Any body ever use these wiring kits?

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I have one that came from from ebay. Your link didn't work unfortunately. The one I got is a bare bones but it does have the marking on the wires and switch ends, but not the plugs that go into lights, the proper fuse panel that has bulkhead connectors and stuff like that. It is not a problem because I am swapping the older stuff over as time permits and I am not in a huge rush. I feel for the money it is not a bad kit and aside from adding a circuit for the rear window on my K5 and subbing in power seats out of a later model Tahoe it has more than enough for the stuff I need it to do.

I think I paid about 180 for mine and got it from a Keith's Hot Rods off ebay about 2 summers ago after the PO's rat nest had sparks shooting out from under the dash everytime you tried to turn the ignition or light switch on, lol.

I figured it would be safer than burning the thing down after swapping a bunch of go fast parts and a 5.3 LS to it..

the only thing I found was that the manual sucks a little but after taking a closer look at the painless kits I found that they have a 21 circuit kit that uses almost all the same stuff and their instructions have better drawings and actual photos in some of the area's that presented challenge.

If you end up getting it and need a better manual send me a PM and I can email you that pdf file, or print out a good laser color copy and drop it in the mail to you. That way it will not run if you get some water or other liquid on it while working. I tried the electronic copy but it's handy to have something to make notes on when making alterations to the original vehicle configuration.
 

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I did go ahead and order one. The one I got came from speedway motors. It had great reviews. You are correct the instructions are garbage. It can with most of teh connectors I need and is the 21 circuit kit. Cost $200. Seems to be a little better than some of the cheaper kits I found. I'm actually going to start the disassembly of the wiring in the truck. Looks like it will be a pretty easy install.
 

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Gmachinz on this forum makes very nice wiring harness. I bought a sub harness for the wiper motor that was melted in a previous owners carburetor fire. It had heavier gauge wiring and correct terminals and connector bodies. He offers a fine product to us !!
 

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My kits are designed with upgrades or can be had stock-but I prefer factory fit harness quality-universal kits lack a LOT of the little pieces that really made it a lot more professional.

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I like the kwik wire kit. Cheaper than painless and better i believe. Easy to install with name of what the wire goes to on the wire. Done may 4 or 5 total done 1 my 66 impala, 94 jeep wrangler with 350 chevy, 47 chevy fleetmaster and a few others. Kwikwire.com
 

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Jabin,
2 questions. Website info for your harnesses and can a shade tree mechanic and his 15 year old really re wire a 1976 C 10?

Thanks

Randy and E
 

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The feller that you are attempting to contact has been banned from this site.
If I recall correctly.

For ripping people off.
 

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Yeah, there were some issues. He apparently did good work when he actually did the work, but there was maybe some substance abuse issues and some large chunks of time where he would just drop off the face of the earth and people would be out money with no contact or product delivered for months. It happened enough times for him to get booted from several LS swap and classics forums.
 

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Damn shame, I got a modified dash/column harness from him and it was top tier plug & play. It fit perfectly with no further assembly on my part and he was willing to do mods that other companies would not.
 
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That’s terrible.. everyone has been so helpful here. On the fence about rewiring the truck at all at this point and was looking at Kwik wire but saw his post and it looked first class.

Thanks everyone

Randy and E
 

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