New to Bullnose Family....could use all of your help.

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Re: New to Bullnose Family....could use all of your help.

Shankles McBullnose
Been contemplating the rewiring...am I being a bit too ambitious trying to stick to the Ford wiring colors? Is there a good place to order them? Or just sticking to a variety of colors work okay?
81 F150 460/C6 600 cfm Holley
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Re: New to Bullnose Family....could use all of your help.

Gary Lewis
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I haven't found any place to get just the right wire colors, but others might have.  In fact, I think Scott/kramttocs may have so I'm going to tag him.

What I've done is to part out several old trucks and have kept the wiring from them.  So when I need a specific color I can usually find it.  However, when I put the EFI on Big Blue I had to extend the wiring to the ECU by 3' and I didn't come close to having that much of the right colors so I used black wire to do that.  You can still see the Ford colors at either end of the black extension though.
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Dad's: '81 F150 Ranger XLT 4x4: Down for restomod: Full-roller "stroked 351M" w/Trick Flow heads & intake, EEC-V SEFI/E4OD/3.50 gears w/Kevlar clutches
Blue: 2015 F150 Platinum 4x4 SuperCrew wearing Blue Jeans & sporting a 3.5L EB & Max Tow
Big Blue: 1985 F250HD 4x4: 460/ZF5/3.55's, D60 w/Ox locker & 10.25 Sterling/Trutrac, Blue Top & Borgeson, & EEC-V MAF/SEFI

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Re: New to Bullnose Family....could use all of your help.

kramttocs
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I've done the same as Gary - have a tote with various harnesses from these trucks. If replacing existing I used those to keep it looking stock.
For anything else (add-ons) I bought rolls of wires from acdcwireandsupply on ebay.  Very happy with their stuff. Numerous colors: solid and striped.

I don't know that I'd lose much sleep over keeping them stock colors if you don't have easy access to a jy or parts truck you can strip. Once it's taped or put in a loom, you'll never see it

The important part is using different colors as much as possible. Avoid grabbing a roll of red for hot and using that for everything. Makes troubleshooting painful in the future.
Scott
'Camano' 1986 F250 Supercab XLT Lariat 460/C6
'Chanute' 1980 F350 C&C 400/NP 435 - Gin Pole

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