It just takes one broken bolt...... or smoke coming out from under the hood of a non running car, to turn a 4 hour job into a 3 day job.
I was installing remote door locks in my 240, when I smelled something burning. I looked under the hood and smoke was coming out of the wiring harness from the hot junction next to the battery that goes over the wheel well and back to the firewall. !!! I disconnected the battery and after following the wires, it appears that indeed, the short may be behind the dash. The wire with the short appears to be #8 or possibly #6. Has anyone had any experience with such a short, and why would you need that much amperage inside the car? Why, why, was it not fused? Also, I thought all the high amp items used relays.
The previous owner did a lot of dubious shade tree work on the car, and glaringly neglected some items; He rigged a foot switch for the bright dim lights, and had removed both locking relays. I found them in the glove compartment. when I plugged them in, the locks worked fine. I have a 90 model car I am parting out, so I have a harness, but am not looking forward to removing the dash of the "black beauty".