so I had to wait until it stopped raining to get the car back to my new house

it was very cold and wet still

the next day was sunny so I attempted a drive to keep moving stuff, smelled burning and thought it was the lousy neighbourhood I was driving through, then a few blocks later I reached under and felt the wiper motor just to make sure, OUCH, extremely hot! and I was not even using the wipers (why would it be getting hot if the switch is not pulled?)

and as I was reminiscing about touching the hot iron my mother told me not to touch as a kid, smoke started billowing out of the dash!

I turned the car off immediately and put it in neutral and coasted to the curb as quickly as possible and then pulled the battery leads

I then pulled all the wires off the wiper switch and stood back and waited to see if a fire had actually started

lesson learned: that 10B-C fire extinguisher I bought the other day will only work if I leave it in the car!

so looks like my wiring harness has many flaws (no driving lights unless I hook 2 wires up under the dash, wiper motor cooked possibly)

any one ever buy the new wiring harnesses available from Vintage Imports in Vancouver, BC

any other options? tired of second guessing old stereo installation wires etc

thanks for all the help