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Originally Posted by Shane826
Bill- Disconnect one of the wires to each tail light at the refrigerator. Attach new tail light wires and a reverse light wire to each disconnected wire. SLOWLY pull the wires from the tail light end, which will then pull the new wires with it. Viola, you now have back up wires.
This may be even easier to do in two sections; one through the rear shell and one down the lift arm to the refrigerator cavity.
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Shane -
That seems possible - or at least nothing else seems likely. I would do it in two sections, as you suggested. My concern is that there may be sharp edges somewhere in the path that would cut the new wires as they go through. (The original wires may be protected in a sleeve.)
And one thing I learned long ago, when I was pulling new wires through residential stud walls.
Don't pull a wire with another wire! If it breaks while you are pulling, you have no recovery. Instead, use the original wire to pull TWO strong strings. Mono-filament nylon is good, because it is strong, slippery, and very flexible. As you feed the strings in, be sure they go in side-by-side, and don't get twisted. If the pull gets jammed part way through, you can use these strings to pull the original wire back. Once you get the two strings through, immediately tie off one of them on both ends, and use the other to pull the new wires. The tied-off string is your recovery string. If the first string breaks, use the second one to pull TWO new strings, then continue as before.
When I have finished the job, I generally leave the recovery string in place, bundled up and out of sight. Who knows when it might come in handy again.
Wish me luck.
Bill