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New Wiring Harness choices - opinions please

Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2017 10:37 am
by The_Anachronist
Series 2a, 1963, 109 Station Wagon, nut-and-bolt restoration. Converted to neg. earth, intend to convert to alternator.

Option 1: Autosparks original-style, plus a few options for work lights, reverse, etc.

Option 2: Painless, with modern circuit design (yay, grounding!) better fusing, more equipment options etc, but a little more work.

Option 3: Homebuilt, using my electrical wizard buddy's skill. Actually never mind, that's insane. Strike Option 3.

Anybody used Painless? Advice?

thanks as usual...

Re: New Wiring Harness choices - opinions please

Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2017 12:35 pm
by Rambler
I have an Auto sparks loom for my 61 series 2 rebuild. While mostly good. I did have to spend an inordinate amount of time changing out the connectors for some wires to work on my original equipment. Plus a few lengths were either short or not long enough. I have since upgraded the wiring for headlights. If given a second chance I would have made my own

Re: New Wiring Harness choices - opinions please

Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2017 3:10 pm
by The_Anachronist
I'm leaning toward Painless.

Re: New Wiring Harness choices - opinions please

Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 12:51 pm
by harv
I put an alternator from a junked Chevy in my '63 2A around 20 years ago. I got tired of replacing Lucas regulators. It was a pretty easy install, built in regulator, two wires. I think it lasted 15 years until I needed to replace it. I highly recommend going for an alternator. Harv