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68Ambler
AMC Apprentice Joined: Nov/04/2018 Location: Milwaukee Wi. Status: Offline Points: 98 |
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Posted: Feb/24/2020 at 7:57pm |
I am currently building a 68 American that I am doing a V8 4 speed swap, from the original 6. I want to run all new wiring, but my question is, do I get the harness for a 68 Rogue V8, that I believe was a 290 engine, (I am dropping in a 360 by the way) or do I need to maybe get the harness that is for the 69 SC? Or for that matter, is there even a difference? Wiring is definitely my weak spot. I know I can get all the harnesses from the AMC vendors, just need to know what will work. Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks
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1968 Rambler American 1964 Rambler Classic Typhoon
1966 Classic Cross Country 770 1969 Rambler American 1965 Rambler American 330 Wagon |
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LakesideRamblin
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I swapped out a 199 to a 360 in my 69 Rambler. Went to M&H Electrical for a quality AMC V8 reproduction wiring harness. Excellent in my opinion. |
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LakesideRamblin
69 Rambler 360 73 Javelin 360 "If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month." T. Roosevelt |
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6768rogues
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I put a 360 in a 68 Rogue and rewired the whole car with a Painless #10101 harness for less than $300 delivered from Amazon. It has modern fuses and it works flawlessly.
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68Ambler
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Thanks for the info guys! I wasn't too sure if there were any subtle differences between different V8 engine sizes. I really love this forum.
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1968 Rambler American 1964 Rambler Classic Typhoon
1966 Classic Cross Country 770 1969 Rambler American 1965 Rambler American 330 Wagon |
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68Ambler
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I was looking at them on Amazon Tom, and I see that the #10101 is for the keyed column, But the #10102 is for the key in dash. Is yours a keyed column? The price sure is right. On sale for 250. Nice.
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1968 Rambler American 1964 Rambler Classic Typhoon
1966 Classic Cross Country 770 1969 Rambler American 1965 Rambler American 330 Wagon |
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Red20
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I don't know if you've pulled the trigger on anything yet, but if you're not looking for factory reproduction and are willing to do a universal harness, I've had good luck with Speedway Motors universal 22 circuit harnesses. They're less than $200 and good quality wire for that ridiculously low price. RebelWire also has very good harnesses for really good prices.
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1969 Javelin SST "Screamin' Banana" - Totaled Feb 2018
1973 Hornet Sportabout X "yellajack" - 360/727/TracLoc DAILY DRIVER |
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6768rogues
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Oh, yea. I installed a later tilt column with the key and dimmer switch.
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68Ambler
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Thanks Red, I already purchased, but thanks for the heads up.
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1968 Rambler American 1964 Rambler Classic Typhoon
1966 Classic Cross Country 770 1969 Rambler American 1965 Rambler American 330 Wagon |
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68Ambler
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Ok, that makes sense, thanks Tom
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1966 Classic Cross Country 770 1969 Rambler American 1965 Rambler American 330 Wagon |
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DMack
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Totally agree with LakesideRamblin. M & H has the best quality harnesses around for AMC. Darrin has a width and breadth of harness knowledge that is scary..
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