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Painless Performance Wiring Harness Install - Project Get Shorty Wired Science - Tech
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Unfortunately, we can't cover everything needed to know about wiring in the next few pages. However, this should give you a pretty good heads-up. Just remember, every wire in the Painless harness has an origin and destination, and all you have to do is follow the instructions-and the labels on the wire-to hook up the wire to the destination. It really is that simple, and yes ... painless. If ya find yourself in a jam the Painless tech line is an excellent resource. (They actually helped me out in a few instances.) Beyond that, it's just a matter of TCB, (taking care of business).  Although it looks like a mess...  Although it looks like a mess there is order to this chaos. One way to lighten the load is to link like-wires together. For instance the dash lights (green wires), power (yellow wires), and ground (black wires) are all linked. They begin at one end and hop along each designated post. At the other end the wire joins the designated harness wire. In chassis ground instances I crimped an eyelet to the leading wire and used a self-tapping screw to secure the eyelet to a clean ground on the underside of the dash.  For the tachometer, which...  For the tachometer, which mounts nearly two feet away from the rest of the instruments, I tapped into the corresponding gauge wires using T-taps.  Again, my headlight switch...  Again, my headlight switch isn't factory, therefore I needed to dissect the harness and outfit each individual wire with the correct terminal. Using the Painless manual and labeled wires, I plugged the wires into the appropriate terminals on the switch. As for the rest of the components (e.g., power windows, air conditioning, neutral safety switch, etc.) I simply located the Painless wire and connected the dots. Again, the detailed instructions practically hold your hand as you work through it.  The chassis harness is comprised...  The chassis harness is comprised of two parts: one services the cab and the other plugs into the back of the fuse block and runs to the outer extremities. Again, there are more wires in the outer harness than I need, and for that reason I trimmed them up as well. At this point I bundled the taillight, headlight, and engine harness wires together with zip ties and ran them to their points of interests.  When it comes to wiring the...  When it comes to wiring the engine, the Painless kit can handle it all. For instance, the kit is designed to work with traditional distributor/coil setups and late-model HEI distributors. (As shown) It can also handle internally or externally regulated alternators. If you're running a fuel-injected setup, Painless offers just about any FI harness to piggyback the chassis harness for your needs.  I finished up the engine compartment...  I finished up the engine compartment by wiring up the temp and oil sending units, electric choke, A/C, and so on. Again, all I had to do was route the single labeled wire to its destination because everything was all ready handled on the other end of the harness.  Next on the list was lighting...  Next on the list was lighting up each corner. Keeping things clean and simple, Painless has bundled the necessary wires to the taillights/fuel sending unit/electric fuel pump/etc., into one sub-harness, and the headlight/brights/turn signals/etc., into another. They even provide the correct headlight and taillight plugs with the kit. All you have to do is route, crimp, and install.  Normally, snakes aren't my...  Normally, snakes aren't my favorite, but in wiring you can live or die by them. When it comes to routing wires through a tight area sometimes it's best to tape the wires to a long welding rod (note arrow) and feed the welding rod to the other end. From there grab the rod, or "snake," and pull the wires through.  In cases where the battery...  In cases where the battery has been mounted in a non-stock location, like mine, Painless developed these remote battery terminals. Simply install them in a convenient location and run the 1-gauge battery cables from the battery to the terminals. This will make running the harness battery feed, starter feed, electric fan relay feed, and others a much simpler, and shorter, process.
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The Thinker??? - Haul Monitor
Ryan talks about the friendly badgering that goes on around the shop and overcoming obstacles that seemly pop up out of nowhere during a project....
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