Harnesses, connectors, and wiring

turbo6bar · Post by **turbo6bar** » Wed Apr 18, 2001 5:04 pm

I was wondering if any of you guys know of any good sources for multi-stranded wire, and Weatherpack connectors or similar. The Perfect Power group buy would be even better if I can buy the above in bulk and send each buyer a small "care pack" of goodies.

I heard there was a Boeing engineer on the forums. I sure could use your advice.

Jay

Sharkey · Post by **Sharkey** » Thu Apr 19, 2001 2:11 am

Your closest NAPA should carry weatherpack stuff. Getting wire beyond the basic 6-8 solid colours is more difficult

Perfect Power USA · Post by **Perfect Power USA** » Thu Apr 19, 2001 7:18 am

One source for connectors
http://www.wranglernw.com/commerce/Show ... egoryID=48

Post by **Tom Notch** » Thu Apr 19, 2001 9:40 am

Gee, I wonder if you mean me? I work for Boeing but not as an engineer. I work with engineering quite a bit on production related issues and concerns, Planning on how to get it in the airplane, and Quality on how to assure good product for our flying customers. But please don't call me an engineer! I'm just a sparkie.

I have a link buried somewhere in this 'puter on connectors that was sent to me last fall. It looks to be very promising and the product lines looks to be quite varied. I have not researched them yet nor dealt with them so I can't give a yeah or nay.

Like Sharkey mentioned, getting the 20 or so varied colors and striped wire to make a loom with is the most difficult part. I have a few easy avenues for some of it but not all.

The 1st place to go is your local wrecking yard. A veritable garden of wire and connectors grows there. And most of that stuff is sold as scrap so the prices are cheap or should be. The connectors used by GM are used by quite a few suppliers. Go to your local Napa store for a decent crimper, wire striper, contacts, and contact removal tools. Armed with the removal tool and some simple hand tools Some cutters and pliers couple of screw drivers, etc., you will leave the junk yard with most of what you will need to do a quality job. I will add the link to the above mentioned place when I find it.

Another source I just discovered but haven't been down that path yet, is wire loom kits that can be supplied by Haltech. It was just mentioned to me in passing by them when I got an ECU connector from them for my F9A to build another loom. Maybe worth a call to Texas.

Other sources of supplies like for sleeving, shrink tubing, Bosch injector plugs, etc. is slowly building in my favorites and will someday end up on my web site and/or here.

to be continued.

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Tom Notch
Tom's Old VW Home

Steve Arndt · Post by **Steve Arndt** » Thu Apr 19, 2001 1:40 pm

I knew Dr. Tom would have some good input

Steve

Veepster · Post by **Veepster** » Thu Apr 19, 2001 5:22 pm

I use 2 suppliers for electrical stuff...HUGE catalogs with everything you could imagine....I will find their number this weekend and post on monday..

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Peace.............BartG www.teamgodspeed.com

Post by **Tom Notch** » Thu Apr 19, 2001 5:52 pm

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Veepster:
I use 2 suppliers for electrical stuff...HUGE catalogs with everything you could imagine....I will find their number this weekend and post on monday..

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GREAT!!!!!! need more of this input!

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Tom Notch
Tom's Old VW Home

Veepster · Post by **Veepster** » Fri Apr 20, 2001 10:23 am

speaking of catalogs...this is one you CAN'T live without!!
http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catmain.p ... rform2.php

it is a catalog for aircraft builders...TONS of really cool stuff....this is the only place I know of where you can get all sizes of tubing, aluminum, stainless etc...and you can buy any length you need....

definitley an awesome resource to have in your library...and it is FREE!! woo hoo!

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Peace.............BartG www.teamgodspeed.com

Veepster · Post by **Veepster** » Thu May 03, 2001 11:19 am

sorry for the delay!

the electrical supplier I use is

Del City
phone: 1.800.654.4757 www.delcity.net

they have EVERYTHING you could ever need...

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Peace.............BartG www.teamgodspeed.com

Tom Simon · Post by **Tom Simon** » Thu May 10, 2001 6:35 pm

MSD sells pre-packaged GM style weather pac connectors, contacts, and an assembly tool. Any MSD distributor should be able to get them. One of my recent favorite sources for durable electrical supplies has been West Marine, a nation-wide boat parts and supply house. There stuff is boater-resistant (read: tough and salt/wet environment resistant) real good quality wire, connectors, and switches. Not cheap, but good quality never is! I'll never go back to the auto parts store junk again.

Sharkey · Post by **Sharkey** » Fri May 11, 2001 11:59 pm

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Tom Simon:
MSD sells pre-packaged GM style weather pac connectors, contacts, and an assembly tool. Any MSD distributor should be able to get them<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Check your local NAPA before buying marked up MSD crap. Most FLAPS carry these either as a complete male-female set, or as indiviual components (connector bodies, pins, and grommets).