Wiring harness

[78_Monte970]

My 78 monte’s harness is toast. It was rewired at one point in time but I trust none of it as it had an electrical fire in the engine bay. What kit should I go with to rewire it? I’ve done none of this before except making a simple harness to run the engine. I was looking at painless performance, as all their stuff is labeled. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[mikester]

If its just the engine harness why not get some wire and make it yourself ? You can buy the Packard connectors. Get a set of crimpers from Summit. I bought wire in 25' coils in multiple colors from a place in MI. It wouldnt take that long. I even bought fusible link wire for the starter.

 

[pagrunt]

Might be able to find a good used & have less hassles installing it as those aftermarket ones usally require you to rewire the whole car. OPGI uses these guys for their repop harnesses http://www.wiringharness.com/ . On the home page click on the highlighted GM & search the online catalog.
Maybe someone might even have a good used harness here that will match your needs.

 

[Gonzo1970]

I've installed a painless in a 67 Mustang in the past.

Granted, it was nothing as complex as a G-Body, but it was, indeed, pretty painless.

-Gonz

 

[78_Monte970]

If its just the engine harness why not get some wire and make it yourself ? You can buy the Packard connectors. Get a set of crimpers from Summit. I bought wire in 25' coils in multiple colors from a place in MI. It wouldnt take that long. I even bought fusible link wire for the starter.

totally would do just the engine, but the fire melted part of the fuse block so I had to take out everything from the firewall forward is disconnected. This is what I have for the engine wiring right now:

 

[78_Monte970]

Might be able to find a good used & have less hassles installing it as those aftermarket ones usally require you to rewire the whole car. OPGI uses these guys for their repop harnesses http://www.wiringharness.com/ . On the home page click on the highlighted GM & search the online catalog.
Maybe someone might even have a good used harness here that will match your needs.

Is there an “in search of” category I can post in to find something like this? I also know a yard in Oregon that said they’d sell me a 78 harness for 50 plus shipping...

 

[78_Monte970]

If its just the engine harness why not get some wire and make it yourself ? You can buy the Packard connectors. Get a set of crimpers from Summit. I bought wire in 25' coils in multiple colors from a place in MI. It wouldnt take that long. I even bought fusible link wire for the starter.

As of right now it’s just a switch and push button start, completely bypassed ignition and i intend to keep it wired like that as it’s just gonna be a pocket rocket hot rod with no power anything. It’s a 350 swap.

 

[pagrunt]

Is there an “in search of” category I can post in to find something like this? I also know a yard in Oregon that said they’d sell me a 78 harness for 50 plus shipping...

Yea there is a link to click on the top of the home page to search my year/model.

 

[fleming442]

50 plus shipping sounds fair. I would try to get the bulkhead connector and fuse block on the body side, though because fire is evil.

As for aftermarket kits, I like American Autowire over Painful. Maybe an earlier model A body kit might work. Then you can upgrade to ATC fuses.

 

[78_Monte970]

One last question. I’m planning to buy that stock harness, will everything from the 305 car work on my 350 swap?