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Replacement Wiring Harness

Discussion in 'Early CJ5 and CJ6 Tech' started by Brislin06, Oct 23, 2017.

  1. Oct 25, 2017
    Howard Eisenhauer

    Howard Eisenhauer Administrator Staff Member

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    Don't use the standard autoparts store crimp connectors & tools, they will cause you nothing but headaches down the road. If you go this route invest in quality connectors from an electronics supply place, Panduit makes good stuff. I'm not a fan of soldering automotive stuff but if you do make sure to slip some heat shrink over it & go back at least an inch onto the wire to provide strain relief- soldered connections have a history of snapping off in high vibration situations if not given some support. If you don't solder put some battery grease on the wire end before you crimp- this will keep your connections happy for a long long time.

    Again I recommend the Walck's harness in it's in the budget- it just goes in & connects up properly to everything it needs to, no messing with crimping any connectors, spices to bulb sockets or researching obscure turn signal colour codes.

    H.
     
  2. Oct 25, 2017
    haighfam

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    X2, I put one in my '57 6V stock took me 3 1/2 hours and everything worked first time. High quality, worth the money.
     
  3. Oct 25, 2017
    Brislin06

    Brislin06 Member

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    My only issue with the Walcks harness is no fuse block. Later on I’d like to add some fog lights winch and most likely a radio. I believe I’d be splicing into it to add those accessories. ???
     
  4. Oct 25, 2017
    timgr

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    There are a few fuses inline in the factory harness IIRC, and a circuit breaker for the lights.

    You can add an auxilliary fuse panel easily. To me, this is even easier than splicing in to the under-dash fuse panel. Example - ATC & ATO Fuse Panels
     
  5. Oct 25, 2017
    Howard Eisenhauer

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    I added some circuits while I was installing the harness- no biggy. Hang a few pigtails off the light, accessory & run circuits for future use & use in-line fuses. The thing is with fresh wiring you'll probably never see a short/blown fuse anyhow- almost all problems are caused by old wiring with bad insulation or hinky PO mods.
     
  6. Oct 26, 2017
    liquids

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    Another vote here for EZ. Bought it and installed it as a newbie over about a week in 2013. No problems after buying a $15 box of assorted crimp terminals. Preattached ones don't really save you much time if you're going to cut a wire for length. I think EZ was half the price of the other ones. Buy firewall rubber (forget the word) so you don't ruin your new wires.
     
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