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m38 12 volt harness

Post by dlshop » Mon Oct 16, 2017 8:22 am

what would be the best harness to get to operate a 12 volt system on my 51 m38. down the road i may convert to 24v but i doubt it.


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Re: m38 12 volt harness

Post by Cuz » Mon Oct 16, 2017 9:51 am

The best harness for a civvy 12 volt system is one you design, tailor directly to your jeep and build yourself. Body work and engine rebuilding are much more difficult tasks then wiring harness building. There is tons of info for you to delve into and arm yourself for a very nice job. There are several ready made harnesses out there you can read the reviews on. Visit my m38/M38A1 specific web site discussions on this topic at www.willysmjeeps.com
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Re: m38 12 volt harness

Post by stiknruddr » Sat Dec 02, 2017 5:09 pm

Same situation I was going to buy a 12v harness but found a M170 mis harness and used it and built the sub harnesses from trailer harnesses available on epay worked great

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Post by stiknruddr » Sat Dec 02, 2017 5:49 pm

Bought some connectors from Saturn surplus to build my harnesses. Worked out great. Matched up with my ign switch and panel with some wire work.

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Post by stiknruddr » Sat Dec 02, 2017 5:52 pm

Download the wiring schematic and understand the harness. Pretty simple but starting with an original harness helped. I just rolled up the slack in the M170 rear harness. Then spliced in the trailer part.

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Post by stiknruddr » Sat Dec 02, 2017 5:54 pm

War Pig is up n running, modded the tail lights to both be stop and run. Used Wes's schematics to mod it

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Re: m38 12 volt harness

Post by stiknruddr » Sat Dec 02, 2017 5:58 pm

BTW I put a 12v single wire double pulls alternator on off epay $58 works great. Anyone wanting to re convert to 28v no problem the rest of my harness is as 28v was


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