2002 Durango Heater Resistor Connector
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2002 Durango Heater Resistor Connector
I changed the resistor pack several months ago, no problem. Then I noticed it won't work, found a loose wire on connector. Now I noticed that the 2 blk wires on harness side have been getting hot. There is about 1/2" insulation melted on the wires. Bottom line is now the connector was melted together.
I disassembled and now I am thinking of rewiring the harness to the resistor pack. Does anyone know the pin size for the female end and what is the guage wire used. Is this the best solution. HELP!!!!!
I disassembled and now I am thinking of rewiring the harness to the resistor pack. Does anyone know the pin size for the female end and what is the guage wire used. Is this the best solution. HELP!!!!!
THE ULTI-MOD
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From: Union NJ
do yourself a favor (make life easier) go to a junkyard and pull a good wire harness out of a wreck, just cut off as much as you can to make soldering the wires together easier, a number of members here have done this with great success, also be prepared to replace the resistor again, it is known to go bad bc of a bad plug
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From: MINNEAPOLIS, MN
+ 2 sharps.
Find a salvageyard. Find donor vehicle, cut harness as Sharps described and splice into your harness. Hint as long as it is same year and also has A/C consider Dakota's as a way of expanding your search options.
Reinforcing what sharp said, on the donor vehicle cut the harness as far up as you can...as in towards the firewall.. When you splice into your harness, cut as close as you can against the resistor.....You want to leave as much wire available as you can in case the splicing doesn't go right the first time. Once the crimps, butt splice connectors or soldering whatever you choose gets a solid contact then you can tuck up the extra wire.
Easy for the splice, just follow the color codes.
Mine was about $20 and included the resistor.
Hint #2 use the already bad resistor for troubleshooting, once you get the final wiring installed then use a new resistor from dealer, and yes the resistor is a part I can recommend from dealer....Should be less than about $15 and they are a fairly high in stock rate due to the high rate of resistor failures. If you get the resistor from the junkyard and it works, keep it. use it till it fails or use the dealer resistor and keep the junkyard one as a onboard spare.
Find a salvageyard. Find donor vehicle, cut harness as Sharps described and splice into your harness. Hint as long as it is same year and also has A/C consider Dakota's as a way of expanding your search options.
Reinforcing what sharp said, on the donor vehicle cut the harness as far up as you can...as in towards the firewall.. When you splice into your harness, cut as close as you can against the resistor.....You want to leave as much wire available as you can in case the splicing doesn't go right the first time. Once the crimps, butt splice connectors or soldering whatever you choose gets a solid contact then you can tuck up the extra wire.
Easy for the splice, just follow the color codes.
Mine was about $20 and included the resistor.
Hint #2 use the already bad resistor for troubleshooting, once you get the final wiring installed then use a new resistor from dealer, and yes the resistor is a part I can recommend from dealer....Should be less than about $15 and they are a fairly high in stock rate due to the high rate of resistor failures. If you get the resistor from the junkyard and it works, keep it. use it till it fails or use the dealer resistor and keep the junkyard one as a onboard spare.
