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Old 03-06-2003, 06:29 PM   #1
Truckstr
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Wiringharness.com vs. Painless wiring vs. ?

Okay, guys and gals, I've done a little homework and now it's time to get some input from the board.

I did a search here and came up with several candidates to aid in getting rid of what appears to have once served as a "rat's nest" uder the dash of my truck. It's awful! I counted four splices in one wire alone! The fuse panel even looks like it has "had it"!

Yuck!!!! Time to do something before I end up burning the thing down to the ground.

I've been to three sites, so far, of manufacturers:
Painless Wiring and EZ wiring and M&H electric fabricators

It appears that M&H has good wiring for those that are "stock" or near and that Painless has a good setup that is more "universal" (touchy word that 'universal').

I have a mild 350 (now) in my '67 with the single wire alternator, HEI ignition, electric fan and halogen headlights. I plan on switching over to a 406 that I'm slowly putting together, as well as adding a 200-4R tranny (with lock-up torque convertor). The '67 came from the factory with a straight six and "three-on-the-tree". As you can tell, I don't care a lot about keeping this truck factory-stock.

I would like to get rid of the glass-tube fuse box and go with the more modern plug type fuses. That appears to mean that I'd be going with Painless. painless also has a headlight relay kit that will allow me to get full voltage to those halogens.

On the other hand, M&H products look like they are very well tailored to the application (plenty of factory applied mods to the wiring harness to accomodate my HEI, etc.). The sticker is that they don't appear to offer new plug type fuse panels.

I know that GMC Paul carries M&H wiring harnesses (others?) and that Carolina Classic Trucks (Church), Summit Racing and Autozone all carry Painless products.

I'm not really familiar with EZ wiring, and they don't seem to have the "selection" that the others do, but I included them since they were mentioned by a couple of members here when I did my search.

So, what do y'all think? Which way would be the best and why?

Please be specific in your reasoning. Experience counts!

I appreciate everyone's input in advance.

Jeff
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