Definitely print out the relevant Rave pages from the electrical manual.
There isn't any reason you shouldn't be able to sort it out and repair it.
Ideally solder the connections, but if you want to use crimp butt splice connectors I'd use uninsulated ones, fill them with dielectric grease before inserting the wires and then seal them with moisture seal heat shrink tubing.

 

Thanks for the tips guys, I'm gonna head down and work on it now. Never thought I'd get so much encouragement to repair something electrical. I know squat about electronics, I just play match the color and make sure the connection is good and tight.

Wish me luck, and if I don't come back...well then it means I fixed the problem and I'm taking it for a drive.

 

Well, it is a lot more complicated than it looks. The bare copper wire you guys are seeing seems to be some sort of ground. There is plastic covering, and if I cut that back, that copper wire is braided all around the pink wire. I put everything back together as best I could, but there is still a misfire. And if I touch the wires while the truck is running, it acts like it wants to stall. I called a LR dealer, and they want $1,300 for a harness. I say no thanks. I'm gonna make a few more calls and check the net, and see if I can't find one a cheaper.

 

I don't suppose you got a close enough look at the connector to know what pin number the pink wires attach to, did you?

 

No, there are several wires that go into the connector, then they are connected to the copper wiring that disappears into the wiring harness. There are several wires there that have been cut and spliced back together, and one wire that leads from the Number one connector to the number three connector. I checked all the connections as best I could, but without knowing what the bozo who hashed this thing together before was doing, I'm sort of a sitting duck. I have put it all back together a few times, and it runs like ****. If I start touching the connector, it starts to sputter and acts like it's going to stall. So either the wiring is bad, the connector is bad, or someone just screwed the whole thing up.

I'm working on a wiring harness now, there is a guy parting out a DII on craigslist. He said he can get me the best deal, so we'll see.