1977 Ford F-150 Wire Harness Install - Wire Transfer - Four Wheeler Network
One of the most appealing qualities of old trucks is that they are simple, which generally makes them reliable—and easy to fix when they are less than reliable. That was the situation we were in with our Cheap Truck Challenge Ford F-150, Raymond (“Raymond,” Oct. This is a simple truck, with a manual transmission, a carbureted engine, and no computers to speak of. As we looked for the cause of the issue we thought we found the smoking gun more than once, with loose wires, poor grounding, and household wire... This would eliminate all of the wire nuts and Scotchlok connectors and upgrade our old glass fuses to modern mini blade fuses. Since this is a “universal” harness the wires are longer than necessary, it has wiring for items like air conditioning that our truck doesn’t need, and it does not come with any plugs for the taillights or factory gauges. We underestimated just how big of a project this would be, and our truck was down for nearly a month while we devoted a couple of nights a week to rewiring the Ford. Since we were revamping the electrical system, we added a high-output, one-wire alternator from Summit at the same time. Source: www.fourwheeler.com
