[wally_bert]

Just about all of signals on that old Willys were gone and I’ve run wire, crimped, heat shrank quite a few spools.

That is also throwing in modifications and upgrades of my own.

[WayneS]

My father and I did the same to a ‘57 CJ5 when I was 15 years old. I’d gotten a job at 13, saved up money for a year, and bought the Jeep from a farmer when I was 14.

My dad and I stripped it down to the frame, repaired a bunch of rust, built a new wiring harness from scratch (most Dad’s work on that I must admit, but I learned a lot about electricity from assisting him), completely rebuilt the suspension and brakes, did a top end rebuild on the Chevy 283 that the farmer had crammed in the engine compartment, installed a Warn Overdrive unit (5.38:1 differentials are very highway un-friendly without one), and had it all back together by my 16th birthday.

I’ve probably owned 30-35 different vehicles since then, but that old Jeep is still on my Top 5 favorite list.

[tacticalogic]

Had a young guy at work that owned a Firebird someone had done an engine swap on, and the battery wouldn't stay charged. He'd had the battery replaced twice (even though they would charge on the bench and load test fine), and the alternator replaced (even though the old one tested fines). He said he'd had it to three or four different mechanics and they couldn't explain it.

Then he said "The alternator light comes on at anything over idle, but it's dim. A couple of the mechanics thought there was a short somewhere but they couldn't find it."

We went out to the parking lot where I had him pop the hood and saw the alternator wiring had been stripped out of the harness. I pulled the connector, popped the spade lugs out of it with a pocket knife, reversed them in the connector, plugged it back in and suddenly everything worked perfectly.