Should i rewire while i have the whole car apart?

[mustangman70]

Since im replacing the floorboard, and basicly am goign to have the whole car apart,,,

Would this be a good time to re wire the car? Im pretty good with electical, i installed my nitrous kit completly by myself including a bottle heater and the fuel pressure safety switches switch along with the fuel pump wiring...ive got i think 5 extra gaues along with a tach and indiglo gauges which i hooked up myself, .ive installed DOZENS of stereo systems fanging from just decks and speakers to full blown sub system with multiple amps and caps...but it was getting to be a PAIN in the ass to hook eveything up to that old ass fuse panal (and im sure im lucky it didnt burn down)

But just HOW hard would you say it is to do? There are some things that i WONT BE using like the AC and the heater....also did anyone get rid of their window washer pump and such? im thinking i wont need this..I keep hearing about the wiper motor? is it really that bad? .

I do plan on adding alot of other things, like putting the battery and starter solinoid in the trunk etc, electric fuel pump, power windows and locks etc autometer gauges in the dash

So would i be better off with a custom universal kit...or a mustang dedicated harness....i noticed painless dosent offer a mustang kit for the 70's

Does anyone make a harness jsut like the factory? are these more expensive?

 

[Tim65GT]

I think you could do it yourself and having the car tore apart is the best time to do it. Just make sure if you're priming or painting afterward you cover any exposed wires and connectors.

Your going to have to start with something. The Painless products seem pretty good: http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?autofilter=1&part=PRF%2D50101&N=310928+115&autoview=sku

For $129

I spent a lot of time planning and even included a few spare wires for future expansion, but it's hard to incorporate what the future needs will be.

I'm currently moving the battery and solenoid to the trunk too.

 

[67coupe351w]

Do yourself a favor and get a kit with everything already terminated at the fuse block. You will spend more money buying wire than if you just get the kit that incldes the wire. Plus it (should) already be wired correctly and just require youto run each wire to each component.

I used painless but I think there are some cheaper brands out there that will do the job. Find one that has the right number of circuits you need and wont leave you with a bunch of extra wire or adding your own in0line fuse links...those always look tacky.

 

[5.0ina66]

EZWiring...painless clone and $165 for a 21 circut kit

 

[mustangman70]

I want the 21 kit for sure since i will be adding power windows/locks, elec fan etc


Does the painless wiring kit come allready wired into the fuse box? and doesnt need any fusable links right? what about the EZ kit?

 

[rbohm]

painless, ezwire, autowire, ron francis(the man who started the kit wiring), and others all have fuse blocks that are prewired, which i also recommend. you can get everything from the bare fuse block to a complete kit designed just for your car(even to the point of where you will put the fuse block if you desire) depending on who you go with. personally i like the painless and ezwire kits since the fuse blocks are prewired. but if you want the cadillac of wireing kits, ron francis is the way to go. he will build you a complete custom kit that pratically drops in. you have to do some work though, but not as much as with the other kits.

 

[mustangman70]

Ron francis huh.....and this would come with the plugs and everything?

As much as i would liek to do that i probably couldent affford it lol

 

[rbohm]

Ron francis huh.....and this would come with the plugs and everything?

As much as i would liek to do that i probably couldent affford it lol

i believe it does, but yes it will not be cheap. i got a quote for my 66 mustang years ago(about 1987), and the price was something like $800 at the time. as i recall it did include about 90% of the needed plugs to install the kit. i forget which ones it didnt come with though.

 

[mustangman70]

Well......bump that i will just buy the universal and make the connections lol