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Remember, as the zip ties are installed and the harness is routed, wrap the tie
around the harness and LOOSELY tie the harness. Make sure you leave enough room
to pull and push the harness as you make your connections. Only when all connections
have been made will you tighten the zip ties.
TOOLS NEEDED
In addition to your regular hand tools, you will need, at least, the following tools:
Wire Crimping and Stripping Tools:
This style of hand crimper can be purchased from just about any local auto parts store,
home improvement store or can also be
purchased online. You will need this style
of crimper to crimp the heat shrinkable and
non-heat shrinkable insulated terminals
included in the small parts kit.
Another style of crimpers are “Jaw
Crimpers” or “Roll Over Crimpers”. These
crimpers will crimp factory style, un-
insulated terminals. These types of
terminals are provided in the kit for
connections to an HEI distributor,
headlights and factory style alternator. If
none can be found locally, these crimpers
can be found using Painless part # 70900.
A good set of wire strippers are required to
strip wire properly. This style of wire
stripper is ideal for this harness install
because of its ability to properly strip wire
gauges 10 to 20.These are available from
just about any local auto part store,
electrical supply shop, home improvement
store or can be purchased online.
Volt/Ohm Meter:
A Volt/Ohm meter is always a good tool to have on hand when
installing any type of electrical components into any vehicle.
Most basic units provide the two functions required to diagnose
electrical issues seen during a harness install. These two
functions are the ability to read DC Voltage and electrical
continuity or Ohms. They can be purchased from any home
improvement store, local hardware store and electrical supply
shop and online.
Electric Drill & Bits:
A drill and bits are needed in order to use the screws provided with the kit for the MIDI
fuse holder and the fuse block mounting.
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