Testing the new Painless Wiring Harness - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

FLcustom10 · 07-17-2011, 09:05 PM

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**Daddy Brim** · 07-17-2011, 09:17 PM

Hey that is pretty funny. I used a Painless harness and was very pleased with the results.

VA72C10 · 07-17-2011, 09:41 PM

That's funny

Will be nice to have a reliable wiring system in the truck. Good work!

elf w/capital T · 07-17-2011, 11:14 PM

haha funny oooopss!! thats cool, glad it all works well

treveiger · 07-17-2011, 11:21 PM

How hard is those kits? Where'd you get it? I've never wired before so im kinda nervous about it lol.
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FLcustom10 · 07-18-2011, 11:34 PM

Thanks guys, Treveiger pretty much everything I've done with this truck is something I've never done before. I'm just taking it very slowly and it's not too hard. It really helps to have the guys on the forum to answer questions. I think a wiring harness with all of the right connections cost about $600. I paid $387 for the Painless harness from Summit Racing and am supposed to get a $100.00 rebate off of that. I'm pleased with the Painless wiring harness. Everything is labeled very well and there are extra wires for things like cruise control and power windows which I'm not going to use. I'm just taping those off and putting them out of the way. You'll have to save your old wiring harness to get some connections such as the half-moon plastic piece from the turn signal. I started off using the crimp connectors that they gave me, but after reading about needing to solder and heat-shrink the connections I did a youtube search on how to do that and gave it a try. I'm much happier with soldering and heat-shrinking the connections. You'll have to enlarge the opening in the fire-wall. They give you a template and it was very easy with a dremel tool. Just go slow and use painters tape to protect the paint edges. I'm using cold-shrink wrap to wrap the wires to try to make them look neater. I don't know if it's easier to wire since I have the truck all torn apart or if it would be easier to replace one thing at a time while the old harness is still there.

Here are some pictures so far:

07-17-2011, 09:17 PM	#2
Daddy Brim Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Clovis Ca. Posts: 632	Re: Testing the new Painless Wiring Harness Hey that is pretty funny. I used a Painless harness and was very pleased with the results. __________________ I'm sorry I called you stupid. I thought you knew already. 67 C-20 Custom Camper 68 Nova 396 it does wheelies 2005 Buick Century the one the wife drives 1989 Toyota Tercel to drive when I can't put gas in the first 2.

07-17-2011, 09:41 PM	#3
VA72C10 VA72C10 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Midlothian, VA Posts: 25,269	Re: Testing the new Painless Wiring Harness That's funny Will be nice to have a reliable wiring system in the truck. Good work! __________________ Looking for a 67-72 swb or blazer project in or around VA.

07-17-2011, 11:14 PM	#4
elf w/capital T Registered User Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: North Carolina Posts: 993	Re: Testing the new Painless Wiring Harness haha funny oooopss!! thats cool, glad it all works well

07-17-2011, 11:21 PM	#5
treveiger Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: South Dakota Posts: 4,093	Re: Testing the new Painless Wiring Harness How hard is those kits? Where'd you get it? I've never wired before so im kinda nervous about it lol. Posted via Mobile Device __________________ 1969 Chevy c20(Miss Hackjob)

07-18-2011, 11:34 PM	#6
FLcustom10 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Tallahassee, FL Posts: 322	Re: Testing the new Painless Wiring Harness Thanks guys, Treveiger pretty much everything I've done with this truck is something I've never done before. I'm just taking it very slowly and it's not too hard. It really helps to have the guys on the forum to answer questions. I think a wiring harness with all of the right connections cost about $600. I paid $387 for the Painless harness from Summit Racing and am supposed to get a $100.00 rebate off of that. I'm pleased with the Painless wiring harness. Everything is labeled very well and there are extra wires for things like cruise control and power windows which I'm not going to use. I'm just taping those off and putting them out of the way. You'll have to save your old wiring harness to get some connections such as the half-moon plastic piece from the turn signal. I started off using the crimp connectors that they gave me, but after reading about needing to solder and heat-shrink the connections I did a youtube search on how to do that and gave it a try. I'm much happier with soldering and heat-shrinking the connections. You'll have to enlarge the opening in the fire-wall. They give you a template and it was very easy with a dremel tool. Just go slow and use painters tape to protect the paint edges. I'm using cold-shrink wrap to wrap the wires to try to make them look neater. I don't know if it's easier to wire since I have the truck all torn apart or if it would be easier to replace one thing at a time while the old harness is still there. Here are some pictures so far: Attached Images



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