Protour_Pinto
04-04-2017, 01:11 PM
For me the one thing I dont look forward to the most of every project is the wiring.
I always try to barter my way out of it by doing anything but wiring, tune up a rowdy horse? wrestle an alligator? dig a ditch? Im your Huckleberry. Wire a car or bike and you will hear nothing but bellyaching.
So im at the point on this project where I should start thinking of the wiring and plumbing. Soon I will tear apart my perfectly running and driving low mileage '85 Toyota Pickup and plunk it on the chassis I have been making.
So as I think about it I can either just splice in my American Excess into the Japanese Utilitarian and be done with it. Forcing SAE and the Metric systems to get along and not having too much trouble doing so, BUT....
I am hoping to recover as many green dollars as I can by selling the original rolling chassis with all the running gear and thinking I can get a few more of those green coupons to roll over into the project if I include the harness and computers for the EFI with the deal.
I know the kits from places like Painless and AAW can be a bit pricey but have seen some budget friendly kits too.
My truck will have no power windows and things like that so I have been looking at some of the smaller kits, I just need it to run a engine harness for a '75, If I gut the truck of its harness I will put in some aftermarket gauges and switches so those would be relatively easy to wire. Maybe have the option for A.C. in the future.
Is there a kit people like? Dislike?
Its not that I cant do the wiring, Just hate doing it.
I always try to barter my way out of it by doing anything but wiring, tune up a rowdy horse? wrestle an alligator? dig a ditch? Im your Huckleberry. Wire a car or bike and you will hear nothing but bellyaching.
So im at the point on this project where I should start thinking of the wiring and plumbing. Soon I will tear apart my perfectly running and driving low mileage '85 Toyota Pickup and plunk it on the chassis I have been making.
So as I think about it I can either just splice in my American Excess into the Japanese Utilitarian and be done with it. Forcing SAE and the Metric systems to get along and not having too much trouble doing so, BUT....
I am hoping to recover as many green dollars as I can by selling the original rolling chassis with all the running gear and thinking I can get a few more of those green coupons to roll over into the project if I include the harness and computers for the EFI with the deal.
I know the kits from places like Painless and AAW can be a bit pricey but have seen some budget friendly kits too.
My truck will have no power windows and things like that so I have been looking at some of the smaller kits, I just need it to run a engine harness for a '75, If I gut the truck of its harness I will put in some aftermarket gauges and switches so those would be relatively easy to wire. Maybe have the option for A.C. in the future.
Is there a kit people like? Dislike?
Its not that I cant do the wiring, Just hate doing it.