Thread: Wiring Harness Terminations

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Originally Posted by Dave Severson

Rog, I get mine routed to where they will eventually be connected, mark them with a piece of masking tape, then when all the wires are in position I start making connections...I do this one circuit at a time.

Dave,
When you say one circuit at a time do you mean you get the wires run to the trunk, mark each wire for lights, fuel tank level, 3rd brake, etc, and then terminate circuit by circuit before moving to say the front circuits? If the answer to that is 'Yes', then do you already have the light switch powered up to check those circuits or can that wait until the dash wiring is all done?

Trying to get a handle on how much "temporary" terminating and hot testing I need to be doing...

Originally Posted by rspears

Dave,
When you say one circuit at a time do you mean you get the wires run to the trunk, mark each wire for lights, fuel tank level, 3rd brake, etc, and then terminate circuit by circuit before moving to say the front circuits? If the answer to that is 'Yes', then do you already have the light switch powered up to check those circuits or can that wait until the dash wiring is all done?

Trying to get a handle on how much "temporary" terminating and hot testing I need to be doing...

I wait until I get all the wires permanently routed and connected, then pull all the fuses, and plug them in one at a time and check each circuit as I go... I don't bother with temporary hookups to check things. Not a bad idea to test as you go I guess, I do enough wiring and usually use the same brand of harness and accessories that it's no big deal anymore...however this Plymouth with all the electronics, EFI, etc is going to take me a bit longer. Anything I'm in doubt about I draw the circuit out on paper first, study it for a bit then wire it up.

Another thing I do to keep the frustration level down is to not sit and do all the wiring at one time...I'll do a bit of wiring, then some block sanding or whatever, back to the wiring for awhile and keep going that way.. I like to take my time and think things through rather then battling through a task that presents a few challenges---then redoing it all later. If you don't keep it all fun, building a Hot Rod can just become another job....

If CRS doesn't take over I'll photograph some of what and how I did mine paper wise and post in the morning - it's a full 1" loose leaf note book.