 Anyone built their own wiring harness?, My '75 2.0 has a trashed harness |
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| aggiezig |
 Jul 20 2016, 12:14 PM
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Porsche Wannabe  Group: Members Posts: 319 Joined: 13-January 16 From: Los Angeles, CA Member No.: 19,557 Region Association: Southern California 
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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:
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? |
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| barefoot |
Jul 21 2016, 02:07 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,411 Joined: 19-March 13 From: Charleston SC Member No.: 15,673 Region Association: South East States
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QUOTE(aggiezig @ Jul 20 2016, 02:14 PM)  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:
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? Wiring unser my dash got trashed & I was able to source a full chassis harness off E-Bay for $100. You'll never find all the same color/sizes for a harness, so you'll have to do with much fewer colors, so tracing stuff will be FUN. Put WTB add in here, surely somme good ones out there. |
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| aggiezig |
Jul 21 2016, 02:10 PM
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Porsche Wannabe Group: Members Posts: 319 Joined: 13-January 16 From: Los Angeles, CA Member No.: 19,557 Region Association: Southern California
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QUOTE(barefoot @ Jul 21 2016, 03:07 PM) Put WTB add in here, surely somme good ones out there. Thanks for the tip, I've got an WTB ad posted. How much difference is there between year models for the main chassis harness? I know that they are all "different" - but would it be to the point to where I couldn't make an earlier harness work with some minor modification? Still also contemplating the idea of a painless / watson's / universal harness, since I pretty much have a blank slate at this point. |
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aggiezig Anyone built their own wiring harness? Jul 20 2016, 12:14 PM
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