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Old Feb 23, 2009 | 07:16 PM
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So i was just wondering how many circuits are in a stock wiring harness for an 1986 5.0L mustang. I'm looking at this wiring harness from ezwiring, but i'm not sure which would be the best. It's a car i'm looking at buying that is missing the whole wiring system for lights, ext. Any suggesstions would be great, and would like to hear what other aftermarket wiring harness's any of you guys might be running. Here is the link to the wiring harness's.
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http://www.ezwiring.com/wiring_harness.html
Old Feb 23, 2009 | 07:31 PM
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your best bet would be piarate what you need at a salvage yard, first find out where and exactly the hackers removed, you may not need a whole harness??
Old Feb 23, 2009 | 09:44 PM
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very true, i'm going to see the car this weekend, so i will see what the guy has left from the electrical. right now it's hooked up with bare bone wiring as it's in the current state of a drag car. So no turn signals and such...
Old Feb 23, 2009 | 10:14 PM
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I put a ez wire 20 in my 85. It was fairly bare bones car but the kit was easy to use and came with a decent manual. I know a couple of guys that run them in street rods and have nothing but good to say about them. You cant beat the price.
Old Feb 24, 2009 | 01:49 PM
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Ok so you ran a 20 circuit wiring harness? If so, what did that include, because I really don't care for things like A/c and such.

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I put a ez wire 20 in my 85. It was fairly bare bones car but the kit was easy to use and came with a decent manual. I know a couple of guys that run them in street rods and have nothing but good to say about them. You cant beat the price.
Old Feb 24, 2009 | 09:28 PM
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Originally Posted by bigrigs
Ok so you ran a 20 circuit wiring harness? If so, what did that include, because I really don't care for things like A/c and such.
My 85 was a basket case when I bought it. It didn't have a harness in it. I found a 85 in the junkyard and they wanted $75 for the stock harness and I had to pull it. So I went the ezwire route. My car had lights/blinkers e fan and fuel pump. All of the circuits I didn't use I just cut off. As far as what circuits it has you will have to check their website.
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