If you can read the old manuals wiring diagrams, they have color codes on
the different circuits or look at someone's installation manual from a
Painless wiring kit (or similar) for GM products-they use standard GM wiring
color codes. As far as the under frame covering, if you are using PVC
coated wire & have no splices in the run, I don't see anything wrong with
trapping water in the split type covering; shrink tubing is expensive, &
usually in pre-cut lengths (3 ft or less, but may come in rolls) & if you
ever need to get to the wires (or one of the wires in the run) you'll have
to cut the shrink tubing (& then slide on new length from the end to repair,
this means disconnecting all devices in the harness in order to slide the
tubing on from one end-i.e. too much work!).
Regards,
Doug Pewterbaugh
dpewter@msn.com
Denton, TX
49 3104 216 5-Window
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Auser <auserm@hotmail.com>
To: oletrucks@autox.team.net <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, July 08, 1999 10:46 AM
Subject: [oletrucks] Truck Wiring
>The next project on my '48 Chevy 1/2 ton is to rewire it. I'm going to do
>it from scratch rather than buying a harness and am wondering how to best
>protect the wires running along the frame. Most harnesses seem to be
>wrapped tightly in electrician's tape, but that seems tedious. I was
>considering using rock guard tubing (ribbed plastic tubing that has a slit
>for inserting the wires), but fear that it may trap water. A fellow list
>member suggested using heat shrink tubing. Suggestions? I will be using
>modern wires (rather than cloth) and am wondering what I should use for
>color coding. Is their a resource on the web that would detail this?
>
>
>Thanks,
>
>Mike Auser
>'48 Chevy 1/2 ton
>'52 Chevy 1/2 ton
>
>
>oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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