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Engine bay harness
Does anyone know of a cheaper engine bay harness than 119? Needing to rewire my bay and wanted to see if anyone knew of cheaper
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Re: Engine bay harness
An engine harness is not a good place to cheap out. Reliability and safety come hand in hand with a quality product. If you can't afford a well known quality harness then I would look hard at what you have and the reasons for replacing it. If you must replace it a good used harness is still going to be better than a poor quality or cheap unknown replacement.
Might do better looking through the classified ads on the board or post a want to buy ad. If I were replacing a harness I would want recommendations from others, actual users if at all possible. Maybe poll for whats best and what to avoid. Then base a purchase decision on that.
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Re: Engine bay harness
I have to comment on this one.Neglect is one of the things that will Get you killed leave you out on the road.Not to sound hard on you.But if you want to be Cheap Go buy a new truck and drive it.These work horses Deserve all the respect that there owners expect out of there trucks.I drove my 1965 for over 10 years with out high beam head lights No horn.Then one day my lights just went out on a cold wet rainy road.All i asked my truck to do was to get me home safe and i would replace the wiring harness in her.I hit a hard pot hole and the lights came back on.then 2 weeks later.I went down to WWW.Truckandcarshop.com in orange calif payed 650.00 for everything Fuse panel Engine harness Light harness heater harness radio harness Rear tail light harness intermediate harness Turn single harness and all the rubber garments.Took me 3 hours to put it in its a plug and play system.After that my gauges work better the lights are brighter my tail lights are brighter the engine starts up so much easyer.Not one problem with my harness other them my turn singles seem to where out more often.
Thrust me if you use your truck as much as i do and light knowing that it wont leave you on the side of the road or give people a chance to Laugh at your truck when it konks out in the middle of a single.Best off to Contact WWW.TRUCKANDCARSHOP.COM they use M&H harness they are right to the point of the factory harness just make sure you ask for the HEI or Points Most people Use the 1 wire HEI |
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Re: Engine bay harness
Ok i didnt make myself clear, not cheap as in quality, cheap as in price, around 80-90, this price was from brotherstrucks and ive noticed they have been a bit steep.
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Re: Engine bay harness
And im much aware about cheap quality on wiring not being safe, i work on aircraft. All i wanted to know was there another truck company that maybe has a sale or prices alittle lower than brothers, maybe has free shipping on a certain purchase price. Didnt need to be scolded and schooled. And no i dont need to go buy a new truck, i thnk ive busted my butt off and deserve my truck. And the reason im not driving it is because ive been taking my time as to when i can afford good parts to fix the truck one problem at a time. All i wanted was to see if someone had a deal i was missing, not get told i dont respect my old truck. I can afford $119, i was just checking with others to see if someone found a better deal. Ss tim thank you for your advice. Ill look at making a poll
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Re: Engine bay harness
Look around at posts in the electrical section for quality kits of what others have used. Also the review section may get some pointers there. From what I see the kits vary in price and whether or not you want to reuse your current connectors also.
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Re: Engine bay harness
Expect to spend around $100 bucks. I got mine from Wes at Classic Heartbeat. Don't remember what I paid for it, but was around $100. It was upgraded to have a wire for the HEI I am using. It is made by M&H Auto Wire. Direct plug and play with all the factory style connectors, clips, and mounting tabs. Even came with the new plastic wire gutter, and the factory correct wire wrap. Quality piece... you won't be disappointed.
I like it so much I went ahead and bought a front light harness too. Same deal as above and fit perfectly. ![]() Gary
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Re: Engine bay harness
Thanks gasoline. Ill look into it
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