I am looking at a sammy right now that has electrical problems, The owner says that the thing ran fine until one day he put it in 4 wheel and it started smoking from under the hood and burned up some wires. Has anyone heard of this happening? How hard is it to swap out a harness?  Thanks for any help

when putting it in 4wd in my sami, it used to turn the windshield wipers on  

the problem was with the ground, under the hood, against the firewall on the drivers side, there are 2 wires going to it i think, the screw was just loose...

probably not your problem, but is having that little 4wd light working worth swapping a harness , just unplug it at the t-case, thats the only electrical thing happening when putting it in 4wd

Andrew

any one who offers the engine swap makes an easy to do harns but u probly don't need the whole harns see if it fixable first.

  The owner says that the thing ran fine until....

sorry i missed the RAN fine part, meaning it doesnt RUN fine anymore
i thought it wasnt such a big deal, i have no useful info then, disregard my last post

Andrew

If you buy that sammi, start by peeling back the factory wire wrap (black tape stuff). pay close attention in the areas around the metal clips on the block,The clips that hold the wire harness tight and up outta the way.
They will rub thru and cause a short. This happened to mine and it smoked to beat Hell until the fusable link at the battery let go.  

It was the main wire to the alt. New fusable link kits cost something like $4.50ea.

Thank you all. i will hopefully be getting it in the next few weeks and i will let you all know what i find. If any one comes up with a harness though please keep me in mind