wiring harness for 66 c10

[tincan1966]

What most don't factor in is all the extra things you purchase to go along with your "budget" kit. The AAW kits and Painless, Ron Francis, etc, most of the time include new switches, connectors, terminals, tie wraps, and most everything you need.

In no way should anyone compare one of the AAW Classic Update Series Kits to an EZ wire universal because the EZ is just that- universal. The Classic Upgrade Series from AAW and direct fit harness from Painless and Ron Francis are designed to install as an OEM harness.

If you're a novice at re-wiring, I'd personally suggest getting the most "plug and play" harness you can get, if nothing else- to ease the frustration during install, and also it'll help you be more confident in the work you did.

My best advise I can give- is shop around for the best deal, NOT the cheapest price, and see what all comes in the different kits for that price. That is the biggest difference. You can spend well over $100 on the remaining items you'll need to install.

[66fleetsidewarrior]

Originally Posted by tincan1966

What most don't factor in is all the extra things you purchase to go along with your "budget" kit. The AAW kits and Painless, Ron Francis, etc, most of the time include new switches, connectors, terminals, tie wraps, and most everything you need.

In no way should anyone compare one of the AAW Classic Update Series Kits to an EZ wire universal because the EZ is just that- universal. The Classic Upgrade Series from AAW and direct fit harness from Painless and Ron Francis are designed to install as an OEM harness.

If you're a novice at re-wiring, I'd personally suggest getting the most "plug and play" harness you can get, if nothing else- to ease the frustration during install, and also it'll help you be more confident in the work you did.

My best advise I can give- is shop around for the best deal, NOT the cheapest price, and see what all comes in the different kits for that price. That is the biggest difference. You can spend well over $100 on the remaining items you'll need to install.

It looks to me that the ez2wire harness has all of the connectors I will need. The connectors alone are half of my battle right now. They are so old and broken it is hard to get a good connection. That kit says not compatible with ammeter. Is that something I should be worried about?

[tincan1966]

Originally Posted by 66fleetsidewarrior

It looks to me that the ez2wire harness has all of the connectors I will need. The connectors alone are half of my battle right now. They are so old and broken it is hard to get a good connection. That kit says not compatible with ammeter. Is that something I should be worried about?

These are UNIVERSAL kits-which means they will fit anything you want to wire.
If you want something more like the OEM, then the AAW Classic Update is the way to go.

[chevyrestoguy]

Originally Posted by tincan1966

These are UNIVERSAL kits-which means they will fit anything you want to wire.
If you want something more like the OEM, then the AAW Classic Update is the way to go.

You are correct. If you want a "plug and play" harness, the AAW harness is a very nice piece.

Another thing to remember...a lot of the universal kits don't accommodate an ammeter gauge. Mixing and matching ammeter/voltmeter wiring and gauges can create a serious wiring issue. It's much more serious if you're putting in a voltmeter gauge with ammeter wiring, because an ammeter needs the full volts and amps present at the gauge, where the voltmeter is just looking for voltage only.

In the -73-'87 section, the guys with the '73-'74 trucks that had ammeter gauge clusters and had upgraded to '75 and up voltmeter clusters and didn't fix the wiring burned their wiring and clusters up. High amps will blow through a 20 gauge wire like it was never there.

[66fleetsidewarrior]

Originally Posted by tincan1966

These are UNIVERSAL kits-which means they will fit anything you want to wire.
If you want something more like the OEM, then the AAW Classic Update is the way to go.

I hadn't realized that the ez2wire was a vendor, not a manufacturer. I ended up buying an AAW classic update kit. Hopefully it is what I thinking it is and gets me setup.