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> Anyone built their own wiring harness?, My '75 2.0 has a trashed harness
aggiezig
post Jul 20 2016, 12:14 PM
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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:
  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?
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aggiezig   Anyone built their own wiring harness?   Jul 20 2016, 12:14 PM
JOEPROPER   JEFF BOWLSBY... is the wire harness guy here. Che...   Jul 20 2016, 12:20 PM
Tom_T   JEFF BOWLSBY... is the wire harness guy here. Ch...   Jul 20 2016, 12:57 PM
JawjaPorsche   JEFF BOWLSBY... is the wire harness guy here. Ch...   Jul 20 2016, 04:03 PM
orbit398   Hey everyone. New to 914's but not new to wir...   Jul 20 2016, 12:23 PM
Mueller   Yep, done it a few times, stock injection and with...   Jul 20 2016, 12:30 PM
stugray   I have a mostly complete harness that was removed ...   Jul 20 2016, 12:38 PM
mepstein   Buy someone's used harness. If you place a WTB...   Jul 20 2016, 01:08 PM
oldie914   Many years ago, I spliced a rear wiring harness in...   Jul 20 2016, 01:41 PM
BeemerSteve   I recently contacted Jeff about a replacement harn...   Jul 20 2016, 07:09 PM
Mueller   I recently contacted Jeff about a replacement har...   Jul 20 2016, 07:14 PM
BeemerSteve   I recently contacted Jeff about a replacement ha...   Jul 20 2016, 07:19 PM
Jeff Bowlsby   Reports of my death are greatly exaggerated! ...   Jul 20 2016, 08:55 PM
Jeff Hail   Reports of my death are greatly exaggerated! ...   Jul 20 2016, 11:13 PM
Jeff Bowlsby   Were on to you. Please stop impersonating the ar...   Jul 21 2016, 09:03 AM
ClayPerrine   I took the stock 73 four cylinder harness and did ...   Jul 20 2016, 08:19 PM
914Sixer   I can't remember the name but some one in Holl...   Jul 20 2016, 08:22 PM
Amphicar770   Glad to hear that the rumors of Jeff no longer pro...   Jul 20 2016, 08:30 PM
BeemerSteve   I did say a complete harness....but should've ...   Jul 20 2016, 09:14 PM
aggiezig   Wow - lots of replies and lots of great informatio...   Jul 20 2016, 10:34 PM
larss   The header of this thread is "Anyone built th...   Jul 21 2016, 08:37 AM
Frankvw   Hi Lars S, nice work, looks like a fun project. Ho...   Jul 21 2016, 08:54 AM
larss   Hi Lars S, nice work, looks like a fun project. H...   Jul 21 2016, 09:11 AM
barefoot   Hey everyone. New to 914's but not new to wir...   Jul 21 2016, 02:07 PM
aggiezig   Put WTB add in here, surely somme good ones out t...   Jul 21 2016, 02:10 PM
Mark Henry   One thing I'll add about harnesses is that I...   Jul 21 2016, 02:18 PM
aggiezig   One thing I'll add about harnesses is that I...   Jul 21 2016, 02:21 PM
Jeff Bowlsby   Here is a chart of the differences between model y...   Jul 21 2016, 11:45 PM
aggiezig   Just thought I'd post some pics of my rat...   Jul 22 2016, 07:57 PM
aggiezig   Also, thought I'd post these for anyone who mi...   Jul 22 2016, 10:42 PM


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