I ordered a new dash wire harness since I knew the existing one had some "issues" and I took the Scout to Bob Pruitt at Roadmaster Automotive to let them have a go at re-wiring the dash for me. Bob has been in business for 20 years and does a great job of taking care of customers. He has a good crew and they know how to work on these older vehicles.
The Scout II has 4 basic wire harness systems and these include: 1. The forward lighting systems, 2. The main engine compartment, 3 The dash controls, and 4. The rear lights and fuel tank. The main engine compartment and forward lights on my Scout were all in good shape but the dash controls were not functioning. Even when we had previously tried to re-wire the dash the guages quit working shortly aferwards. Upon further inspection, we found that someone had previously soldered bulbs directly into the backs of the guages rather than replaced the plastic bulb sockets for the guages. So instead of replacing a few $2.00 plastic parts, they caused several shorts in the dash wire harness damaging it beyong repair. We simply replaced the TEMP/OIL and ALT/FUEL guages with used guages (from Super Scout Specialists) as this was an inexpensive option. The SPEEDO was not readily available but we found a replacement circuit board for its back and new plastic sockets for it too (again for Super Scout Specialists), so we were able to get it functioning well and looking to just about like new.
Once we had everything in the dash back together and working, we noticed the fuel guage was still not reading. It had been tested at the seller so I knew it should be working. We dropped the tank and inspected the rear wire harness and found more burned-through wires. I then ordered a new rear wire harness to go with the one under the dash. Thankfully, Super Scout Specialists came to the resue by amazingly having this custom made item in stock.
In inspecting the tank and fuel sender, we found the sender was bad so I ordered a replacement for it as well, also from SSS of course.
Here's contact info for Roadmaster Automotive:
2523 Southwell Road
Dallas, TX 75229
972.484.2267
Bob Pruitt, Owner
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