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2011-06-01 22:04:28
#21
I like to figure about 5-7 feet for each wire you're going to run (some will be longer, some will be shorter). For the ECU plug alone that's about 30 wires give or take. Multiply that by 7 feet to be on the safe side and you're looking at 210 feet of wire for an entire engine harness at the maximum.
1,000 feet is WAY overkill. If this web site didn't have 250 feet minimum order on this type of wire I would have gotten much less. For a whole harness you could do something like 70 feet of four main colors and maybe 35 feet of an assortment of four other colors and be well set.
Maybe some length of some thicker gauge wire too for some stuff like grouped grounds and slightly higher power draw stuff.

The headlight harnesses are going to be even less wire. But you'll want thicker gauge.
2011-06-06 21:52:39
#22
Hahahahahahaha!

Apparently when you order 4-foot sections of heat shrink in their minimum quantity of four, that means you're going to get 16 feet of each.

Hahahahahahahaha! I feel like I could heat shrink the world now.
Last edited by BenFenner on 2011-06-06 at 22-07-17.
2011-06-08 19:24:02
#23
You should start heat shrinking random things around the house and work and see if people notice it
2011-06-08 19:29:36
#24
when i did my harness i purchased the majority of materials of summit.

stratton.
2011-06-08 19:47:47
#25
Yah the minimum order amounts with Waytek really make it less than ideal to purchase from. I'd recommend looking at PRS Catalog like javier said or go to a place like Summit.

I should have shopped around more so I could buy less.
2011-06-09 12:59:12
#26
I would just sell the left overs on the forum, someone here could probably use it.
2011-09-30 10:26:23
#27
Will you be doing a "build thread" of your harness(i.e from beginning to end ) or will it be in your other build thread? It would be an interesting thing to see.
2011-09-30 12:39:47
#28
It's gunna be in my regular build thread. I have brakes to do on the Beetle and then try to fix a power steering leak for real this time. Then the wiring harness gets the overhaul. I'll post here too if you'd like when those updates go up.
2012-02-18 15:10:50
#29
Six years later, here are the pics.
I'm hoping to redo the harness (at least get started) this weekend.

I'm pretty sure I bought enough heat shrink to completely heat shrink the harness, and probably have enough to do two more after that. I'm going to stick to the original plan though, and use it just to anchor the loom ends.





2012-02-18 15:15:27
#30
good god haha that def is a whole lot of tube
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