Anyone built their own wiring harness?, My '75 2.0 has a trashed harness Options

[aggiezig]

Hey everyone. New to 914's but not new to wiring harness(es). Curious if anyone out there has built their own harness?

Options for replacement right now look like either:

1. Paying out the a$$ for a beautiful, new harness from one of the companies manufacturing them. (This thread)
2. Purchasing a complete secondhand harness out of another car (HPH quoted me $950 + shipping for main harness).

But, I'm curious if anyone has ever taken the current flow diagrams or schematics and "made their own" harness? My current project has 65-70% of the original wiring in it, but has been trashed from rodents and the P/O cut the harness after the firewall.

I'm contemplating "rebuilding" the harness using what I have in the car and a wiring diagram as a template. Meaning, I'd label each wire, pull it all out, and build a new harness side-by-side with the old and diagrams as a guide.

Surely, I could do this for less in materials (obviously not counting my labor) than a new $2k+ complete harness?

[ClayPerrine]

I took the stock 73 four cylinder harness and did extensive modifications on it for my six conversion. It is really time consuming to build wiring harnesses.

If you can find a good used one, I suggest you get it.

There is a wrecking yard in Grand Prairie Texas that has a 74 1.8 in it. I tried to buy the whole car, but it is for "part out and scrap only" so they can't sell it whole. You could get the harness out of it if you want to drive here and pull it.

It is at Awesome Auto Salvage.



And for those who ask... I could not get the vin. It is up on a big metal stand about 8 feet in the air.