Car caught fire

[Joe Wright]

I'll probably put some insulation under there just to cover the remains of the old one if I struggle getting it all off.

[Joe Wright]

Hello. I know this is a very question and not very descriptive but hopefully makes some sense. After my coil caught fire some of the wiring around it needs replacing. Is this a special type of wire or will I be able to replace it with standard automotive wire. I'm not with the car but I think some of the wires running to the distributor need doing too from memory.
Thanks
Joe

[johnnydog]

Hi Joe,
Assuming your car is still on a dynamo and not modified for an alternator, I would just replace the visibly damaged wiring with identical colour coded wiring (using different colour coded wiring will cause headaches in the future when trying to identify particular wiring). This can be bought cheaply at automotive factors along with suitable crimp terminals for joining to existing undamaged wiring. Just make sure it is suitable for the application with similar thickness of copper strands as the original, especially from the dynamo.
The damaged wiring will be obvious as the sheathing will have distorted and bubbled with the heat.
I would also consider replacing the coil, condenser and low tension lead to the distrbutor.
It shouldn't be particularly difficult if you do each damaged wiring in turn replacing with similar colour coded cable.
Your engine bay wiring should look something like this.....

[johnnydog]

And the low tension lead something like this....

[Joe Wright]

Thats brilliant. Thank you once again.
All parts on order. Ill keep you updated.
Joe

[Joe Wright]

A friend of mine has replaced the burnt out wiring but also said there's a burnt wire going to the fuse box. Anyone got any idea why this would happen. I'm replacing all the ignition parts but want to find the route of the problem really.
Thanks in advance.
Joe

[Joe Wright]

Well. My car lives. New wiring replaced the burnt stuff. New coil, plugs, leads, dizzy cap, rotor arm, vacuum advance pipe. Dont know how to do points or a condenser so I need to learn how to do them but it works and isn't on fire.
Happy days.
Thanks for the support and advice.
Joe

[johnnydog]

Good to hear the car is up and running!
As your cars wiring is now repaired and the car is running, the points and condenser are probably ok. However, as heat from fire (as you've found) affects associated wiring and can also affect associated components, to possibly avoid any failures on the road, it may be prudent to change them, or at least have them in the car should they fail in the near future. The cost of these two parts is insignificant against the inconvenience of a breakdown on the road!