Thanks gentlemen
Yes. Wire corrosion has caused a coule issues on my 88 recently.
Main wire to starter and short portion of brown wire from high pressure oil
switch.
It seems that was what caused the oil buzzer and light to come on.
That wire was indeed blackish and getting brittle.

On Thursday, May 19, 2016, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:

> This is what happens when a crimp goes bad or the connection between male
> and female terminal gets high resistance.  Total power used in the circuit
> goes down, but power is also dissipated in local heating at the
> high-resistance point.  This is also the main cause of false blowing of
> fuses -- bad connection right at the fuse puts additional heat that gets
> conducted into the fuse element and prematurely melts it.
>
> Most of the 1.9l panels I've looked at, the nylon sleeve has been melted
> off the terminal of the 8-ga wire that feeds the panel.
>
> Yrs,
> d
>
> At 12:51 PM 5/18/2016, Neil N wrote:
>
>> Hi all.
>>
>> Can the rear wiper motor get hot enough to melt plastic?
>> Or, is this due to wear and tear? (power draw over time, heat )
>>
>
>

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