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I'm switching my '51 half ton from 6v to 12v. I thought while im at it, i'd rewire everything since the original wiring is in rough shape.
I'm looking for anyone's insight on whether I should use a premade harness or rewire everything one strand at a time and attach it to an aftermarket fuse block.

I understand the ease of the harness but thought there might be + or - of both applications.

Thoughts?

I have rewired my truck one wire at a time. Very easy to do as long as you have good wire, connectors and a crimping tool.

There is a schematic in the back of the shop manual which also specifies wire gauge. If you are going to 12v you can use a smaller gauge wire.

The only difficult part I had was accessing the instrument panel because of the tight working area. However that same problem exists even if you are using a new wiring harness.

If you need more either Email or send me a PM.

Bill

I made my own wiring harness. I used a haywire fuse block. any fuse block will work. I have many of the heavy duty circuits on fuse links wires to relays. The switch operates the relay and constant current to that fixture.
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See /read mad electric for some incite.
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If you do your own wiring harness I crimped, soldered and used heat shrink on all connectors. Then labeled each and clear heat shrink over the label. I have several binders on what I did, the excel spread sheet was set up showing what main input of the fuse panel goes to and how wired to switches and working part. It worked well as to what wire went where.

if you wish help just ask
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are you looking to make it look stock? With original Cloth covered wire? If so, I do make some harness for some vendors. I can sale you what ever color and guage you need. You might be better off just buying a harness that is done for you. I can point you to some vendors. I will be getting a pattern for your type of truck once. I get a chance to find a good original to make copies from. drop me a call. visit my website Poetsseatauto.com and my phone number is at the top of the page.