Previous Owners hack jobs

[dstang97]

With all of the recent threads about previous owners Hacking stuff up, I think we should post up some pictures of these geniuses work. I have bought 3 cucv that were total hack jobs. Mostly wiring nightmares.

here are some of the things i have found. complete butchered up harnesses, Made their own switches for headlights and wiper switches, hybrid 12v/24v no clue what they were doing.

 

[akguy]

sorry but that is my reaction to what i have found occasionally.

 

[danny81]

You gotta love the taillight mod!! For you to buy that RATS NEST is CRAZY. You must like a challange

 

[firefirefire90]

oh my word

 

[topo]

I did not know the wires could be pulled that far out from the dash

 

[ryan77]

By a used harness from ebay and sh$t can the old one u can change it in 2 hrs just unplugs ive had to do 3 of them every truck i buy from a non military seller is like that!!!!

 

[998Junkie]

Thanks for the ideas.

 

[Asmoday]

OMG....Those pics just scare the H*ll out of me...LOL...
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[wayne pick]

A clear sign of mental illness, Hope there's a halon sys on board.

 

[lindyp38]

my initial reaction.....oh my god........

are new harnesses available for what u wanna do...?

 

[dstang97]

I actually got that thing running in less than 3 hours I had to run my own wires to get it to start. That truck is long gone, but it did get save and not parted out for axles for someones stupid project. The truck was 100% gone through and someone wanted it more than me. I am currently working on my 1028 which I think is worse than this one. I got all of my parts I need yesterday.

 

[joediveguy]

I feel your pain! I have one too, not quite that bad, but a PITA no less. I just purchased one from GL that looks as if it came right out of MIL service and everything looks intact. I did the resister bypass, put new batteries in and she fired right up!

A big plus buying straight from MIL service, they have not had time to hack it up........

 

[jstier]

With all of the recent threads about previous owners Hacking stuff up, I think we should post up some pictures of these geniuses work. I have bought 3 cucv that were total hack jobs. Mostly wiring nightmares.

here are some of the things i have found. complete butchered up harnesses, Made their own switches for headlights and wiper switches, hybrid 12v/24v no clue what they were doing.

WOW,
Reminds me of my 70 RS Z28. I ended up replacing the whole harness when I redid the whole car. When I was tearing down my car the previous owner had use 6 different pieces of wire all taped together all different gauges, just for one the rear speakers. You should have seen the engine compartment. I was amazed that it even ran or that it didn't burn up on the drive home. Some people should be shot.

 

[Warthog]

I get at least one PM a week asking for assistance on CUCV wiring. Always trying to restore the truck to operational condition.

Hack jobs galore.

 

[NEWFDAD]

OMG! I've owned about six CUCVs, worked on several others for friends, and that is by far the worst hack job I have ever seen!

 

[Dukeboy]

I think that guy did some of the wiring in my house, It had some very creative transfers from knob and tube to romex hidden in the walls.

 

[combatmech]

Holy cripes.... Once upon a time when I worked little airplanes, I saw a C-172 that the owner "re-wired" the instrument panel..... Nightmares!!!! Good luck with that hot mess

 

[HikerMan]

Wow thats a wiring mess

When I got my truck there was some stuff wrong...
Starter relay was bypassed with an ignition switch which sparked and shocked everytime it was used...yeah that was replaced quickly

Fuses were missing, diodes were melted, fusible links about to blow, battery cables corroded, cigarette lighters wired into nothing, etc

Hopefully there wont be any more...glad I am back to stock!

 

[steelandcanvas]

Why is it people with the least amount of wiring/electrical experience, try and do the most work?

 

[maddawg308]

You ain't seen nuthin' of bubba's work until you owned an old Willys. Don't know what it is about Bubba and jeeps, but that CUCV doesn't have anything wrong with it compared to some work I've seen on old Willys.