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lukecp · 05-22-2002, 09:49 PM

I saw a harness from Painless Wiring in Jegs for our trucks. It is about $300. Has anyone used this wiring harness, and was it really "painless" to put in? Will the wires for the taillights be long enough for my LWB truck? http://www.painlessperformance.com/harness3.htm

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Lucas

"Another proud owner of one of the coolest trucks ever built"

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My Daily-Driver: '72 Chevy LWB Custom/10. Rebuilt 350, roughly 300 HP thanks to a 204/214 duration cam, Edelbrock Performer intake and 1406 carb, headers, and 40 seires Flowmaster mufflers. Ochre with a white top. Lots of fun

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imdarren · 05-23-2002, 12:43 AM

The advertisment for Painless says "the wires are extra long for long bed trucks".
As far as a "Painless" installation, sorry, I don't know yet. It shouldn't be too bad though. Tonight I pulled out the 35 year old harness, and it all seemed real simple and streight forward. I look forward to installing the new one (I still need to buy it). I say go for it! And good luck.
Darren

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Darren
Washington State
darrengale67@hotmail.com

1972 GMC C1500 Daily Driver (Bone Stock).
1967 Chevy C10 LWB Rodstoration In Progress.
Looking for a 72 3/4 Ton 4x4 Cheyenne Super with little or no rust.

plunkinberry · 05-23-2002, 05:56 AM

I am just finishing putting a Painless kit in a Jeep. They are not Painless if you are not a mechanic. The directions are not overly detailed and unless the harness is specific to your particular vehicle (which I doubt), you will have lots to figure out on your own.

On the other hand, they have a terriffic tech. help line and are glad to help and walk you through even the dumbest questions.

I had to create a lot of my own stuff because the harness wasn't exactly for my year of vehicle. Be sure to talk with someone with experience putting one of these in a Chevy/GMC.

Low69CST · 05-23-2002, 08:14 AM

I'm putting a Painless Kit in my truck. Its got good parts and bad parts. The good part is if your seriously modifying your truck, its easily conforms. For instance a different steering column, emergency brake system, or like a Lokar Brake pedel assembly. The harness is easily adapted to those things. However for like my truck, I had to add ends to alot of switches myself. Like the brake light switch, reverse light switch, nuetral safety switch, steering column wires, and the cigarette lighter wires, I had to trim and add connectors to each of these wires. It isn't a big deal, but I had ZERO wiring experience before taking this on. I'm learning as I go along. I'm still just working on the interior part of the harness. I found out that to wire up the A/C components you have to buy another small harness for 70 bucks. Also, i'm trying to route the wires as neatly as possible. To do this I've had to route them one way, then undo it and change it, then find another problem, and do it all over again. I just figured out that after working on it for a bout 2 months, i'm gonna have to change the way I have it now for this A/C harness.

Its a long process but when you consider the total restoration of the truck, a completely new harness with dedicated wiring to new circuts like electric fan, fuel pump, plus all new wires that you can run however you want, it didn't sound like such a bad idea to me. Plus it give me a chance to learn about wiring. I'm glad I bought it.

Also, the wire for the fuel tank sending unit is included in the taillight section, which mean they designed it for trucks with blazer gas tanks. But, if you have your in the cab tank still in, you should be able to run that wire under the cab can bring it through the floor with the steel gasline and attach it like that. It is a well constructed harness, but the instructions sometimes are vary shady.

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'69 CST Short fleetside
Lowered, 400 small block, 700R4, 4 wheel disc brakes, front & rear sway bars
See my truck at: http://www.geocities.com/low69cst/
Student at the University of Kentucky.
Feel free to message me on AOL, SN- SS95ZQ8
My Dad's projects:
72 Short Fleet 4x4 Chyenne Super
72 Long Fleet 4x4 Chyenne Super
Both 350 autos restored original

05-22-2002, 09:49 PM	#1
lukecp Formerly yellow72custom Join Date: May 2001 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 7,531	Painless wiring harness? I saw a harness from Painless Wiring in Jegs for our trucks. It is about $300. Has anyone used this wiring harness, and was it really "painless" to put in? Will the wires for the taillights be long enough for my LWB truck? http://www.painlessperformance.com/harness3.htm ------------------ Lucas "Another proud owner of one of the coolest trucks ever built" drop_shift@hotmail.com My Daily-Driver: '72 Chevy LWB Custom/10. Rebuilt 350, roughly 300 HP thanks to a 204/214 duration cam, Edelbrock Performer intake and 1406 carb, headers, and 40 seires Flowmaster mufflers. Ochre with a white top. Lots of fun . __________________ '72 Chevy C10 Mild 350/TH350/3.07. Ochre/White. Old high school ride. '70 GMC C2500 '62 327 4bbl/SM465/4.56-geared Dana 60. White/White. Project or parts truck. '97 Saturn SL DD. 1.9/5-speed. 40+ highway mpg

05-23-2002, 12:43 AM	#2
imdarren Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: SW Washington Posts: 1,006	The advertisment for Painless says "the wires are extra long for long bed trucks". As far as a "Painless" installation, sorry, I don't know yet. It shouldn't be too bad though. Tonight I pulled out the 35 year old harness, and it all seemed real simple and streight forward. I look forward to installing the new one (I still need to buy it). I say go for it! And good luck. Darren ------------------ Darren Washington State darrengale67@hotmail.com 1972 GMC C1500 Daily Driver (Bone Stock). 1967 Chevy C10 LWB Rodstoration In Progress. Looking for a 72 3/4 Ton 4x4 Cheyenne Super with little or no rust. __________________ Washington State 1967 Chevy C10 LWB Rodstoration In Progress. 1972 K20 Cheyenne Super

05-23-2002, 08:14 AM	#4
Low69CST Registered User Join Date: May 2000 Location: Frankfort, Kentucky, USA Posts: 2,163	I'm putting a Painless Kit in my truck. Its got good parts and bad parts. The good part is if your seriously modifying your truck, its easily conforms. For instance a different steering column, emergency brake system, or like a Lokar Brake pedel assembly. The harness is easily adapted to those things. However for like my truck, I had to add ends to alot of switches myself. Like the brake light switch, reverse light switch, nuetral safety switch, steering column wires, and the cigarette lighter wires, I had to trim and add connectors to each of these wires. It isn't a big deal, but I had ZERO wiring experience before taking this on. I'm learning as I go along. I'm still just working on the interior part of the harness. I found out that to wire up the A/C components you have to buy another small harness for 70 bucks. Also, i'm trying to route the wires as neatly as possible. To do this I've had to route them one way, then undo it and change it, then find another problem, and do it all over again. I just figured out that after working on it for a bout 2 months, i'm gonna have to change the way I have it now for this A/C harness. Its a long process but when you consider the total restoration of the truck, a completely new harness with dedicated wiring to new circuts like electric fan, fuel pump, plus all new wires that you can run however you want, it didn't sound like such a bad idea to me. Plus it give me a chance to learn about wiring. I'm glad I bought it. Also, the wire for the fuel tank sending unit is included in the taillight section, which mean they designed it for trucks with blazer gas tanks. But, if you have your in the cab tank still in, you should be able to run that wire under the cab can bring it through the floor with the steel gasline and attach it like that. It is a well constructed harness, but the instructions sometimes are vary shady. ------------------ '69 CST Short fleetside Lowered, 400 small block, 700R4, 4 wheel disc brakes, front & rear sway bars See my truck at: http://www.geocities.com/low69cst/ Student at the University of Kentucky. Feel free to message me on AOL, SN- SS95ZQ8 My Dad's projects: 72 Short Fleet 4x4 Chyenne Super 72 Long Fleet 4x4 Chyenne Super Both 350 autos restored original __________________ '69 CST Short fleetside Lowered, 400 small block, 700R4, 4 wheel disc brakes, front sway bar & rear camaro sway bar (in progress) '87 V10 4x4 Short Fleetside Quad Suspension and Dual Tanks

05-23-2002, 05:56 AM	#3
plunkinberry Registered User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Canonsburg, PA Posts: 17	I am just finishing putting a Painless kit in a Jeep. They are not Painless if you are not a mechanic. The directions are not overly detailed and unless the harness is specific to your particular vehicle (which I doubt), you will have lots to figure out on your own. On the other hand, they have a terriffic tech. help line and are glad to help and walk you through even the dumbest questions. I had to create a lot of my own stuff because the harness wasn't exactly for my year of vehicle. Be sure to talk with someone with experience putting one of these in a Chevy/GMC.



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