Tired of everyone saying you have to replace the whole harness on a Cessna 172 for a single broken wire

I had a chafed wire in the wing root on a 1978 172 last week and everyone said pull the whole harness. I just spliced in a 6 inch section with the correct gauge and heat shrink, saved about 8 hours of labor and it passed the megger test. Has anyone else found that the FAA regs are actually fine with proper splices if you do it clean?

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jana_scott24d ago

Yeah, most things are like that. People love overcomplicating simple fixes.

carter.laura24d agoMost Upvoted

Right? Keep it simple, stupid.

gavin6926d ago

Take that with a grain of salt though. In my experience, sometimes a simple fix is simple because you already know the problem, but getting there can be a real maze.