I bought my car a few months ago, thinking it only need the engine & trans, come to find out the SOB ripped out almost ALL of the engine compartment wiring, getting the motor out, he even took the battery cables. there is a stump of wires at the corner of the pass, fender near the windshield & some wires coming out over the trans tunnel in the firewall. but thats about it ...... fortunately I've manged to track down my car's twin in a junkyard, same year, engine & trans as mine. my question is... how hard is it to transfer the junker's wiring into my car without splicing a lot or shorting out If i'm ever gonna' get a motor in it I need to fix this
any help is appreciatted

 

It's really easy.

 

define "easy"

 

Not hard.

 

ur f u ck ed i say this cuz i just took out my l69 and am putting in a rebuilt vette mtr carbed of course. i have so many wires i gave up i just unhooked it all but i have no clue where they all go again.

 

Only fubar'd if you can't read a schematic.

 

easy, just finished an LT1 swap, two wires needed to be hooked up not including, 3 for gauges!!!


it's easy, lay out what wires (plus colors and best guess on gauge) and we should be able to tell you where and what they are.

Also Chilton/Helms are good to own!!

 

the wiring diagrams in the Haynes manual are no help..

 

I've managed to repair some of the wiring using the wiring out of my parts car as a guide, and the junkyard said they'd sell me every thing I need for $30, but I'm still a loooong way from putting an engine in the car.

 

the junkyard jipped me, what about swapping a TPI motor in instead?

 

If the wiring you just tried was beyond your grasp, a TPI swap is way out of the question.