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Nov 15, 2011 | 07:52 PM

Captbs32

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WIRING Harness Question

I went to the local pull a part junk yard today and got a wiring harness off of a 1983 ford f-150, 302 (CI),and Auto transmission. I have an 1981 Ford Bronco 300 straight six, and manual trans. The instrument clusters are the same on both trucks. (With gauges but not tach). The reason I need to replace it is bc the head light wires had lost their insulation soldiered themselves to the frame of the dash and burned through a lot of the other wires in the dash.

Will this work?
Thanks guy so much in advance!!!

Nov 15, 2011 | 08:29 PM

greystreak92

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The harness in that region of the two trucks should be fairly compatible/similar. All of the information that I have on the electrical systems shows that 81-83 are nearly identical. I wouldn't bother doing the entire harness but just stick to the dashboard and the sections of the harness that were damaged if at all possible.

Nov 16, 2011 | 09:20 AM

Captbs32

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A little more details on the situation

That is the thing. Would be easier just to pull the existing wiring harness on the bronco because I have the dash off and the other wiring harness on hand. A wire that comes from the headlight socket is bare all the way from the socket to the fuse panel. So who knows the damage that had created and I could EASILY miss a nicked wire and it could happen again. I was not very detailed in my first post.

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