smart...or stoopid

[drivert51]

In the process of taking the body off I am faced with a bird nest of wiring. I have found several wires not hooked to anything (amazed it runs and lights work). I'm thinking of clipping all the wires and making my own wiring harness when I start the rebuild. smart...or stoopid :dunno:

 

[Old Dog]

a new harness on a cj is always a good idea.

 

[73CJ]

Personally I wouldn't clip the wires. Even if you replace the wires, you're cutting up your pattern. . .

 

[mtnwhlr]

I don't think you should try making your own. Just get a new on from somebody like Painless.IMO

 

[elwood blues]

If you you're good with wires and electricity (and have a schematic to work from) building a wiring harness for a vehicle as electrically simple as a '72 CJ shouldn't be hard, or extremely time consuming. If you're up for the challange, I say go for it.

 

[drivert51]

I've got the schematic from the chiltons manual. It seems way cheaper if you make your own. Time is not really an issue.

 

[CJ007]

Is there something wrong like its brittle, cracking, missing or cut? If not try and route them and clean up. Add some of that flexible wire loom and zip ties.

 

[drivert51]

Is there something wrong like its brittle, cracking, missing or cut? If not try and route them and clean up. Add some of that flexible wire loom and zip ties.

brittle would be a great way to put it. wires that lead to nowhere, wires already cut by PO, stuff with no wires hooked to it when i'm sure there should be some.

Factor in my 'I can do that' attitude (which has got me in some sticky situations before)

 

[CJ007]

Factor in my 'I can do that' attitude (which has got me in some sticky situations before)

This I am quite familiar with . The good thing is once its done you can be sure its right.

 

[Cj5dave]

Try this Wiring Harness, its cheap and worth the money I used it in my own Jeep. I have built wiring harness's and its not even close to easy, if you don't have experience. After you buy wire and parts to make your own, you might as well have bought this kit.
Most first timers just make another mess for the sake of saving a buck. Its not worth a burn down so choose your battles. Its a jeep get use to spending money there is no cheap way to build them and make them right.

 

[Sasquach]

I did my own harness on the 3B and it cost well over $100 just for all the high temp wire, connectors, sheilding, zip tyes, shrink tube, etc. It was fairly time consuming but I soldered all the connectors instead of just crimping and I used my original harness for a template with lot's of referal to my FSM's electrical schematic.

 

[drivert51]

sounds like half for/half against (didn't really count). That part of the project is still a bit in the future. Thanks for the replies

 

[Cj5dave]

Just so you know building a Jeep isn't a popularity contest. What you have here is a wealth of knowledge brought together by men and at least one woman who have spent many a day wrenching on Jeeps. So don't keep track of percentages to justified your build, but instead take the knowledge from those of us that have been down your road and know the smooth track.