught on fire the same day I got a new transmission put in. Im pretty sure a wire got pinched, I don't have any dash lights and when I turn on a blinker it's like I have my hazards on. But I do have brake lights. So I found a wire that was connected to the I wanna say it's a solenoid iits on the passenger side by the battery. So I was wondering what the wiring harness would be called and where I would be able to get one. If anyone would be able to help me out with this it would be much appreciated. Thank you

 

[Nero]

Caught fire as in literally on fire? I'd start by finding a new wiring harness...

 

[Kdo58]

Sounds like a fusible link burned up.

 

[BlindAmbition]

Post a couple of pictures, that would help a lot

Garysgaragemahal.com has excellent documentation, I also posted service manuals in the tech thread.

 

[friedmanager732]

I don't have any pictures at the moment but I will get some yes underneath the back where you would plug in the trailer. I don't know what the wire harness that I need to get for the blinkers and tail lights

 

[friedmanager732]

Sounds like a fusible link burned up.

You know where i found the burnt up wires it did look like there was some sort of fuse link

 

[franklin2]

It only burnt up in the back? That should not be too hard to repair. I am going to redo my wiring back there anyway and mine never caught fire. I was going to go up the frame a little ways, and splice some new wires in place. I was going to use trailer wiring and trailer wiring color codes for the brake/right turn wire, brake/left turn and the running lights and the ground wire. I was then going to run a new separate blue wire for the trailer brakes, and a separate wire for the reverse lights. That's all there is back there.

 

[friedmanager732]

Ok thank you that doesn't seem to hard. I'll look into doing that get some wire